Impressions of Jakarta
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Company hotel - the Avissa Suites in Kuningan Area
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Company hotel - the Avissa Suites in Kuningan Area |
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Avissa Suites - this place was made for the Flying Fish ! |
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Jakarta skyline |
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Jakarta Skyline |
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Jakarta - Jalan Karet Pedurenan
View from the Avissa rooftop cafe |
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Jakarta sunset - tower flats and mosque
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Jakarta skyline
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Rushhour.....even the crossing guards stand back
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Note the whistle-blowing guard valiantly trying to stem the river of death (flowing at 30 MPH) |
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Quality of pavements varies...but they often end abruptly into an open sewer |
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Pavement surfaces vary from even and smooth to..... |
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Monument Nasional ( Monas ) |
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Mini-bikes for hire at the Monas |
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The only safe way to cross a main road in Jakarta... |
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The only safe way to cross a main road in Jakarta...
.JPG) | 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 |
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Day trip to the mountains in Puncak, Java
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Puncak - Goat is served at 4400 ft elevation |
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Puncak - Cianjur village with part of 30 km traffic jam, prior to one-way system starting |
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Puncak - tea plantation in the mist 4800 ft elevation |
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Puncak - tea plantation in the mist 4800 ft elevation |
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Puncak denizen |
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Puncak Cianjur village...yams and satellites |
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Puncak |
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With Silvi and Paulina, owners of Asian One Air |
Melrimba Gardens on the Puncak - tropical highland flora at 4500 ft elevation
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Confused flower - Puncak |
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Rude flower - Puncak |
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Puncak - highland tropical flora at 4500 ft elevation |
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Melrimba Gardens on the Puncak - tropical highland flora at 4500 ft elevation |
Celebrations for our new office in the CityLoft Sudirman |
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View from our new office 21 floors up |
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View from Asian One Air's new office |
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Monster Cumulonimbus at least 50 NM 90 km away
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Courses with Gemilang Training at Jakarta's second airport Halim Perdanakusuma |
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Halim Airport |
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Halim Airport terminal and restaurants
.JPG) Lunchtime at Gemilang Aviation Professional Training
Gemilang - student and instructors
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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
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Jakarta to Nabire (1800 NM / 3300 km) with a 6 hour stop in Ambon - 36 hours without sleep GoogleMaps |
.png) The size of Indonesia is staggering West to East 2900 NM 5300 km
.JPG) Arrival in Nabire - you want your bag...get it yourself GoogleMaps
.JPG) | Hotel room in Nabire with complimentary anthill |
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.JPG) First training flight to Sinak WABS - cargo IN passengers OUT GoogleMaps
.JPG) | Sinak - everything becomes very real. Rough runway 650 m, elevation 6700-6980 ft with an average 10% slope, temperature 22 degrees...with obstacles
.JPG) 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
.JPG) The only way to travel .....in Papua (a year later this became illegal)
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.JPG) | 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
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.JPG) | Biak flora |
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Biak |
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Biak - the Indonesian hotel room : aircon, Mecca arrow, Low Energy Light....and lizards (not visible)
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Biak battlefield relics in the jungle above the airport (see post entry Sun20Apr14 for historical detail)
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Biak battlefield munitions |
.JPG) 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)
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Birthdays are a big event within our small team in Nabire - Engineer Marcellinus' birthday soaking |
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Nabire office - Company Parrot |
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"Shy Princess" Mimosa Pudica - the leaves close up instantly when touched |
"Shy Princess" Mimosa Pudica
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Heaven - pasta and sauce without sugar and spices. Indonesian food is delicious but a change is welcome |
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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 |
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.JPG) Our Crew hotel in Nabire - The Mahavira 2
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Sinak - tonight's dinner keeping fresh
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Chief Pilot Mark Small's birthday - our local ground crew thought the self-relighting candles were hilarious |
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Mark's birthday surprise - trip to the beach |
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Nabire beach - body temperature water |
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Engineer Marsel |
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Pantai Nabire - Asian One Air Engineers and Ground Crew |
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Pantai Nabire - selfie with our Engineer Marcellinus |
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Nabire beach - recently dead turtle's head |
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Nabire Beach |
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Pantai Nabire |
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Map of local area and recent destinations |
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In formation with DimonimAir's Caravan PK-HVA |
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When pilots get bored returning from Bilogai with a light load (yes...I did make vroom-vroom noises)
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6:30 AM - Rushhour at WABV Bilogai airstrip (elevation 6950 ft) |
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Unloading at WABV Bilogai / Sugapa airstrip
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Trip to Nusi beach - roadside snackbar offering fruit bat and lemur
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Nusi beach - an hour's drive North of Nabire GoogleMaps |
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Nusi beach |
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Nusi beach - mangroves and the jungle ( in 2013 this was still a remote, sparsely populated area ....not so anymore )
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Nusi beach - coral reef 50 m from the shore |
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Nusi beach - coral reef 50 m from the shore (waterproof camera now on the wishlist)
Nusi Beach |
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Nusi beach - sea cucumber
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Nusi beach flora
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Pantai Nusi
Nabire - 69th Merdeka (Independence) Decorations |
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Nabire - 69th Merdeka Decorations |
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Nabire - 69th Merdeka Decorations when even the squares on the Control Tower get freshly painted in the national colours |
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Nabire WABI - airport fuel depot |
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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
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Enroute to Timika WABP - lowland jungle
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Mimika district flora |
Mimika insect swarms high in the treetops communicating
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Mimika district flora |
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Mimika district resident |
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Mimika district flora |
Mimika district flora - Pandan Tree
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Mimika Flora |
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Timika Hotel 66
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Timika - town loco who followed us around for two hours |
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Mimika flora |
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Mimika flora with residents |
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Mimika Flora |
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Mimika Flora
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