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Here I would love to share with you our travels and adventures as international mushroom consultants. MEMOIRS about husband Pieter Vedder, who was a SCIENTIFIC PIONEER in Mushroom Cultivation Education. His practical handbook is in 9 languages and is called the MUSHROOM BIBLE: https://mariettesbacktobasics.blogspot.com/2020/08/modern-mushroom-growing-2020-harvesting.html

Thursday, August 30, 2012

{Our Home in Wonosobo, Indonesia}

As promised, I will show you our home in Indonesia. Yes, we did live about three years in Indonesia while working there. Our Home in Wonosobo, Indonesia. In Central Java at an altitude of approx. 760 m or 2493 feet and therefore pleasantly cooler than in the plains. During the wet monsoon, you could expect a daily down pour in the afternoon. That made listening to music even impossible... But, it was a very fertile area. Mornings were best, sunny and light with spectacular views of the great Dieng Plateau, of which I wrote in an earlier post, where we actually worked. 
My husband Pieter, standing in front of the gate. Guess this looks like a typical home for the tropics. We stayed here for two months at the time, than flew back to Atlanta, Georgia/USA for one month off. Not that we were home, but away from Indonesia. We still did other work for Campbell's Soup in the USA, large mushroom plants in Germany, India and Italy during our month off...
That's the life of an international consultant.
To the right is the garage. Bedroom to the left and living room with entrance in the center.
There was another kind of parlor room that had its entrance to the left of the house.
Did you notice the very HIGH side walks? That is for being able to walk 'dry' when we had those tropical down pours. The street changed into a little river. At first I laughed about this strange high side walk. How come for people that are shorter, thus shorter legs...? But I learned the hard way!
I often walked on bare feet through the rain, holding my leather shoes in my hands, under the umbrella. 
 Here you can see that entrance to the left. Also that gate gave access to the area where the servants remained. We did not have any servants of course. Just managed it all on our own.
A 2-bedroom house with two bathrooms. Tiled floors and bedrooms carpeted.
This is me, in front of the house. On a Sunday, our only day off...
While in Indonesia I've done a lot of lace crocheting as there was not as much of a social life besides the job. But those were very happy years. A kind of 'Back to Basics' life-style.
Hence the name of my business and blog.
View from our front door across the street...
View from the side, in front of the garage. You can see the tiled and covered patio that leads to the front door where the living room is. It was not an advantage to have the bedroom at the street side and also on the corner of another very busy main street. But you get used to the hustle and bustle of a never sleeping big city with lots of traffic noise. They honk their horns a lot. Each time when coming home to Georgia/USA, we felt ourselves very odd and out of place for waking up in a quiet and peaceful place where we live... A tremendous difference!
But, what a population difference. The island of Java is the size of the state of Georgia and has roughly about 13 x as many people living there! Called the most populous island in the world.
Traveling over there is more of a hazard as the traffic can be dangerous. Don't forget, due to the volcanic mountainous area, it is even more densely populated as most people do live in the plains and that's where the main roads are.
Neighboring house, across the street...
That was our home on Jalan Tirto Aji 1
in Wonosobo, Jawa Tengah (Central Java)
Indonesia

Sorry that most of you missed my post from yesterday: {USEFUL TEA REGIME FOR A SLIMMER YOU} 
For some reason it never showed up in the sidebar... only on NetWorkedBlogs.

Related links:
{Our arrival in Jakarta, Indonesia} | Previous post by me
{Fly with us to Jakarta, Indonesia} | Previous post by me

18 comments:

  1. the noise and traffic and monsoons would wear me down, for sure. :)

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  2. Dearest Mariette,
    Oh, how interesting to see your house in Indonesia and read your post today.
    The HIGH side walks is really intriguing♪ Remided me the proverb we have "所変われば品変わる" which means "Different people(country) have different customs" Whew, so many population and rain, but you seem to have had a wonderful time there!

