I live in Jakarta and It's a pretty good life. We've been here for 18 months (since March 2008). There's a few things I miss and few things I don't:
I miss easy shopping but I don’t miss regular trips to lowes.
I miss lots of smarts but I don’t miss egos.
I miss cheap alcohol, but I like having the time to drink it.
I miss freedom of driving anytime,….
I miss cool weather and seasons, but I love the excitement of exotic travel.
I miss Mexican food & Chipotles, but I love the fruit of SE asia.
I miss skiing but I love having white beaches and volcanoes near by.
I miss sailing, but I love paying three bucks for a professional squash partner.
I miss less trash, but I love being 4 hours from Perth and 1 hour from Bali.
I miss a bit of wood work, but certainly not the house work.
I miss a many things but it’s a fine life here and the only thing to really put you out is Dengue Fever and intestinal parasites. There’s a lot of adventure here and not much to trouble you. The Muslims certainly don’t and are not in your face, wish I could say the same for the Baptist! But I’ve learned to relax a bit more and get to relax a lot more.
We love our life in Indonesia, but it’s really not that far from Friesia!
-JCT-
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