Lost luggage and selak

Fried Rice, Sautéed Veggies, and Noodle soup with Fresh Green Curry. YUM!

First fruit tasting: Selak!

After 40 some hours of travel we made it to Jakarta yesterday afternoon! My luggage, on the other hand, didn't quite make it. Nor did Lauren's,  my fellow nyc teacher. Her's is still in LA, but they don't seem to know where mine is, NY, LA, HK? The savvy traveler in me knew to pack extra things in my carry on. However, the weary and exhausted teacher in me when offered to check two bags instead of one jumped (if ever so hesitantly) at the chance. Thus I have nothing but the clothes on my back, a few toiletries, passport, wallet, some books, phone and my Tom's shoes. Feeling hopeful though that the luggage will show up sooner rather than later. In the meantime the other lovely teachers and Pauline, our supervisor, have offered to lend me clothes. Prepare yourself for photos of me in school t-shirts from Illinois to Nevada. :)

In other news, our first meal was pretty great. And I've already eaten a never before eaten fruit, the selak. The outside of this tear drop shaped fruit has a scary, reptilian skin, and the inside is cream colored crunchy flesh. I approached it cautiously as it looked durian like on the inside. But it was yummy! It tastes like a pineapple meets strawberry meets banana but crunchy like a carrot. I've never seen it before in the US, not even in Chinatown. Guess you'll just have to come to Indonesia to eat one! p.s. blogging from my phone is tricky! Can't figure out captions and photos don't quite seem to show up in the right order. This bottom photo is Lauren and me at

With Lauren K: Registering our lost luggage.

the airport, trying to make sad faces because of lost luggage but unable to restrain giggles. 

Selak: aka snake fruit. Looks a little like dragon eggs (from Game of Thrones), no?