Let’s start with the sad news first…. the Unions at VW do Brazil seemed not to be strong enough to keep up production, the government has won, the last Kombi rolled from the assembly lines on Dec 19 2013, it’s done, it’s over, the numbers known, forever…

VW do Brazil, a view on the last days of the assembly line…

And off course…. the very very last Kombi, ever made… Bye Bye Kombi or better in Portuguese….

Kombi Fui…
We will miss the new Kombi forever!

So here we are, on the other side of the world, in Asia… What happened since our last travel update, that last wonderful lunch offered by our friend Lee in Taichung, Taiwan (very beautiful city btw!)

Monday morning pretty early @ Starbucks in Taipei international airport we ordered 2 caffe Latté…

An hour later we where on board of a Boeing 737 from Garuda airlines on our way to Jakarta Indonesia, for more VW adventures… Garuda is a very very good airline, believe me, wowh, what a flight….

My friend and big time VW collector and VW lover Wawan had some “shit” in his office (his own words!) So wasn’t able to pick us up but he send one of his employees Kenni, and Sudi the helper and a driver! Three persons only to pick us up, wowh, thanks! And welcome welcome to Indonesia, this must be paradise, right?

The dinner with Wawan was cool, off course we ate Indonesian cuisine, but only in Indonesia, as we ate Mexican food in Mexico and Japanese… everywhere…

1 metre of Satées…

Left to right…. the president of the VW club from Indonesia, our own “Alain”, yours truly, my big friend Wawan, and the president of the split window club from Indonesia, the last one came especially for this dinner by train out of Bandung, and that’s our next destination…

I hear you all ask, why is Bob celebrating Xmas in Indonesia, well let’s reveal a little secret, I’m invited to Indonesian largest VW festival, Yogja VW festival, do we look forward to the weekend? You bet….

As for now, DEC 24 on the evening before we celebrate the Birth of Jesus Christ I wish all of you a very very Merry Christmas, may we all pray for peace, and think about people in the areas where the war rules still today, let us pray and wish the War lords and radical people from this world will understand anytime soon violence will NEVER EVER bring any solution.

A little love, peace and understanding from me to all of you, out of Jakarta, Indonesia on Christmas eve, next to the Xmas tree in our hotel.

A very Merry Christmass!

Stay tuned for all of our Indonesian VW adventures!