    Lots of love and hugs from Japan, xoxo Miyako*

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  3. Dear Mariette, Your home there looks like a little oasis, cool and tucked away amidst the palms. It must have been quite a difference to go from this busy city living to your job up in the mountains so high above. The best of both worlds! That beautiful iron fence must have made you feel safe and cozy, with it's lethal looking spikes on top! So ingenious to build the sidewalks so high! Every place has it's adaptations to the environment, doesn't it? Thank you for sharing this interesting time in your lives. xx

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  4. Dearest Mariette,
    I know of Indonesia the house the same of your business and blog.
    View from the side in front of the garage.
    A tremendous difference Indonesia.
    After that was best time with your home a best Maiette san!
    Hope you feeling nice sleep at your home.
    hugs and love to you Always!
    Michiko

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  5. Dear Mariette,

    It was great to catch up with your posts and always good to see what you share.
    The home you lived in is lovely and looks very cool in the shade of the palms on the veranda.

    Happy rest of the week
    Hugs
    Carolyn

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  6. Dearest Mariette,
    your home in Indonesia looks wonderful!
    thank you also for your email, I will think about you asked for and get back to you later! ;O)
    have a good time and take care!
    love and hugs
    Claudia

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  7. Liebe Mariette,
    das sieht sehr elegant aus, aber das habe ich auch nicht anders erwartet. Ich denke, das Klima ist recht anstrengend dort aber die Landschaft und die Kultur sind faszinierend. Danke für die schönen Fotos.
    Liebe Grüße, Johanna

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  8. Liebe Mariette,

    du erfreust mich immer in Wort und
    Bild.

    Alles Liebe
    Elisabeth

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  9. molto bella la tua casa!!!!!! hai girato tutto il mondo...beata te!!!!! un abbraccio Lory

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  10. molto bella la tua casa!!!!!! hai girato tutto il mondo...beata te!!!!! un abbraccio Lory

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  11. Mariette Dear,

    Here I am finally OL after rest this last 2 weeks. nice to see your home inIndonesia, nice house. surely it was a great expieriences as an international counsultant.

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  12. How fabulous it must be to be fortunate to live in different parts of the world and I specially love this house. In the tropical area around here, which is Guayaquil, there are many homes like that. Thank you for your sweet and generous comments about my fall table. The tall centerpiece is for the picture effect, I make small and little arrangements for "real" tables and for the big dinner table as well, as it would take visibility away from my guests. I sometimes make tablescapes for fun and pictures only, as blogging is my hubby. Enjoy your weekend.
    FABBY

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  13. Ooooh, Mariette, das sieht ja nach einem wunderschönen Haus und nach einem doch sehr "andersartigen Leben", als wir es hier gewöhnt sind, aus. Wie auch immer, du hast bisher ein sehr interessantes Leben geführt, es ist schön, wenn du immer wieder Details davon mit uns teilst! :o)
    Herzliche Grüße und alles Liebe, Traude
    ჱܓჱܓჱܓჱܓჱܓჱܓჱܓჱܓჱܓჱܓჱܓჱܓ

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  14. What a lovely place- and what a different culture and climate.Must have been quite tough with only Sunday off and not much social life, but then we have these periods in our lives and you do what you have to do, don't you.Luckily you can now relax in your lovely place n the US !Much love to you.Bea

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  15. Dear Mariette, I love to read about your interesting travelings and life all around the world, especially at exotic places like this. Hope to see and inside the house. Have a lovely day, Jagoda

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  16. I hope you like to stay in Wonosobo, there are so many beautiful place to enjoyed ex Dieng plateau, Tambi Tea plantation and more

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  17. Dearest Mariette, This was an interesting post. I love hearing about your travels. It is fun to travel with you to the places you lived.
    I am so glad you settled with us!
    Love to you, Ginger

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  18. Hi Mariette,

    Nice to read this posting. I was born in Wonosobo stay in Singapore.
    I forgotten where Jalan Tirto is, but the house seems familiar to me.
    Anyway do you know Wonosobo means? Wono ~ forest and sobo ~ stays.

    Martin

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