We are in love with Indonesia and its people. We are privileged for having got to know this country and its and culture and to make new friends who have opened their hearts and houses to us. We have found…
Indonesia – Education
As part of the global trip, we are immersing ourselves into some schools to build relationships in certain places and share with Valen and Carlos how different education can be in different places, which we hope will provide them with…
Indonesia – Infinite Sunsets
Kids have gone to the beach almost everyday to enjoy the waves and the amazing sunset The way to the beach, which was 2min by motorcycle was great fun for them! We were constantly making friends at the beach. Locals…
Indonesia – Some Cooking…
So, we decided, why not? Turmeric, wild ginger, lemon grass, all sorts of pepper…vanilla……we started off in Jimbaran, going to the local market with our chef to buy some local produce, before heading off to the kitchen to get our…
Indonesia – Carlos turns 5!
We celebrated Carlos’ birthday in Indonesia, away from his beloved Menlo Park and his friends and school. However, he was surrounded by some new local friends he has encountered in his travails….I guess that’s one of the perks that he…
Indonesia – Exploring this cosmos….
We are enjoying some unforgettable moments in this microcosmos of religions, landscapes and animals…..Some extracts below….. For instance, Valen extracted his own tooth….to our own amazement…..one of the first nights we arrived here….I guess he was a bit desperate to…
Indonesia – Bali, Lombok, Java, Sumatra, Flores…One million adventures
Valen and Carlos are increasingly aware about differences in religions, since 97% of population around us are hindi and therefore, shrines and ceremonies are all over the place. In the second leg of the trip, we will go to the…
Things we are learning in Indonesia
In this part of our journey, our children are becoming more aware of the stark differences between developing and developed worlds….they have seen the chaotic traffic in the streets….. Kids helping their parents in small artisan shops called…
Indonesia! (Updated with Pics)
On May 3rd at night, we arrived, exhausted but happy to Indonesia. We were were picked up at the airport by Joan……We immediately became enamored by his character, generosity, personality, his paintings and thousands stories of all his travels around the…
My Darwin Trip – by Valen
Today I have landed on Darwin and we got a camper-van. It was our first time ever living in a camper-van. We went to a lot of places. One of the places was Adelaide river, where we saw jumping crocodiles,…