Christmas Holiday - Day 1

Our family started the christmas holiday today. The plan for this holiday started from the beginning of this year. The original plan was going to Bali, but since the economic crisis hit Indonesia and increase all costs, the plan changed.  

First stop : Kite Museum

There were three cars that used for this trip, one from Parung, one from Bintaro, and one from BSD. Our first destination, and also the rendezvous point, is the Indonesia Kite Museum located at Jl. H. Kamang Pd Labu - Jakarta Selatan.  

In the museum, the guide showed us the video of the story of kites around the world, then we were taken to see the sample of kites.  There were so many forms of kites from Indonesia and the whole world, even in form we had never seen before, like the form of a ship, chariot, and bicycle.  There are also kites that looks like cylinders, and a very small kite which only about 2cmx2cm!

 Different kind of kites from around the world

  Very small kite!

After we saw the kites, it was time to join the workshop.  We made our own kites!  The museum guide showed us how to make our own kites, while the smaller kids colored the drawings in smaller kites.  These activities proven to be a lot of fun for all of us.  For the children it was even more exciting since they might have never seen a real kite before.  After we finished making the kite, it was time to try it.  We all tried to fly the kites, but none of us was successful.

 Coloring and creating kites.

 Kids trying to fly the kite,

We also had our lunch in the museum.  We brought the food from home, so it was plenty of food for all of us.  We even have some leftovers to take to the hotel.

The hotel : Mercure Ancol

The next stop was the hotel.  We got some rooms at the Mercure Hotel in Ancol area.  It is a holiday season now, so almost all the rooms in the hotel had already occupied. Luckily we had our reservation a month ago and we could get four rooms for our family.  But since the hotel was considerably crowded, it took some time just to check-in and get our keys, and took a short rest.

Night activities

It was not clear what was the original plan for dinner, but the final decision was going to Pizza Hut located not very far from the hotel. Some pizzas, chicken wings, salads, spaghetties, and soup sure made our stomach full.  Even Krisna and Nico who were just had their afternoon meal at the hotel still enjoying the dinner.

After dinner, we went to visit the wedding of a family of a friend. Then we planned to go to the 'Kota Tua', but since the children had already exhausted and they were falling asleep in the car, we just drove back to the hotel and decided to called it the night.