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We’ve got a lot of traveling planned in the next few months.

Next week we’ll head to Kalimantan (aka Borneo) to take a multi-day journey up the river on a boat, into the heart of the jungle!  Hopefully we’ll see crocodiles, orangutans, gibbons, and perhaps even clouded leopards.  We also hope to see some of the local culture in Kalimantan, as it’s quite different from Java.

Sometime in March we hope to visit Yogyakarta, in Central Java.  This is a very old town with lots of history behind it, and a thriving arts community.  It is also very close to Borobodur, one of the largest Buddhist temple complexes in the world, a World Heritage Site, and Indonesia’s #1 most popular tourist attraction.

In early April I think we’ll probably try to make it to the beach on the southern coast of Java.  I really liked it there, but have only been once due to the crazy six-hour trip (best case scenario).

In late April, we’ll visit another country in SE Asia for a week or perhaps a little longer.  Maybe Vietnam, maybe Laos, maybe Thailand.  We’re not sure yet.

Then on April 30th we’ll fly back to Seattle to visit family and friends.  I’m really starting to look forward to being back in the US.  I’ve even had a few dreams about it.

After a month in Seattle, we’ll fly back to Bandung, and then to Singapore shortly after that for the obligatory work permit trip.

Whew!  In a way it’s overwhelming, but like I was telling Denise, this is the big payoff.  This is half the reason we came, to travel.  So we’re looking forward to it.