Karimun Jawa

this is our story to the 27 islands north of java named Karimun Jawa...this story is not all in order but that doesn't matter cuz it's all vacation and there is no order to a vacation like this! these are some shots of our boat ride to the smaller island...in a smaller boat...(not the main island or our ferry)...but we loved the clear blue water and white sand beaches...


can you see the blue/purple/yellow fish in the center of the picture?
this is a sunrise we saw from the door of our hotel room...pretty nice huh??? we can thank God all over the place for giving us such beautiful scenes and colors this whole weekend! and we can thank our kids for being early risers so that we can see such great sites!

while Greg's parents were here we wanted to explore Java a little more and found this great island chain north of us. so we hopped on a boat/ferry that took us across to our new adventure. the boat ride was a little worse than normal (so they say) cuz it was windy...so for 4 hours we saw a lot of rocking and the women got sea sick but the men stayed strong and children slept. but we arrived to paradise and since it was NOT high season...there wasn't too much food on the island (cuz it has to be imported) but we made do and had a fabulous time anyway...cuz how could one NOT have a fabulous time at a place like this that God made for us to relax and enjoy ourselves...i couldn't help but wonder... "where do all the natives of this island go when they want to 'get away from it all?" and carolyn (greg's mom) answered, "the mall" :D