Day 3 Exploring Jakarta and work begins


On Sunday we will leave Jakarta for Solo City where our assignment will begin so after breakfast on  Saturday we met with our hosts and NGO partners Pyxera to go over the plans for Solo.

Aban (India) Ibad (Pakistan) Abhi (India) Deb (India)

Saturday afternoon we took a bus around Jakarta and took a walk to the monument.
Saturday afternoon we visited the IBM facility in Jakarta where Santi and her talented team took us through our assignments
Our IBM Indonesia colleagues Norma, Ronny and Santi
At dinner on Saturday evening I met Santis husband Hargianto  - a naval captain with the Indonesian navy.
Saturday night myself and Deb discovered an Irish bar and enjoyed a fine pint of Guinness there.

At the Skye bar with Natasa (Croatia) Ibad (Pakistan), Ymesi (Nigeria) and Tracy (Kansas city Missouri)

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