We're Here!!!!

Yup, we made it to Jakarta after many long hours of travel. At least 30 hours... probably more, I lost count after a while. We had an interesting journey. In Amsterdam they tried to tell us that we were only allowed 23 kg's per person and we had to go complain, and then found out that the woman had made a mistake. Then after the luggage was sorted out and we said good-bye to mom and dad Feunekes, we ran to the gate only to find that there was nothing there. There was a plane there but it was already loaded up and ready to go. We sort of panicked, especially Hugo who after asking someone about it ran his guts out to the transfer desk, which was empty. In the meantime I found out from the same woman that the gate was changed to another one a little ways down. I tried to find Hugo, but couldn't so I just took the kids to the gate. At least we were there even though I had no tickets or anything. Then a profusely sweating Hugo showed up and we were the last to go through security. I should add that as we were travelling through Heathrow, we were only allowed to take a few things in clear plastic bags. Then we had to fight a little to get them to let us have our strollers on board and Brynne's car seat. We pleaded that we were going to have a 6 hour layover in Heathrow so we NEEDED the strollers. After a chat with the captain, we were allowed... Yeah! So we made it to Heathrow and took a shuttle from one terminal to another where we viewed the guts of the airport. Interesting... We hung around the same spot the entire time as it was quiet and had a few things for the kids to do. Then the minute we found out what gate we had to go to to catch our flight to HongKong we were off. Almost as soon as we got there we could board. Without one of the strollers unfortunately... At least we had the other. So we then had a 12 hour flight to HongKong. What a neat place to land in. There are so many islands. We had a short and pleasant stay in the airport there. Then we flew to Jakarta which took about 5.5 hours (I think...). This flight was with Cathay Pacific. I must say that we really notice a difference between Asian airlines and the rest. The service is impeccable on board the Asian airlines. Then we arrived in Jakarta and got through immigration without any hiccups (Yeah!!). We got a few guys to help us unload our luggage off the belt and discovered that we were missing the red stroller and our biggest suitcase which has most of Hugo's clothes and a lot of mine in and the electric grilling plate that I got for my birthday. We really hope that we get that one back.... After all that work to make sure that we had enough clothes for Hugo... Thankfully I found an underwear and a clean t-shirt that he can wear tomorrow when we go to the police station and the immigration. We had a good drive to down town Jakarta in air conditioned vehicles. The first thing Christiaan and Aidan did when we got out of the airport, was take off their shirts which the INdonesian guys hanging around the airport thought was hilarious. So now we're in the guest house here in Sentani for two nights and thursday morning we will drive to Bandung and get settled into our new home there!