You, Me, and Dupree: On the road to Barny and Sari's Wedding

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March 31st 2008

Published: March 31st 2008
You, Me, and Dupree: On the road to Barny and Sari


Indonesia is a fascinating country. More than 17,000 Islands, and a population around 250 Million. Amazingly, more than half of the population lives on the country's biggest island - Java. We were also surprised to hear that it is the fourth most populous country behind China, India, and the United States.

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June, 2007 We got married in June of 2007 and figured our backpack through Asia trip had to happen now or never, so we quit our jobs, sold our cars, rented our condo, and booked our plane tickets. Now it's time to teach in Japan and then travel through Southeast Asia! May, 2008 We arrived safely back in Toronto, and we have to get back to real life! We're trying to get the last few entries of our travels posted so please bear with us! March, 2009 We have continued our travels with a short visit to South America: Chile and Argentina!... full info
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Java - Gunung Bromo - Sunrise ViewpointJava - Gunung Bromo - Sunrise Viewpoint
Java - Gunung Bromo - Sunrise Viewpoint

Waiting for the sun to rise after 3 hours of sleep in the cold
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Java - Gunung Bromo - Volcano Base

Strange lighting on the volcanic black sands
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Java - Gunung Bromo - Volcano Summit

We felt sorry for this melancholy horse - staring into the abyss! Aw cheer up buddy! Why the long face?
Java - Gunung Bromo  - Volcano SummitJava - Gunung Bromo  - Volcano Summit
Java - Gunung Bromo - Volcano Summit

John and Travis make their way back down from the summit - a long way!
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Java - Borobodur

Large spider
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Java - Borobodur

Whoa that guy is long
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Java - Jakarta

The blushing bride
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Java - Jakarta

Bride, groom and parents
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Java - Jakarta

Wedding ceremony group shot, with Michelle, Travis, and John
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Java - Jakarta

We stayed at hotel Borobodur, in Jakarta, after visiting the life size Borobodur this little replica made us laugh.
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Java - Jakarta

The wedding cake
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Java - Jakarta

The three of us. John and Travis managed to find dress shoes at a nearby mall for only 8 USD! The shoes were terribly painful on the feet by the end of the night! Both boys left the shoes in the hotel room, rather than lug them around Asia!



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Date: 31st March 2008

Sweet
Wow. I would be really scared climbing up the volcano....I hope it was inactive. tee-hee. I also can;t believe you guys made that wood carving! Yeah boy! I showed my teacher (Mr.Neate) your last blog, and he first looked at it after i told him you guys were my brother and sister and hes like "And they're drinking!?!" Funny, funny. Im going to be on a 3 night field trip when you guys get back :( Love you both so much, Kevin

From Blog: You, Me, and Dupree: On the road to Barny and Sari's Wedding
Date: 1st April 2008


Guys, Indonesia looks AMAZING!! Now I wish we had gone there instead!!! No, we still had a great time and saw tons where we were. The sunrise around those volcanoes looked stunning...great pics!!!

From Blog: You, Me, and Dupree: On the road to Barny and Sari's Wedding
Date: 1st April 2008

Dying of Laughter!
Just dying at the pic of the "long guy"! Soooooo funny! And the blog title! Good one!

From Blog: You, Me, and Dupree: On the road to Barny and Sari's Wedding
Date: 4th April 2008

base
Looks like Johnny's tanning bed base tan paid off!!!!

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