Summer 2013 Indonesia, Florida, North Carolina - forgot to publish

Late spring - at the last minute Danielle said the magic words. ¨I need your help.¨ Can you come to Indonesia again this summer? I jumped at the chance.  After school was out, I flew alone into Singapore. Singapore was spectacular. It is a very metropolitan city - clean, beautiful, interesting and most people speak English. The mass transit is easy to understand. I toured the city and when Danielle arrived we went to some amazing gardens, then onward to Bali. I love using Bali as a stopover before Lombok as it has become very familiar to me. We ferried with her truck full of supplies to Lombok and her place looked wonderful and comfortable especially compared to last year's primitiveness. Running water, hot water, sinks, toilets, kitchen, terrazzo floors, window and doors. (Scorpion - just 1 big black one) Starry nights and a bed - wonderful each night after a long and hard day’s work. This summer we focused on landscaping, more plumbing, interior and finish work, specialty tile work, and a long punch list of small things. We shopped for furniture, fabrics, dishes, etc. 

We finished our summer work by taking a crazy trek up Mt. Rinjani 12500 feet. 31 hours of hard hiking in 60 hours of time. Two nights in a tent with a leaky pad, rats, monkeys, hot springs, high winds, rain, sun, fog, heat, cold, good food and exhaustion. It was a great finish to another summer adventure. Danielle has made this trek many times. I am not sure I would do it again. We finished our Indonesian travels with a one day luxury catamaran sailing to a private Island cove for fun water activities. 30 hours back to our first world country. Danielle was able to attend a wedding in Portland and met me in Florida for a few days to see all the family. Danielle and I drove to Hendersonville and spent a couple of days decorating Dad’s place. 
Adriana and Phil (Adriana is engaged as of May 29, 2013) came down and we went river tubing, hiking, and ziplining. So much fun. Adriana will be married in June of 2014. Plans are underway.