If I had 1,000,000rupiah.....I'd be sort of well off, but certainly not rich!

Arrived safely in Indonesia! We're on Java, in a little village call Ungaran near the big city of Semarang. It's been a pretty slow start, but today we did some hiking in the nearby mountains, visited some temples and had a tour round Semarang. There are 3 of us here, all girls from England. This is their first stop on their travels, so they are still a little unsure of the food, the toilet situation and all the creepy-crawlies! I keep telling them they'll get used to it, but it's a bit awkward when I'm the only one eating at meal times! We're staying in a really beautiful House with a pond in the courtyard and 2 pools out the back! The owners let the locals use the pool so it gets very noisy in the morning when the kids come down before school! It's not as hot as it was in Phnom Penh, so far we haven't used the pool because the water is too cold! We have no shower (just a couple of buckets and a cold tap) and no flushing toilet. It's not great, but never mind!
Yesterday we were dressed up in traditional Indonesian costume - pictures to come! That was fun, but very hot and itchy!

The money here is so complicated - notes come in denominations of 1000, 2000, 5000, 10000, 20000, 50000 and 10000. 5000rupiah is about 4GBP so it's quite easy to get 1,000,000rupiah!
We leave here on saturday, so I'll try and write again next time I can find internet!

If I had 1,000,000rupiah.....I'd be sort of well off, but certainly not rich!

Semarang, Indonesia