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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 |
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... |
Puncak - Sate Kambing (goat satay) is served at 4400 ft 1300 m above sea level |
Puncak - Cianjur village with part of 30 km traffic jam, prior to one-way system starting GoogleMaps |
Puncak - tea plantation in the mist 4800 ft 1500 m elevation |
Puncak - tea plantation in the mist |
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Puncak denizen |
Puncak Cianjur village...yams and satellites |
Puncak |
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With Silvi and Paulina, owners of Asian One Air |
Melrimba Gardens on the Puncak - tropical highland flora GoogleMaps
Confused flower - Puncak |
Rude flower - Puncak |
Puncak - highland tropical flora |
Melrimba Gardens on the Puncak tropical highland south of Jakarta |
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 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
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First training flight to Sinak - cargo IN passengers OUT GoogleMaps
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Biak |
The Indonesian hotel room : aircon, Mecca arrow, Low Energy Light....and lizards (not visible) |
Biak battlefield relics from 1944 in the jungle above the airport (see post entry Sun20Apr14 for historical detail) |
Biak battlefield munitions. Unclear whether they were disarmed |
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 1944 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
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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. From then on the openings were blocked, initially with plastic bags and later with purpose made plugs. |
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 near Nabire |
Nabire beach - body temperature water |
Engineer Marsel |
Pantai Nabire - selfie with our Engineer Marcellinus |
Nabire beach - recently dead turtle's head |
Nabire Beach |
Pantai Nabire |
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Map of local area and recent destinations |
Meeting 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 Bilogai airstrip, one our main destinations. Generally accepted elevation 6960 ft 2120 m. |
Unloading at Bilogai / Sugapa airstrip
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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 ) Pantai Nusi |
Nusi beach - coral reef 50 m from the shore |
Nusi beach coral reef ( waterproof camera now on the wishlist ) Pantai Nusi Indonesian custom requires swimming fully clothed. |
Nusi beach - sea cucumber |
Nusi flora |
Pantai Nusi Some coconuts to take home from the beach.... 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 |
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Enroute to Timika - lowland jungle GoogleMaps
Crowded Timika maintenance base Google Maps |
Mimika district flora |
Mimika insects high in the treetops communicating
Sound ON
Mimika district flora |
Mimika district residents |
Mimika district flora |
Timika Hotel 66
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Mimika flora with residents |
Mimika Flora
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