Travel report; JVWF 2013, The full report, Part 5 the final leg…

Tonight I fly back home out of Denpasar, Bali to Amsterdam…

I planned a couple of days rest after a busy  couple of weeks but instead a flue attacked me and I was three out of four days in a Bali bed, same time it rained here almost completely, after all,  not so good. We will never forget the kindness of the Bali people, and again hospitality and sympathy that are here like second to none!

I hope to have a relax flight and my illness will not make it a bad ride….  I will miss Indonesia a lot, but the memories are fond… we will be back for more!

For the last day hereby the (final) report from the JVWF 2013….

Also the ladies ride a bike here, two “local fruits” just arrived to enjoy JVWF 2013 like we did (although we came by car …)

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Some people we’re packing already… This magic VW festival came to an end, a lot of people had to drive long distance…. packing you do the Indonesian way, climb on the roof…

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But still we saw a lot of cars not seen before, due the size of the event, so an extra walk was really necessary!

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A VW bus kind a prominent between its two Japanese colleagues…

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Wawan’s sister came especially to the event to meet us, very high ranked in politics, she ‘s extremely busy, making time for us it meant a lot to me!

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Time for a little rest in the BBT lounge, these guys thought about everything! With view on Terror Garage Rometsch, something we really didn’t mind…

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View from our lounge as well was this cool beetle…

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All kind of people wanted to take a picture with us, it was nice and cozy…

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Another big event in Jogjakarta is the custom show, here we’re on the picture with the vast members of the organizing committee… maybe we should come back for more????

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One of the top stars of this event was the president of the Indonesian Kustom Club latest ride, a front engine VW trike overloaded with custom tricks…

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One of the most special tricks was the RAM style intake, like on american muscle….

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Prize giving…. BBT GT sprint-star prize and a BBT T shirt was given to the Volksrod, our personal favorite, but I thought all VW’s should receive a prize!

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So we donated 250 BBT stickers in the audience, never went rid of 250 BBT stickers so fast….

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The audience for prize giving was large, very large, as the door prize, a real VW combi High roof, would be given a way as well!

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A couple of very intensive moments later it happened, this young guy just bought two entries for him and his girlfriend and was the final winner of the door prize! The winner didn’t have a drivers license as he had no car, was very new into the VW scene, so over happy…. they tilt him on top of the roof so everybody could see him… the nicest part actually is he and his girlfriend got married next month! So now it’s time for him to get a drivers license and I see a very nice honeymoon!

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At the end there was a picture of all committee members with yours truly… very fun indeed!

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Somebody deserves a very very special Thank You here, Pungki, on the left, was my liaison officer, and he really made I didn’t came anything short, thanks Pungki, thanks so much, and also so nice to learn to know your fiancee, we wish you a happy wedding with lots of children…

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We went out like we came in, with my friend Anto in his Rometsch, it was cool, and I will never forget…

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Outcho (I hope I spell it right) gave us a very cool good bye out of his Volksrod, BBT’s prize winner….

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I learned a lot this weekend, very much! But the most important is that the Volkswagen hobby doesn’t has to see anything with race, age, religion or believe, its a simply human thing, only build on passion… Wish we may be an example for the whole world!

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Last note… on the return home after the JVWF 2013 to their home in Surabaya, one bus crashed, the driver lost his life and the owners of the bus where taken to the hospital with very bad Injuries… Our heart goes out to all the family and friends of Mr Totok the driver and proud member of the VCS Volkswagen Club Surabaya, and we wish Mr & Mrs Otty a very well end especially speedy recovery… Pictures of the crash didn’t reach me in time, sorry….

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  1. Realy like the local-fruits outhere…..yummy….!

    Have a safe-flight Bob, say my goodbye to Linda, Frederick and my most favourite young man on the planet: Nicolas…..!

  2. Bob bedankt voor de mooie foto’s gedurende uw reis ik heb er mee van genoten al was ik er zelf bij .

  3. Please share to the world that Indonesia is a peaceful country and we have 76 VW clubs – it is the largest VW clubs with nearly 10,000 members. We actively organised VW gathering since the 80s, VW classic is very popular and loved by Indonesian.
    Yanto Herlambang, VP of VW Indonesia.

  4. Hello Pack Yanto

    Thank You very much for your comments, and yes, You can count me in to spread the word, to the whole VW community as far as I can, I’m really deep impressed by the VW movement in your country and I enjoyed fully!

    hope to join one of the other great Indonesian VW events any time soon!

    Bob

  5. Hello everyone the 2013 jogja volkswagen festival looked fantastic.I have a 1974 automatic vw bay kombi restored and love my vws.I live in Queensland Australia and would really like to attend the 2014 jogja volkswagen festival.I travel to Bali at least once a year so catching a flight to jogjakarta would be no trouble.A friend of mine reggae from sanur in Bali has mentioned this event to me.Please send me some information on event dates and other information please.Thank you John from Gold Coast Australia.

  6. Hi John

    the Yogja VW fest is only every two years.0.. as for 2015 all details will follow on this blog, or on the Yogja VW fest blog it-selves (but in Indonesian…:)

    always at your service

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