Roselaui

Un souvenir d'un tour en raquette quelque jours apres mon arrivée en Suisse. Il ne faisait pas froid le matin non, ca caillait énormement. La réaction des muscles sur des intentions comme "sourire" ou "parler" diminuait avec le temps qu'on marchait, jusqu'au moment on arrivait au soleil.... quel bonheur.

Taman Hidup is online!

We are very proud to be on the web, so everybody can see what we offer, in hope to get some response. For details and more information, please do not hesitate to contact the Taman Hidup office in Jember or me (abuetler@yahoo.com).

http://eastjavatrekking.com

Here you go!

Back in Switzerland


A couple of minutes before landing the captain announces the temperature in Zurich: 2 degrees celsius. It seems the winter was faster then me. I find my way out of the airplane and just inside the building I see a dozen of Asian people sitting on the floor and changing their sandals in favour of some shoes. Good idea, I am glad to wear my sneekers. By car my Dad brought me home but the outside cold made it right into my parents home. I feel terribly cold and despite of some warm clothes I feel like freezing. The only receipt: To grab a book, make a tea, light a fire in the cheminee, sit in a comfortable chair in front of the fireplace and fall asleep. Welcome jetlag!

I try to get my ideas rights, I try to realize where I am. Only now I profoundly feel how intensive my time in Indonesia was. I got attached with the climate, the vegetation, the food and the people. Back here I need to rethink everything again. Eating a yogurt is something exceptional and if I do not eat rice for breakfast I think there is something wrong. Everything is so intensive again.

This morning then I wrap myself in warm clothes and prepare for a bycicle ride to Lucerne. With all the clothes and the things to wear I feel overstrained. Nothing to complain, I simply need to adapt (cf picture in front of my parents house). I get on my bicycle and ride it down to the city center. By then my noise is running, my fingers hurt because of cold and my knee-joints feel terribly stiff. I look at the people faces: Everybody seems to suffer from the cold temperature, the faces are serious and there is no smile to discover. Everybody seems to rush to a warmer place and before I become myself an icebox I should do the same!

Back home I try to organise my future life again. Now for real, I will be in Washington D.C. from January - June 2008!