First impressions....

After a very long day travelling I arrived to a wonderful welcome at the airport from Allison and Anne. The streets of Jakarta seem worlds away from Melbourne as I watched families of four on motorbikes, chickens in bamboo cages on the back of motorbikes and crazy traffic. As we stopped at a railway crossing a train passed, very overcrowded, with hundreds of people hanging on, and I was glad to have Bimo, the school driver at the wheel. I have settled in to the staff accomodation with an amazing thunderstorm in progress. The school is very close by and awaits me tomorrow for a 7.15am start! - Liz Bawden-Nixon