Riau day 1

Ina's Fabulous House

Ok so I've been in Riau a day and it's like I have a new family (sorry mum and dad). Ina's dad picked us up from the airport and we drove the 1hour to Ina's town. It was an interesting drive through the outskirts of Pekanbaru and along the streets heading here - pineapples seem to be the areas specialty!YUMMO.

Ina's dad on first appearances was this scary looking older muslim man but very soon after we realised he was not scary at all. Ina's mum is sooo nice and her sister's are hilarious! (And her cousins who seem to be a permanent fixture at Ina's house).
The house is enormous (even by Australian standards), the money made not from oil - as most people in the region - but from selling birds nests! Crazy!

Today we slept in really late and because Ina was still asleep we snoozed until 11am. Sesudah itu we went to a beautiful lake near here to see the scenery! Funniest moment of the day was the car being stopped by the police because they wanted to give us juice!!!!

The Living Room

We arrived back at Ina's house and it's filled with Kampung women who decided I looked like a doll! Slightly amusing and the world cantik has been thrown in so many times it's crazy. White people aren't seen often around here and the idea we speak indonesian as well is very unusual .

Today we've tried on traditional clothing that we need to wear with a hijab on friday and saturday YAY!


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