First Hours in Sentani...

Here are scenes in the first few hours in Papua on Sunday, 20 March 2005.

SCENE 1 is while still in the plane, being treated with HORMAT, or RESPECT... that is, The Honored Passengers.... Yes!

SCENE 2: Waiting for our luggage by the never-ending conveyer belt. Notice the necessary adjustment at the end of this scene. (smile)

SCENE 3 takes place just across the lane from Hotel Ratna Manunggal where we were planning to stay later in the week. We met this extended family which included: Emius the boy with the huge afro, Endinus the teenage boy, Ibu Pendeta Els (Mrs. Reverend Els) and Estina and Nus Wenda (wife and husband I assume).

SCENE 4: Next we needed to MANDI or shower before heading to the expat church where I hoped to run into some childhood and SIL (summer institute of linguistics) friends. Since we didnt have a room, the clerk was trying to arrange for us to use the employee restroom in the back. But they were nervous that someone might walk in on Lori (am I remembering this correctly Lori?), so they suggested we use the WARUNG (phone/fax store) Telkom, Ratna Manunggal - adjacent to the hotel, where the toilet/wash room could be locked. Thus the LOKASI (location) of this scene.

Hope you enjoy it as much as I am, remembering it!

Category:

Travel & Events

Tags:

• papuadan
• Papua
• Indonesia
• holiday
• spring
• break
• midterm
• Sentani
• Jayapura
• travel
• Merpati
• Nusantara
• Airlines

[Nuakchot]

I am American Indonesian i never go Jayapura i want to know how to get there ?

[34indobuddy]

woow what a cool video. im an indonesian, . So what r guys doin there in papua???