Monday, January 3, 2011

Introduction to Indonesia

We spent the morning with several foreign service workers from the US embassy who helped give us a background of the many facets of Indonesia.  After that we met with two banking leaders in Jakarta who helped explain the banking system in Indonesia and different banking strategies they employ.

After that began the real fun for the day (seen below).  In preparation for the days to come a few of us decided to stock up on some drinks so we walked to the nearest grocery store about 1/4 mile away and brought some cases back to the hotel.  As if we didn't look out of place without the cases.  Had to put them through the x-ray machine to get back into our hotel.

For dinner we went to an Indonesian/Chinese blend restaurant and enjoyed a meal with two families of UVA students/grads which was nice.  It's 10:30 and I'm sadly exhausted.  Busy day tomorrow but should be very interesting.

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