Sunday, January 5, 2014

Tidung (Thousand Islands)

Bryson and I got massages which were a lot more gentle than the ones in Thailand. Bryson fell asleep a few times. When we arrived at the massage parlor it was sunny, hot and no clouds and when we finished is was rainy and completely cloudy. Just goes to show how weather patterns change sip quickly here. Moudy got rear ended while driving through a parking lot. This is her third time in an accident since she bought her new car a few months ago. That's how you know their driving is crazy here. We booked a two night, three day tour to the islands of Tidung, which is part of the thousand islands north off the coast of Jakarta. We got up a quarter to four to drive to the dock for our trip to the thousand islands. We found a bridge in the island and of course we couldn't resist not jumping off. Apparently little to no white people travel on this island so I believe we are the only ones currently residing. The island We are staying on consists of 100% Muslim. The people are friendly. Part of our island package deal includes snorkeling, biking and all of our meals, which are brought to the house we are staying at. Instead of an actual shower we had to fill buckets with cold water and pour over our body then use soap to lather up and rinse with the bucket one more time. They have big burn piles of garbage throughout the island. We found a bridge at one end that we jumped off and a little show for the locals by doing done flips. We also took a boat around to a couple other islands and went snorkeling. Mostly small fish and coral but still good.

Our pad on the island
They used coconut shells to bbq some fresh fish for us

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