Travel – after 54 hours of transit, I made it to Jakarta! Here are some of the highlights of the trip:
1. I got to SFO on time and through security without issue.
2. Delayed departure due to an engine issue – the plane took off around 1am Friday
3. Friday 3:30am, a HUGE engine fire occurs and we are emergently re-routed to Albuquerque, NM – with three fire engines and guys in puffy silver haz-matty fire resistant suits following us down the runway…it was like a movie!
4. 6 hour layover in NM and (long story short) was re-routed through LA (Shirley McLain and her dog Terri were on that flight), Tokyo, Hong Kong, Malaysia and then finally
JKT. 5. My bags were on different flights from me and were supposed to arrive in Hong Kong before me…but didn’t…unfortunately I didn’t discover this until after I had exited through security (another long story short), I ended up spending the night in the airport lobby – in amongst the jack hammering construction crews! Ha!
6. THEN I discovered that the Indonesian Government won’t let you into the country unless you have a return ticket already purchased…I didn’t…running to Cathay Pacific counter to purchase my ticket to Thailand…
7. FINALLY I boarded the plane to KL and JKT.
8. Nice guy on the final leg that showed me where to get my temporary visa (different on Sunday afternoon I guess).
9. I was picked up at the airport and taken to the hotel.
10. Lyn outfitted me with an outfit complete with shoes and I finally was able to shower and brush my teeth!
11. My luggage arrived Monday afternoon! Whoo hoo!
Traffic in Jakarta - there are only two lanes!
Work – we spent Monday meeting with past clients and reviewing their scorecards…then drove 4 hours to Bandung. Now we are staying in a lovely hotel in the North suburbs of the city taking clients through our Foundational Principles product.
Below: Jakarta and me with my 10-P Booster client Handoko
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Safely from Bandung, Indonesia!
Dena
1 comment:
Glad to hear that you made it there safe and sound, even with the HUGE ENGINE FIRE. Excited to hear the blog entries from the team!
Know that you are in our prayers there and we are all eager to hear about how God works in all of your lives on the venture!
Jason
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