Tuesday, October 3, 2017

Weekend away in Singapore

It is hard to imagine that just under a 2 hour flight from Jakarta lies the island city-state of Singapore.
It is a cosmopolitan city which has a multicultural population.  Here is the Harbor Area that reminds me of Baltimore or Sydney.



Marina Bay Sands Casino Resort is a distinctive architectural addition to Singapore's skyline.  The three slanting 55-story hotel towers are topped by the SkyPark.  Although we can not enter the SkyPark - it is a 340 meter long outdoor terrace that features the world's longest infinity pool.

The lotus shaped building to the left of the Marina Bay Sands was designed by the same architect and is the home to the Singapore Art Science Museum. 

Thursday, September 21, 2017

Day Trip to Jakarta


A rather unique exhibit in a hotel in Jakarta

I never saw this before - these are the steps going up to the trains at the Jakarta train station. The lines are the different steps.

Gudeg


Gudeg is a traditional Javanese cuisine from Yogyakarta and Central JavaIndonesiaIt is made from young unripe jack fruit boiled for several hours with palm sugar, and coconut milk It is commonly served with egg or chicken. Our dish had the hundred year old egg and the chicken. Unripe jackfruit reminds me of sweet potato.

Pizza Hut for breakfast - anybody?????



Yes, that is a rice stuffed omelette!

Thursday, September 7, 2017

My new best friend

This is Onell- and can you guess he just got these new glasses?  When I commented that they looked good  he asked, "Do you know why I have them?"  Playing along I said, "No, why".
"Because my eyes are broken - like yours!" was his innocent response!
It made my day!

Friday, September 1, 2017

Japanese restaurant in Cirebon


Looks like a choice is bologna burrito

On my way to the gym this morningalo

Along the left side of the road

Directly across the street on the right side