first stop: Jakarta, Indonesia

Saturday was a whirlwind of events. The night before I had my last youth group for 4 months. Usually we get food afterwards, which is often macca’s, and stay there until about 11:30 pm. That night was no different except I was filled with tears. It was such a fun night I wouldn’t change it for the world, but what I forgot about was that I had to get up at 7 the next morning to get ready for the flight.

It was 8:00 am and we had just left to go to the airport. Once we arrived the first thing we have to go to check in out bags – which always takes the longest – and get something to eat. After that we had to go through more and more security before we got to our gate. We found out then our flight was boarding at 11:00am we had plenty of time. Once we could finally board our plane, we saw someone famous in business class! It was Kate Ritchie from Home and Away. If I’m being completely honest, I didn’t know who she was until my mum told me. The flight wasn’t that bad, it was like any other flight. Bad movies, stinky toilets, but what surprised me was that the food was actually good. Luckily, I got some sleep on the plane, which for me is quite rare. 7 hours later we’ve landed in Jakarta.

Once we had landed and picked up our bags from the baggage claim. My mum, brother and I are awaiting for my uncle to come and pick us up. He finally finds us, and we all get some noodles for dinner. We have to get a grab car, it’s an Indonesian uber, which takes about 15 minutes to arrive. The traffic in Jakarta is crazy so, the longer the car takes the worst the traffic is. The car just happens to be late which means we have to sit through 2 hours of traffic. We reach our house at 9:00 pm which in Australia is 12:00am. I felt so tired, but then my cousins came and we hung out together and that lifted my spirts.

On Sunday night my flight to Copenhagen is at 11:00 pm. I’m not excited because it goes for 14 hours. The longest flight I’ve ever been on is 7 hours so I hope I get some sleep. Wish me luck! See you in Copenhagen.