Last Weekend
Last weekend we went on a seminar/trip with students of the English department. They asked us to be speakers at a seminar on soft skills in Lhoksumawe, 400km north of Medan. Of course, we agreed, also because after the seminar on Friday we would continue north to spend the weekend on a small island in the Indian ocean. The seminar was quite interesting and the island very pretty indeed but had I known before how much time we would spent in the car on bad and curvy road with student drivers who sometimes attempted to break the land speed record I would probably have thought about it twice.
Also, I was very much irritated by the Indonesian way of planning things (“Who could've have known that there are only two ferries today? Seems like we must stay another night...”) and their way of finding points of interest (“Lets all drive of in different directions individually. That way we can spent more time in the cars when we wait for the others to catch up! YAY!”)
Anyway, it was interesting and the island and Banda Aceh were really nice. It would've been great to stay there longer and to spend less time in the car. On the other hand we didn't pay anything, even got paid a small sum for the presentations, so in the end it was all worth the trouble.
Pictures are here: https://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=304031&id=527312356&l=28e92c0858
This weekend we will go to Bukit Lawang to trek through the jungle once more and try to spot some Orang-Utans. Wish us luck!
Also, I was very much irritated by the Indonesian way of planning things (“Who could've have known that there are only two ferries today? Seems like we must stay another night...”) and their way of finding points of interest (“Lets all drive of in different directions individually. That way we can spent more time in the cars when we wait for the others to catch up! YAY!”)
Anyway, it was interesting and the island and Banda Aceh were really nice. It would've been great to stay there longer and to spend less time in the car. On the other hand we didn't pay anything, even got paid a small sum for the presentations, so in the end it was all worth the trouble.
Pictures are here: https://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=304031&id=527312356&l=28e92c0858
This weekend we will go to Bukit Lawang to trek through the jungle once more and try to spot some Orang-Utans. Wish us luck!