One More From the Bucket List

I flew Tiger Air from Singapore to Jakarta. Flying on a confirmed ticket is an unusual luxury for me but the cost of this ticket was so low ($60) that I felt it a justified splurge. In this part of the world Tiger Air and Air Asia are low cost carriers that provide excellent cheap flights around the region.

Yesterday I was able to check one more box on my bucket list. After years of thinking about it and even one botched trip here back in the early 90's I finally got to Indonesia yesterday. I almost got here quite a few years back, but I only got as far as Hawaii when I realized the connections I had scheduled for myself did not take into account the IDL (International Date Line) and I would have something like a 48 hour layover in Guam. Yesterday I flew on a confirmed ticket from Singapore to Jakarta and I will be here for a few days. The city is really not that interesting but I need some time time to plan where I go next. The people on the other hand are just as welcoming and friendly as I have ever seen---all this in one of them dang Muslim - fied countries.