Indonesia Tour 1

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Impressions of Jakarta

Company hotel - the Avissa Suites in Kuningan Area

Company hotel - the Avissa Suites in Kuningan Area

Avissa Suites - this place was made for the Flying Fish !


Avissa Suites - rooftop cafe
See Lesson of the Day

Jakarta skyline




Jakarta Skyline

Jakarta - Jalan Karet Pedurenan

View from the Avissa rooftop cafe

Jakarta sunset - tower flats and mosque

Jakarta skyline

Rushhour.....even the crossing guards stand back

Note the whistle-blowing guard valiantly trying to stem the river of death (flowing at 30 MPH)

Quality of pavements varies...but they often end abruptly into an open sewer

Pavement surfaces vary from even and smooth to.....

Monument Nasional ( Monas )

Mini-bikes for hire at the Monas

The only safe way to cross a main road in Jakarta...

The only safe way to cross a main road in Jakarta...

Jalan Prof. Dr Satrio with expressway above....public holiday today so little traffic. Note the slippers in foreground belonging to Council employee working down the manhole in the grass

Day trip to the mountains in Puncak, Java

Puncak - Goat is served at 4400 ft elevation

Puncak - Cianjur village with part of 30 km traffic jam, prior to one-way system starting

Puncak - tea plantation in the mist 4800 ft elevation



Puncak - tea plantation in the mist 4800 ft elevation

Puncak denizen

Puncak Cianjur village...yams and satellites

Puncak

With Silvi and Paulina, owners of Asian One Air

Melrimba Gardens on the Puncak - tropical highland flora at 4500 ft elevation


Confused flower - Puncak

Rude flower - Puncak

Puncak - highland tropical flora at 4500 ft elevation



Melrimba Gardens on the Puncak - tropical highland flora at 4500 ft elevation

Celebrations for our new office in the CityLoft Sudirman

View from our new office 21 floors up

View from Asian One Air's new office

Monster Cumulonimbus at least 50 NM 90 km away

Courses with Gemilang Training at Jakarta's second airport Halim Perdanakusuma

Halim Airport

Halim Airport terminal and restaurants


Lunchtime at Gemilang Aviation Professional Training

Gemilang - student and instructors

A final picture in the Asian One Air office with our owners Silvi and Paulina before Chief Pilot Mark Small and I go to Nabire in Papua

Jakarta to Nabire (1800 NM / 3300 km) with a 6 hour stop in Ambon - 36 hours without sleep GoogleMaps



The size of Indonesia is staggering
West to East 2900 NM 5300 km


Arrival in Nabire - you want your bag...get it yourself GoogleMaps

Hotel room in Nabire with complimentary anthill


First training flight to Sinak WABS - cargo IN passengers OUT GoogleMaps

Sinak - everything becomes very real. Rough runway 650 m, elevation 6700-6980 ft with an average 10% slope, temperature 22 degrees...with obstacles


Our 'Ticketing Agents' organising the 'BackLoad' PAX.  At trouble spot airstrips where there was a military presence the troops ran a side business as handling agents


The only way to travel .....in Papua (a year later this became illegal)

The island of Biak where our aircraft was weighed and a new Weight&Balance sheet was issued.   A few nights in the West Irian Hotel was a nice way to end the first week's work Google Maps

Biak flora



Biak

Biak - the Indonesian hotel room : aircon, Mecca arrow, Low Energy Light....and lizards (not visible)

Biak battlefield relics in the jungle above the airport 
(see post entry 
Sun20Apr14
 for historical detail)

Biak battlefield munitions

Biak battlefield - Japanese helmet

Biak battlefield - Japanese mess tin

Biak battlefield

Japanese monument and cremation area where every few years veterans return to take care of newly discovered remains

Biak's Binsari cave - where 3000 Japanese made their last stand


Biak - entering the Binsari cave system

Biak - main cave where the final bomb struck

Biak - bomb crater in the main cave

Biak - bomb crater seen from above

Biak battlefield - Japanese artillery overlooking the invasion beach where the airport is today

Biak airport - Space Shuttle alternate landing zone with Japen island in the background (Papua lies beyond)


Engineer Marsel preparing the paperwork for our next flight

Breakfast break at 8 AM as the aircraft is loaded in Nabire for another run to Sinak (hiding in the shadow in 29 degrees heat)

WABS Sinak airstrip - my new BFFs who are trying to look fierce but can't stop laughing (food parcel for the troops by the wheel)



















Birthdays are a big event within our small team in Nabire - Engineer Marcellinus' birthday soaking

Nabire office - Company Parrot

"Shy Princess" Mimosa Pudica - the leaves close up instantly when touched

"Shy Princess" Mimosa Pudica

Heaven - pasta and sauce without sugar and spices.   Indonesian food is delicious but a change is welcome

Delayed departure this morning for removal of overnight's birds nests from inside both wings.   The culprits, a pair of scrawny sparrows, sat on the aircraft berating the engineers ...and even tried to sneak into the wing to start rebuilding


Our Crew hotel in Nabire - The Mahavira 2

Sinak - tonight's dinner keeping fresh

Chief Pilot Mark Small's birthday - our local ground crew thought the self-relighting candles were hilarious

Mark's birthday surprise - trip to the beach

Nabire beach - body temperature water

Engineer Marsel

Pantai Nabire - Asian One Air Engineers and Ground Crew

Pantai Nabire - selfie with our Engineer Marcellinus

Nabire beach - recently dead turtle's head

Nabire Beach

Pantai Nabire

Map of local area and recent destinations

In formation with DimonimAir's Caravan PK-HVA

When pilots get bored returning from Bilogai with a light load (yes...I did make vroom-vroom noises)

6:30 AM - Rushhour at WABV Bilogai airstrip (elevation 6950 ft)

Unloading at WABV Bilogai / Sugapa airstrip

Poor pic - but gives an idea of the cloud buildup at midday in the Freeway

Trip to Nusi beach - roadside snackbar offering fruit bat and lemur

Nusi beach - an hour's drive North of Nabire GoogleMaps

Nusi beach


Nusi beach - mangroves and the jungle
( in 2013 this was still a remote, sparsely populated area ....not so anymore )

Nusi beach - coral reef 50 m from the shore

Nusi beach - coral reef 50 m from the shore
(waterproof camera now on the wishlist)

Nusi Beach

Nusi beach - sea cucumber

Nusi beach flora

Pantai Nusi

Nabire - 69th Merdeka (Independence) Decorations



Nabire - 69th Merdeka Decorations



Nabire - 69th Merdeka Decorations when even the squares on the Control Tower get freshly painted in the national colours

Nabire WABI - airport fuel depot


Enroute to Timika WABP - the Enaro Gap with cloud covered Paniai Lakes (water elevation 5800 ft) Google Maps.   The aircraft is scheduled for major maintenance so we will have a few days to explore the area 

Starting descent into the lowlands...passing Gunung Deiyai mountain (elev 11,000 ft)

           Enroute to Timika WABP - lowland jungle

Crowded Timika WABP maintenance base Google Maps

Mimika district flora

Mimika insect swarms high in the treetops communicating

Mimika district flora

Mimika district resident

Mimika district flora

Mimika district flora - Pandan Tree

Mimika Flora


Timika Hotel 66

Timika - town loco who followed us around for two hours

Mimika flora

Mimika flora with residents

Mimika Flora

Mimika Flora

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END OF TOUR 1