The Long Road Home

Right now we're in Bali, Indonesia. Our plan was to have a couple days here to recover from jetlag as much as possible before returning to life as "normal" in Papua. So here's some photos from the journey to where we are now. :)

Here's our luggage, just a few things that we'll need for the next couple of years. After carefully weighing all bags, we were sure we would be under the limit for each bag. We ended up checking all the blue bags in Dallas, but were requested in Houston to check one black bag.



Entertainment Centers are a must when crossing the globe!


Our second stop was in Moscow at a chilly 2 degrees Celsius (35 fahrenheit) with snow on the ground and ice on the windows. It was cold outside, but it was quite nice inside. The duty free stores must have sprayed purfume in my face because that's all I remember about Moscow. :) I also remember meeting some friendly people from Texas who were also en route to Indonesia.

Here we are when we land in Moscow:


Here's Moscow when we land:




We stopped in Singapore, but I don't remember much because this is what I did the entire time there.


We arrived in sunny Bali, Indonesia a few hours later.



We breezed through immigration and customs. While we were waiting at baggage claim, there was a man who had a sign with our name on it. I remember mentioning to Josh this trip that I've never had a person at the airport with my name on a sign! Well, that's all changed now! :) Unfortunately, his sign was to tell us that our black bag which was gate check in Houston was not on the airplane and would come later tonight. No big deal, right? Well, Josh waited for the rest of our bags to arrive, but only one was there. We reported it to the right people and were told they didn't know where our bags were. So, we're tired and we're trying NOT to freak out. We go to the hotel, shower, sleep and wake up to receive the black bag. We got word the next day that all of our bags were here and they would reimburse us for the delay. Sweeeeeeet!

Note to self and other travellers: January is the rainy season in Bali! Papua has a "rainy" season, but it's unpredictable when it will happen. In Bali and other parts of Indonesia, it WILL rain. It will rain ALOT. just a heads up. :)




We were soaked after our outting today.



Bali has been a relaxing time for us. We know we'll hit the ground running when we arrive, but we're looking forward to being in our space.

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