The Beautiful Novotel Palembang Hotel

Finally made it to Palembang, Indonesia! Where is Palembang, Indonesia? Well, it is on the Island of Sumatra just south of Singapore as highlighted below.

WHY am I in Palembang? Well, it has something to do with putting on this awesome hat and being a part of the (second) wedding of these two goofballs!

All of that is a whole other story, but… I will say that an 8 hour long ceremony in a giant hall that does NOT have air conditioning (and you are sitting on the equator) is just a tad bit longer than you think it is ahead of time. Especially when you get to party with 500 of the bride’s best friends!

Oh yeah… I got to shake all 500 people’s hands! Don’t worry, 2 nice ladies wore masks! At least we had something to eat!!

It was definitely an EXPERIENCE, but I’m glad I was able to be there for my brother, Eric, and my long-time penpal, Tina. There ceremony was great and I would not have missed it for the world.

That said… I was so happy I decided to head back to the peace and quiet of the Novotel Palembang Hotel.

Sure, they have LOTS of things to do in town…

But all I wanted to do was enjoy the beauty of the retreat from this busy city!

So many pretty flowers all over this beautiful property.

I loved these flowers so much I decided to start a flickr flowers album to post them to.

Nice view of the pool from my room.

With more pretty flowers off the patio.

If all of that didn’t convince you need to stay here next time you’re in Palembang, then know they also share my philosophy of durians! Don’t know about the durian, then check out Don't Mess With Melaka for my first (and only) time I ate a durian.

Seriously, this place brought a smile to my pretty face! It was almost perfect!