Aston Atrium Jakarta
Jl Senen Raya No 135 Jakarta, Java, 10410 , Indonesia
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Taxis and Spices
... or whether there is a taxi available can be a little drawn out …
(Nice Person; Yes.
Me; There is?
NP; Taxis, yes! But no taxis.
Me; There are no taxis?
NP; Yes.
Me; Oh…I don’t understand, is there a taxi?
NP (shaking head); Yes.
Me; Where…?
NP; No.
Me; No?
NP; Maybe you can try somewhere else?
Me; Um…does that mean there is no taxi here?
NP; Maybe later.
Me; Maybe I ...
Eye-opener
... proper classroom it was just a hut in front of the rice fields which was nice. I taught them ABC and animals and some maths. They were all eager to learn and were very interested and strong at maths (apparently this is because they have spent most of their lives dealing with money). One of the kids (Pii) was very cute and sat right in-front of the board writing and pointing. He was always doing something and once I saw him mopping the bathroom just ...
Jakarta - still in the Dark Ages
... for the son, who started his usual stream of verbal abuse. He crossed over to us and pulled me onto the road, squaring up to me like a man, and trying to encourage me to fight him. Simultaneously, his father tried to punch me in the head, but I managed to duck. I’m sad to say that its quite normal for father and son to try to pick fights with girls as this is what they enjoy as sport, but this particular night sunk to a whole new level. His father ...
To sum up..........Incredible India
... in contact with a British guy, Steve Reed,
who has lived and worked in India for twenty years and was to be my companion, weather guru and chess mate for the next three weeks.
On arrival I had known that I was getting there at the end of monsoon and flying maybe limited but with Steve’s knowledge and assistance I was able to fly at different sites and travel and
see the countryside at the same ...
Not the prettiest of places
we had a bit of time before our flight to the island,nso we staid in a hotel in jakarta. What traffic! Mamma mia. We walked around a bit, again, one chain after the other, macdonalds, pizza hut, gucci, etc. Saw heaps of cats everywhere, so chris had t stopmall the time and gaze at kitties, there was a rat and a couple of huge cockroaches, that was it rilly.had some fried stuff, rice n stuff, then off t ...



