CCIntrigue...aka Gwen 547 Posted January 26, 2015 Report Share Posted January 26, 2015 If you all are interested, I will post more. The group is sharing a cloud, and Matthew is downloading the pics and posting to Shutterfly. I can download his pics, but because they had to change their itinerary I can't identify all the locations. And I'll add that there were clearly no professional photographers in the group! I'll start off with Matthew's recent post to FB: Here are a few of my favorite photos from Southeast Asia. The first is a cove that we camped at after the first hike through villages. The next photo was taken the second day while eating a snack on the cliffs. The third was a popular spot for students to visit on the weekends. Had a good time practicing their English with them and talking about why we were there. The last picture is where the hiking started. Not only was it beautiful, but it gives you an idea of the terrain we were on. The people were amazing, and I miss the place already! (I think this is Pok Tunggal Beach too.) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beckers 1,136 Posted January 26, 2015 Report Share Posted January 26, 2015 Wow! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
twiceblessed....nacole 433 Posted January 26, 2015 Report Share Posted January 26, 2015 WOW... it. is. beautiful there!! First pic...there are some sort of lines/ropes running across the picture; at first I thought power lines? But I don't think so. Any ideas? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CCIntrigue...aka Gwen 547 Posted January 26, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 26, 2015 Nacole, I have no idea. Good catch! Will try to research tomorrow. I'm pretty sure the last photo is Pok Tunggal, and there are no lines in that pic. The first pic must be the second beach ... either Ngetun or Timang Beach. After that first day of hiking, when Jack, his FIL barely made it and another of the guys with asthma couldn't manage the hike at all, they abandoned their intinerary and just did what they could ... traveling from place to place by car. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Littleolwoman.aka.Kristie 119 Posted January 26, 2015 Report Share Posted January 26, 2015 Yes very interested. I hope you post more I just can't get over how beautiful it is there. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GaDawgFan.....Kelly 799 Posted January 27, 2015 Report Share Posted January 27, 2015 Beautiful! I'd love to see more. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
h2odivers...Ray 952 Posted January 27, 2015 Report Share Posted January 27, 2015 Absolutely beautiful!!!I'd love to see more pic. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Okieatheart 33 Posted January 27, 2015 Report Share Posted January 27, 2015 Oh, wow! What gorgeous pictures! Was it warm there? I guess they are somewhere near or south of the equator so probably it was. Post more pictures! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DramaMama .......... Janet 75 Posted January 27, 2015 Report Share Posted January 27, 2015 Absolutely beautiful! Are they doing any one particular project for people there or just visiting them/evangelizing? Looking forward to more. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CCIntrigue...aka Gwen 547 Posted January 27, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2015 Beautiful! I'd love to see more. Absolutely beautiful!!!I'd love to see more pic. Thanks! I'm trying to get more pics posted. Oh, wow! What gorgeous pictures! Was it warm there? I guess they are somewhere near or south of the equator so probably it was. Post more pictures! Thanks, but I can't take credit for them. The guys on trip are sharing them. They were south of the equator. High 80s during the day and low to mid 70s at night. But this is the rainy season ... Absolutely beautiful! Are they doing any one particular project for people there or just visiting them/evangelizing? Looking forward to more. Janet, their intent was to travel from beach to beach, going inland to witness to the locals. They were led to believe that they could manage it physically if they were in decent shape. But the first day they hiked up and down 6 mountains, and Jack, Matthew's father-in-law, barely made it. One of the other men has asthma and realized there was no way he could climb like that. So they had to alter their plans to avoid all the climbing. The last few days they were there, they planned to help out at a local orphanage. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CCIntrigue...aka Gwen 547 Posted January 27, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2015 I've downloaded some of the pics, and I'm getting them at 30 - 50 KB even though they were shot at a much, much higher resolution. Not sure what's going on. Please, please, please don't share these pictures with anyone else. They all collaborated in a cloud upload, and I'm not sure who to attribute each picture to. Okay, let's see what happens with these tiny pictures. Market in Gunungkidul: Pok Tunggal Beach (overlooking the Indian Ocean): Jack: Beginning the climb: That's all for now. The guys uploaded over a thousand pictures, but many of them are duplicates and it's taking time to weed through them. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GaDawgFan.....Kelly 799 Posted January 27, 2015 Report Share Posted January 27, 2015 Just awesome! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
h2odivers...Ray 952 Posted January 28, 2015 Report Share Posted January 28, 2015 What a beautiful place. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
twiceblessed....nacole 433 Posted January 28, 2015 Report Share Posted January 28, 2015 Wow... unbelievably beautiful. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CCIntrigue...aka Gwen 547 Posted January 28, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 28, 2015 Just awesome! What a beautiful place. Wow... unbelievably beautiful. Yes, it is unbelievably beautiful. But at the same time it can be unbelievably ugly. I'll try to add in some more "everyday" pictures. I'm avoiding (for their anonymity/safety) pictures of the Indonesian pastors and the full-time missionaries who traveled with the group. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CCIntrigue...aka Gwen 547 Posted January 28, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 28, 2015 Time for more photos. So the group spent their first camping night at Pok Tunggal Beach. The next morning they climbed up and down six mountains. Going down into a village: A beach house with a view: That night they camped on this beach, but I'm not sure which one it was. The next day they traveled to Timang Beach. This is Timang Island. It's known as a nesting ground for lobster. If you are willing to pay 100,000 Rupiahs (that's $8.03 USD at today's exchange rate), the locals will allow you to enter this "cable car" and manually hoist you over to the island. Anyone willing to take this ride? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Littleolwoman.aka.Kristie 119 Posted January 28, 2015 Report Share Posted January 28, 2015 Uh....no. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CCIntrigue...aka Gwen 547 Posted January 31, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2015 Uh....no. So no one but Kristie responded ... guess you all don't want to make the trip either! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CCIntrigue...aka Gwen 547 Posted January 31, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2015 So the next day the group entered another beach village. A woman cooking over a small flame: Entering another beach business. Typically the owners live overhead. The proprietor. Isn't she beautiful? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sherryberry 35 Posted January 31, 2015 Report Share Posted January 31, 2015 Beautiful pictures! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Littleolwoman.aka.Kristie 119 Posted February 1, 2015 Report Share Posted February 1, 2015 Really puts thing into perspective. We have so spoiled here. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beckers 1,136 Posted February 1, 2015 Report Share Posted February 1, 2015 That cart thing over the ocean? Yikes. No way. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GaDawgFan.....Kelly 799 Posted February 1, 2015 Report Share Posted February 1, 2015 Cable car??? Noooooooo Quote Link to post Share on other sites
twiceblessed....nacole 433 Posted February 1, 2015 Report Share Posted February 1, 2015 The proprietor. Isn't she beautiful? She sure is... very beautiful. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lklasing 16 Posted February 1, 2015 Report Share Posted February 1, 2015 Absolutely beautiful there. Amazing pictures. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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