Field trip to Jakarta, Indonesia

On September 4, I wan on the plane bound for Jakarta.
Because I was mostly killed by hard schedule in August, I was not good health condition. So motivation to conduct study was not so high, and just kept in mind to conduct maximum work with minimum efforts. As well as previous field work at Bangkok and Manila, my obligation was to estimate SGD (submarine groundwater discharge) at coastal areas. So mostly I spent at coastal area in northern Jakarta.

Meeting at Indonesia Institute of Science, Indonesia,

Typical lunch box.

Small boat for coastal research

When I asked Dudi to take me to buy ice to keep water samples cool, he took me to a truck. Why? I wanna go to the shop to buy ice. But I understood soon. The guy on the carrier of the truck uncovered, and then a bunch of ice appeared. Umm, they are selling ice like this.

But nature did not take care about my bad condition. Since first day, I suffered from thousands of baby jerry fish attacks. Even I wore rush guard, they got inside from the openings. So my body was totally covered by small red rash, and I was bothered with itch and sleepless accident through the periods.

On the beach, navy was training with guns. It reminded me that there were many politically and religiously unstable areas in Indonesia. Because they were also swimming in the sea, all of them suffered from jerry fish. Hey brothers!

On the beach, several guys were digging somehow. I thought that they were making big holes to trick their friends. What a free time they have..

Thank you for supporting us, Madio, Rico and Dudi. They were professionals.

The Indonesian food was most delicious, I think.

Here is answer. Sorry you guys were working.

Bonus photo: Garuda in Denpasar airport