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  • Taking

    Today I went to a meeting in Jakarta. That meant taking a taxi to the airport, taking a plane (that was half an hour late taking off), and then a taxi into town that took almost two hours to get me to my destination. Frankly, I felt like I’d been taken for a ride. Tomorrow, […]

  • Getting out of Jakarta again

    I left the Grand Hyatt at five today, and passed out, exhausted, in the back of the car, waking up an hour later still not at the airport. Traffic in Jakarta really sucks.

  • Getting to Jakarta the high way

    Walking around Jakarta today, quite apart from being conscious of how unfeasibly white I am for a tropical environment (days inside office buildings, far from the sun, mean that my skin is pale enough that every vein is visible, like I’m some flayed man arranged for anatomical training), I was reminded of Italy. Not just […]