Indonesian Roadtrip - Part 3

Next morning, hubby had a training session in the morning, so we left Semarang at 1230. Was a short trip to the next town; Kudus. Took about an hour and a half. I didn't need a toilet stop!

We had lunch at this tiny shop by the roadside. It didn't look good from the outside. I imagined all sorts of flies and insects flying about the food but was pleasantly surprised that there were close to none.

We had our delicious Soto Ayam. Excellent food! The best I've had all through the roadtrip. My only complaint was that the shop was so hot!! Really really hot and stuffy. I left with delight in my belly but a headache from the heat.

The last stretch of our roadtrip was from Kudus to Solo. I was told that there were 2 ways there. One way takes 2 1/2 hours but the roads were bad, really bumpy and full of potholes. Another way would take 4 1/2 hours but the roads were better.

MD and hubby both decided that the longer route would be a better choice since I was pregnant. I, personally, would have preferred to brave the bad roads and have a shorter trip but was afraid that it would badly affect the baby. Hubby was worried that all the shaking would shake the baby out as well! =)

We took the longer route and stopped for satay on the way. Very different from our local satay. It was sweet, which I found pretty odd.

We finally arrived Solo and stayed at Best Western. Excellent hotel. Beautiful and great service (but in Indonesia, the service is good almost anywhere). Speed Demon Denny was to drive home the next day. All the way from Solo to Jakarta. He started at 12 in the afternoon and arrived and 2 am!! Poor guy.

We, on the other hand, took a flight back on Lion Air to Jakarta, 1 day after Speed Demon Denny left (hubby and MD had more meetings). It was an old plane and it freaked me out because the engines were so loud. I could distinctly hear them accelerating and decelerating. At one point, I actually didn't hear anything and thought we were going to drop out of the sky!! Landing was scary, was pretty shaky and not too stable. Not sure if that was the pilot's fault of the plane's fault though. Poor hubby had finger nail marks on his hand after we landed!