Jayapura...

Hugo still had two days of holidays left from last year and we decided to use them to go to Jayapura for a few nights without kids. R, was willing to stay with the kids for which we were very thankful. We stayed at the Swiss-Bel hotel:

It's that castle-looking building on the far left of the first photo, centre of the second one. It's located on the waters edge along the bay. It's like a little piece of cleanliness in a very dirty city. We enjoyed a few days of relaxing, shopping, going to the beach and not cooking... :-) We were also able to visit a friend of mine on the Chinese New Year (IMLEK). That was a fun cultural experience. You need to shake hands with everyone in the house when you arrive and everyone who's there when you leave. We also got to eat some yummy food.

One day we ate lunch at this swanky place called the OK Cafe (sounds like it comes out of an old Western doesn't it?):

Hugo had Shrimp steak (or so the dish was named...)

I had Ifu Mie (vegetables and chicken over fried noodles).

We ate all of our suppers in the hotel restaurant because it's quiet and no one bugs you there...

One morning we drove to the beach known as Base G (a name given during WW2). It was a nice cloudy day so the temperature wasn't too hot. I still burned...

A couple guys fixing their fishing net.