Highlights: fly to Yogya, visited Pak Parjiman and his in-laws, saw Nina & caught up with my old host-family, the Rochmadis (=.

Highlights: Turned in trip report, lunch with Maj Nolin, finished 13-page turn-over for next Indonesia FAO, cashed $1,200 check for airline tickets through first ½ of my trip, calculated all the per diem I should have gotten & haven’t yet, quick dinner with new friends

Highlights: worked all day straight on my trip report, and finished by midnight. Conversation with Eli about the Walisongo, didn’t get out of the house in time to cash a check at the embassy, so I’ll have to do that tomorrow, and push my trip to Yogya back a day.

Highlights: worked on Semarang-Cirebon trip report all day, taking a break long enough to run up to the Blok M travel office and check on tickets for my upcoming trip.

Highlights: finished my turn-over file for Doug & future Indonesia FAOs, organized my upcoming trips a bit, kept writing. Talk with Eli again. My friend Henni in Ubud, Bali was hit with a few hundred dollars worth of unexpected costs by her university in order to graduate by this summer, so I’m helping her with that.

Highlights: Cirebon harbor, Keraton Kanoman, train to Jakarta

Highlights: arrived in Cirebon at 3am, worked on computer a little bit, Keraton Kacirebonan & personal tour with princess Echa, Keraton Kesepuhan, Masjid Agung & sitting with a group of men for about 3 hours. Grave site of Sunan Gunungjati, dinner with pak Angel, Rudy and our 2 becak drivers. At that point Rudy was getting a little too comfortable with my charitableness, when he popped up & bought cigarettes for himself, offering packs to the others, and putting it all on my tab. Sate & noodle soup dinner for 5 still came to $15.