I had to rush back to the embassy for a security briefing (so I can get my building pass). Negotiating traffic in Jakarta is a job for the Transporter… best left to the professionals. Jakarta drivers are impatient, difficult to predict,, ah! I’ve already described the experience of being a cab passenger here. It’s nuts.
And crossing the street? It’s like a live game of frogger. You take your life in your hands every time. Forget about crosswalks & orderly opportunities to pass safely from one side of the road to the other. You would never get there if you waited for someone to stop or slow down for you.

Anyways- I walked through security right at 2:00 & hustled off to the security managers office,,, only to find no-one there. They switched venues on me! Ah! By the time I got that figured out & pointed in the right direction,, 20 minutes had passed by- and sure enough,,, “you’ll have to come back next week.” =( ahh!

I spent most of the rest of the day recovering from all the running around we did earlier- got my 15 minute complimentary back massage from the hotel with Shinta, and watched my pirated copy of “The Break-up” with Jennifer Anniston & Vince Vaughn. (= Funny flick. I think I can relate to a few scenes in there.