End of November until early December, the whole family went back to
Indonesia to perform our
mudik ritual. We usually went back to Indonesia during the
Hari Raya holiday, but for this year, we can only go back to Indonesia during our children's school holidays, since Inka is already in Primary 1 this year (will be in Primary 2 next year) so our mudik schedule will now have to be synchronised with her schedule.
My wife, Inka and Irza flew off to
Jakarta on 23 November 2006, while I followed two days later. I came back to
Singapore last Tuesday, while my wife and kids are still in Jakarta now (at the time I write this article) and they will only be back mid next week.
Below are their pictures while they were at
Changi Airport on 23 November 2006, on their way to Jakarta. They took
Valuair flight to Jakarta. Valuair is a subsidiary of
JetStar, and we chose them since it is the cheapest airline we can get for the days of our travel. Actually,
Lufthansa had a promotion and their 7-day ticket was cheaper than Valuair's, however we couldn't use them since our stay in Indonesia would definitely be more than 7 days.