Arrival in Bandung ....!!!!

Nick & I had a good trip from Jakarta to Bandung - my fathers Birth town yesterday!  The taxi picked us and brought us to the train station, and we waited

for a bit before departure.

                                     The train left on time (yea!) and we headed out of Jakarta and into the mountains

of Java and saw some really pretty sights going through many rice fields

and villages along the way.  It seemed liked every acre of land was used in some kind of farming - neatly

lined and leveled.  People had built their small houses along the tracks and motorcycles being used to get around.

We came to the train station stop of Cimahi - the town where Nick's father is

buried and also my grandfather and of course we both recognized the name!!!!  We will be returning to this station in the next coming days, to find the Dutch Military Cemetery.  But having heard this name Cimahi for so long....it was ever so' very special indeed and to know we were so close now! 

As we came closer to Bandung, it was down in a valley...very pretty surrounded by mountains!  The town is a busy one as well- but not as crazy as Jakarta.  Somehow with the mountains and the city laid out on hills it makes it seem so nice here in town.  As we departed off the train...YES! took pictures of the name of the town! GOSH! Pretty emotional!

Hey..... Maralin and Ron ...look at this - Poppa's town! Neat huh?

YES!

 First shots of the city from our hotel...through tinted windows...

                                                              can't see a whole lot yet........

.....but more pictures to come!

 We found a Ibis Hotel on line that had very reasonable rates...low season.  So we ended up on the southeast part of town - right next door to this major Mall...oh oh...trouble...Nick said!

 Well not to worry Nico...I only have one back pack and one suitcase to my name!  (but of course I can replace some things right? (Ah....you too figured it out!) ha!

 Well more to come! We had a good night's rest and are ready to start the day here (10:30am) we are so slow this morning! But nice to take it easy!

Nick is trying to find some connections here in town - so that we can find a place to stay for some weeks - that is our plan anyway.  We just need to check some things out here and there, and we are hoping to make some contacts here in town. We feel it is time to settle for a while, and Bandung is cooler - being up in the mountains ~ which makes it so nice! (I saw the weather report this morning in Jakarta 95F! Whoa Baby - HOT!)