This morning Yonson and MaryLynn were supposed to pick us up at 8:00 in the morning to catch our 10 o'clock flight to Kupang. They arrived an hour late (true Indonesian style) and we had to literally run through the airport to catch the plane. Actually, Yonson ran ahead of us with our tickets to make sure the plane wouldn't leave without us. Because we didn't have tickets we were not allowed to enter the secure area. We stood there not knowing what was going on - till finally Yonson came back to get us. We made it on our plane and after 1 1/2 hour flight arrived safely in Kupang. Yonson had hired a "bemo" and his driver was there with their van to pick us all up. Oh yes, did we say it was hot?? When we ask people here what the temperature is they just smile - no idea... just hot... everyday... We are guessing it's around 100 degrees farenheit. We arrived at Yonson & ML's house and just rested, played memory with the kids. It rained very hard for maybe 20 minutes - but it's still hot when the rain is done.
This photo is of a sign in Kupang airport - just one of the many things that kept us laughing. Between the awkward moments in trying to communicate and translate, to being reminded to uncross our legs in church (big faux pas), to having to use the squatty potty during our travels, there was never a day that we didn't have a good laugh about something. Well, maybe the day we were sick we didn't have too much to laugh about...
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