Here's the best pics from the trip. My favourite is the woman sifting rice.
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I was able to get the pics from one of the damaged SD cards, simply by plugging it into my Mac. The other one is still corrupted -- however, I did previously offload the best pics, so I'm not too concerned. There seems to be plenty of freeware that may fix the problem, I just haven't had a chance to try yet.
All of our souvenirs made it back in one piece, with no overweight charges. The staff at Cathay Pacific were great -- they gave us packaging for the rolled-up paintings, stuck a "Fragile" sticker on it, and then actually treated it as fragile.
The flights back were uneventful. Thank goodness for video-on-demand in airplanes -- it helps the hours go by.
The highlights of the trip included the hike to see the turquoise waters of Kawah Ijen, and relaxing on Nusa Lembongan for a couple days. Borobudur was cool to see, but not in the same league as Angkor Wat or Machu Picchu.
This trip was a bit different in that we rarely used public transportation. It was about the same cost (and much more convenient and comfortable) to get private transportation for the two of us.
As well, (and strangely for 4th most populated country in the world), we didn't spend a lot of time in large urban centres. We passed through Jakarta because our flight took us there; and we spent a couple jetlagged days in Yogyakarta, but that was it. I didn't realize I missed cities until we were waiting to fly home, looking out from our hotel room balcony at the downtown skyline of Jakarta.
Next trip is most likely to Peru (to see Machu Picchu) and Argentina (through the wine region around Mendoza). Machu Picchu is the most impressive site I've seen in the world. Heather's never been and I'd like to see it again (I did the Inca Trail in 1994).