We had quite a productive meeting this morning in the CALGAP office going over presentations about local government and public libraries – the similarities and differences between Canada and Indonesia. Yes it was quite engaging and we learned a fair amount from the local CALGAP staff.
The afternoon was essentially spent debrieifing with the manager for the projects. Yikes we still have work to do and here we were thinking we were in pretty good shape for the end of the mission.
Note to self – folks here like the souvenirs from Canada and even pictures of Canadian scenes are appreciated. We brought several bottles of Maple Syrup this trip but can’t keep that happening as it adds too much weight to the luggage especially once a few books are thrown in with it all. As it was it felt like we were carrying stones in the luggage.
The afternoon was essentially spent debrieifing with the manager for the projects. Yikes we still have work to do and here we were thinking we were in pretty good shape for the end of the mission.
Note to self – folks here like the souvenirs from Canada and even pictures of Canadian scenes are appreciated. We brought several bottles of Maple Syrup this trip but can’t keep that happening as it adds too much weight to the luggage especially once a few books are thrown in with it all. As it was it felt like we were carrying stones in the luggage.
Last night we went to a community event in the local fairgrounds. We also crashed an official TV station party by mistake really but it was also kind of fun to hear the local rock band perform. On the way home we saw a couple of 9 year olds whipping around on a motorbike – weaving through traffic. Even the Indonesians were surprised by that.
So we are off to Singapore for a couple of days and then Sunday back to Canada.
1 comment:
Dawna:
Been loving the blog!
Cheers,
Stephen
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