Alexander Pelikan en Christian Kocx op Java

arriving about 1 hour late at theDue to a delay airport in Jakarta, Java, we were curious if someone would still be there for to pick us up.

And yes of course Prior from one of the Javanese partner organizations of DDiD waited for us with a big sign with our names on right behind the customs in the airport. And we drove "stop and go" through rush-hour Jakarta to finally end up at the hotel. That evening we took a stroll along a crowded street to get some air after the flight. Even though the air was filled with car exhaust and humid air we enjoyed it
- the smell of Jakarta!

Early the next day we went to the main office of Pekerti to meet the staff and Iwan, the general manager.

Quite interesting was the so-called 'master room' with all the samples Pekerti has in stock.
Later on we went to the Pekertis warehouse...an airy location where the products are delivered by the producers and then packed and shipped to the international customers.

It looked all quite familiar but the work organization and the execution of the work was a bit different then what we were used to.

We took constantly photos...while walking around with mouths open ...
Java is stunning to see!

on the back ofThe following day we went to Yogyakarta by train, the location where we would work for the coming three month. And what a train-ride it was...Pekerti arranged an 'executive' ticket for us. This meant full service in airconditioned compartments, padded sleeping-seats, including a few meals and snacks - we felt like sultans elephants...landscape passing by slowly (despite the luxury of the train, the track was run down).

We arrived in Yogya and drove by taxi to our office in the outskirts of the city, some 12,5 km from the centre - here we would work the next months.