Wow, hard to believe that we have been here for over 6 months. We are enjoying living in Jakarta and my new title is Princess. I can't be a housewife as I don't do housework! Going to try putting that on as my occupation next time I travel, although I have to be careful in the UK - perhaps trophy wife would work better? We have travelled heaps in the last 2 months. I surprised myself by returning to Australia first - headed to Melbourne for a weekend for a frien...

Hard to believe that we have been here in Jakarta for over a month. We have moved into our house and we have our household effects. By having our pictures on the wall, it seems to make it more our house.We have bought our predecessor's car and taken over the staff. We have a housekeeper who comes in about 9:30 each day and works 8 hours. We have a driver who works 10 hour days, starting whenever we request. We have a part time Gardner who is eager to please and w...

Well, we are here. Another capital city, another country. We have been here for 3 days trying to settle in. The traffic is not as bad as we expected, in parts it is better than Sydney. It seems to be like organized chaos, but there seems to be a method of merging and u-turns as there are no right hand turns. Makes it hard to get bearings, but it is interesting to look about. The pollution and heat has not been as bad as we had expected, but I suppose we have be...