Archive for January 2012
Kudus, Indonesia
With New Year’s festivities over, we head to Kudus, a small town in Central Java where Nes’ mom grew up. Kudus is the birthplace of kretek, the clove cigarette, and is home to Djarum, the third largest producer of “cloves”. We’ll spent just one night in Kudus at the home of Ina’s oldest brother, Om […]
Semarang, Indonesia
Agnes was finally successful in surprising her parents with a visit home. Last time she tried, they found out and ended up playing a prank and surprising her! We met her dad while he was visiting her Grandma (he was genuinely surprised! I was sure he knew). We stayed a while and played with the half […]