Babes in Moiland

The sheer number of shops and malls in Jakarta is amazing. Indonesian people love to shop. I have been to three different malls since I came here, all of them with multiple floors packed with stores. I've spent a little money, but mostly I've just wandered around. I'm not used to the level of consumerism that I'm seeing here.

At a restaurant in one of the malls 

The first weekend I was here, Hannah and I went to the Mall of Indonesia, or Moi (rhymes with toy), as it is usually called here. It has a very confusing layout and is actually not as big as some of the others in Jakarta, but it does have an indoor playground for the kids, called Moiland.

I bought a batik dress there. Batik is the national design of Indonesia and every Friday the teachers here wear batik as a sign of nationalism. We also went to Mal Kelapa Gading, which has 5 buildings. I was too jet lagged to do that much walking, but I did get to see quite a bit of one building.

So pretty!

Later in the week we went to Mal Artha Gading, where we wandered around at the Ace Hardware. It's amazing what you can find at an Indonesian Ace Hardware.

Fishies!