I arrived in Jakarta, Indonesia late last night. I am here to attend Audi's wedding dinner today (and hopefully retrieve the pictures Audi took with his intriguing action-cam at our own wedding in Shanghai six years ago) and will be staying until Monday. Kai is still a bit young to travel, so unfortunately he and Cissy did not come along.

Jakarta is just an eighty minute flight away from Singapore, which is about the time it takes to go the airport on either end. The weather (at least at the moment) is very similar, hot, humid, and when it rains, it rains. It is in a different time-zone, though, Jakarta is one hour behind, which meant that I got quite early today.

My first impressions on the taxi ride from the airport were similarities first to Shanghai (with its clusters of walled, castle-like residential towers) but then more to Bangkok, especially when looking at the traffic, which is dominated by motor-cycles and tuk-tuk.

The hotel I am staying in could really do with some remodeling, but the staff is very friendly and helpful, and there is free Internet in the lobby.

I carry several millions in cash here, but that is not as impressive (or risky) as it sounds, as the Indonesian currency sports a lot of trailing zeros, probably the result of inflation. I spent 800.000 for the hotel, 200.000 for the taxi ride there, and so on.

The advantage of being back in the GSM world is that you can very easily and cheaply get a local pre-paid SIM card. If you want to text or call me during these three days, I have +62 81 388 694 851.