What Makes a Bungalow a Bungalow?

Emilie's school has A LOT of breaks.  The weekend before Thanksgiving, they had a five day weekend (although, they didn't get Thanksgiving off).  During this break, Chris' boss generously offered to let us stay at his bungalow in the mountains of Puncak.  Without traffic, this is about a 2 hour drive South of Jakarta. We set out early Friday morning and the drive was beautiful.  We went through mountains with miles and miles (or kilometers and kilometers) of tea plantations. As we climbed through the mountains, the air continued to get clearer and the weather cooled off (It was SO nice to be in 70 degree weather (and to breathe fresh air) for a couple of days).  We made it to the bungalow, and WOW!  When I think of a bungalow, I picture a quaint house in the country...we stayed in the guest house - which was a separate building from the main house and had ten bedrooms, along with a kitchen, dining room, and two sitting/living areas. The main house also had more bedrooms, a kitchen, eating area, formal dinning room, more sitting rooms and rec room complete with pool table and ping pong table.  There was also a pool (with a slide), a tennis court, and a basketball court on the property.  We were in heaven!

We all enjoyed playing Ping Pong, but Andy beat every last one of us!

Enjoying the weather!

The "Guest House"

The Main House

The Main House is on the left.  The Guest house is straight ahead

The View

The Lion Waterfall

This was where we spent most of our time.  The breeze was wonderful and the storms at night were beautiful 

The property caretakers made us a delicious dinner our first night there.   Napkins are scarce in Jakarta - even in restaurants.  Usually you get kleenex/tissue.  Here, we opted for the always classy roll of toilet paper at the table!

If you look closely, you can make out the volcano!

Tea Leaves!

Our first day at the Bungalow, we hung out swimming, relaxing, playing baseball and ping pong, and enjoying the wonderful weather.  The second day, we spent at the nearby safari...stay tuned for pictures from our Safari Adventure!