Category: Travel

We have received multiple requests to use more first person in our blogs, so we’re going to try and each write some of our own thoughts. Let us know what you think. We may use our initials to make it clear who is writing, but by now you’ve probably all figured who does the political commentary and who writes exclusively with exclamation points! (now you know who’s writing)
I’ve been working on the site today, and we’ve now got some pictures up. This is just a start and needs editing, so please excuse any typos, etc. that you find. (Tom says “All you need is Patience. Yeeeaaah”- I don’t know what this means) We hope you enjoy them.
A funny anecdote before you get to the political musings below. I was sitting in Tom’s cubicle today and noticed a large amount of activity as workers ran in and out. It soon became apparent that it was pouring outside and that they were looking for leaks. I figured this out when a waterfall started from the ceiling in the next cubicle. I’ve seen ceilings leak before, but boy this was something else. I can’t wait for the rainy season!

Our trip gave us a layover in Singapore for a night, so we stayed at what we thought was a rather budget-style hotel near the airport. Boy were we wrong…totally luxurious. Fortunately it was still nice and cheap. For this reason, we can wholeheartedly recommend Singapore as a nice weekend vacation destination, so long as you don’t mind the 21 hours of transit from the East Coast.

We leave for Jakarta in an hour. So much for free high-speed internet. It’s been fun while it lasted!