Our Bucket List ~ Asia Here we Come! : New Years Eve ~ Yes we are 15 hours ahead of you!

Happy New Year! Gelukkig Nieuw Jaar! Salamat Tahun Hari Baru!!!!

New Years Eve in Indonesia WITH olie bollen of course! (flour & butter mixed w raisen & apple) and fried in oil...healthy...well......! Good.....

and......VERY Dutch!

Beppie our Dutch friend had been in the kitchen that afternoon!

Kristiaan & Lianne had their parents visiting from Holland - Mees & Gerdi - so Elisha & Beppie invited them over! Also Ewout & Liesbeth the other Dutch couple came as well!

There was Dutch & English spoken ~

Kristiaan, Lianne and her father had left last evening at 10 pm to climb Mt Marapi with a guide...they would be on the top at sunrise - and then come back again! We heard they made it almost to the top but had some weather, it was foggy - so they came down again...a 5 hour climb up and then another 5 hours down! Kristiaan did say there was a lot of lava rock and it was very grainy up there. They climbed on the ridges with a flashlight...well - I do think hiking during the day is the way to go...you guys! Gosh!

We played some games - I had brought along the 10,000 dice game ~ it was fun - and before you knew it, it was already 11:50 pm oh my the evening flew by! Hey we hear the fireworks...!!!