Posts about Indonesia

Golden Rustic

Wednesday, 1 May 2013
Pela Mampang, Jakarta

Golden Rustic is the trade name of a type of Brazilian granite that I bought yesterday in a warehouse in Tangerang. It is to be used in the bathroom in the basement. The granite slab measures 315 x 170 x 2 cm. Golden Rustic Golden Rustic

Tick invasion

Sunday, 21 April 2013
Pela Mampang, Jakarta

The dog has brought ticks into the house. A lot of ticks. Especially inside our bedroom, where the dog has often slept. There are ticks everywhere: in the mattress, at the walls, among the clothes, even inside the power outlets. And of course on the tick host itself, the dog. The ticks come out at […]

Tin mining

Friday, 15 February 2013
Pela Mampang, Jakarta

A few weeks ago we went for a long weekend trip to Belitung, a relatively large island east of Sumatra. We rented a car, and one of the days (26 January), when I and CME were driving on a small gravel road, we stumbled across some tin mining activity along the way. The tin is […]

Jakarta floods

Friday, 18 January 2013
Pela Mampang, Jakarta

Yesterday turned out to be a bit unusual. We went out at 07:00 to buy some parts in Kota, but in jl Sudirman the traffic was already totally gridlocked. Since the rain had stopped, we continued on foot all the way to Kota, a distance of around 10 km. At the Hotel Indonesia traffic circle […]

Visit by CME

Sunday, 6 January 2013
Pela Mampang, Jakarta

CME is escaping the worst of the cold Norwegian winter months and is staying here in a perfect climate instead. The visit lasts from 18 December to 27 February. I met him at the airport in Singapore on 18 December, and after two nights in that city, we took the ferry to Batam, and flew […]