Bandung

Monday the 17th was Independence Day in Indonesia, so everyone had a holiday! We went to Bandung, which is about 2 hours from Jakarta - we left at 6.30 in the morning to try and avoid the traffic. Bandung is known for shopping and eating, and we did alot of both! There are so many factory outlets there, we managed to get to about 4 of them, and that was about all we could cope with. We also watched some of the games traditionally played on Independence Day - they looked like lots of fun!

We had lunch at a restaurant in the hills, in the middle of rice fields. We had our own little hut, where we all sat on the floor on cushions and the waiters brought everything out to us from the kitchens - it was great.

Bandung is also known for its brownies, believe it or not, and they are really good! Yum :) We had a very full day and arrived home just before midnight, shopped out and stuffed silly, but very happy.