Feb 29

We were originally scheduled to leave Jakarta today and head to the mine site - well, more specifically, the offices at the base of the mountain where we have our mine. However, we realized we would accomplish more by delaying our trip a day and we spent today in Jakarta. Tomorrow we will leave for Timika.

It turned out to be a very wise decision as we accomplished a lot. We started the morning with a deep-dive into the design. After discussing the application "rewrite", we realized that's not an accurate term for what we are really planning to do - which is enhance some of the key components, but not rewrite the entire application from scratch. For most of the rest of the day, I did the administrative tasks required of me each week back in Phoenix as well as having a fun discussion regarding the merits of project documentation.

When we returned from lunch, we were greeted by an ominous looking sky that, anywhere in the US would have meant a terrible thunderstorm. Though this one came through with much rain, but no wind or lightening.

View from window in the AM:


View from window after lunch:


View from window once the rain started:


At the end of the day, I returned to the hotel for the evening as we will need to leave for the airport at 5:15 AM and I wanted to pack and be ready to go to bed quite early. My colleagues - who will not return to Jakarta after our trip to the mine - wanted to spend an evening out on the town. I'll have more than enough opportunity for nightlife my final two weeks in Jakarta.

That's it from Jakarta for now. Tomorrow I'll be at Timika, Papua.