During out first week we have been cosseted as we were shown around Sanur by established volunteers and then taken too and from the VSO office by Ujang the driver. We have had a series of briefings about VSO and Indonesia as part of our in Country training. We have had phographs taken and registered with the police.Sanur Beach
The visa situation is very complex with extensions necessary monthly after the first sixty days then applying out of country every six months – this entails a trip to Singapore. As you can imagine this very quickly uses up all the pages in the passport. The visa is single entry so any out of country holiday at any other stage
entails the extra personal time and expense of a new visa. As there is no agent on Rote VSO will keep my passport and send it to an agent in Jakarta. I was issued with a letter and authorised copy of the passport to explain why I do not have it.
Approach to Bonsia Cafe
The visa situation is very complex with extensions necessary monthly after the first sixty days then applying out of country every six months – this entails a trip to Singapore. As you can imagine this very quickly uses up all the pages in the passport. The visa is single entry so any out of country holiday at any other stage
entails the extra personal time and expense of a new visa. As there is no agent on Rote VSO will keep my passport and send it to an agent in Jakarta. I was issued with a letter and authorised copy of the passport to explain why I do not have it.Approach to Bonsia Cafe
Today we checked out from our lodgings and moved to the families
we will live with whilst we attend language t
raining. I am living with Ibu Rini a divorcee around my age who has three daughters Mita, Ersy and Putri; she teached English at the local university. I have my own entrance to my room which has an ensuite - European toilet and a shower - unfortunatley the pressure is not high enough to be able to use if. I am provided wit breakfast and someone from the family will spend time each day talking to me in Bahasa Indonesian.Entrance to my temproary home
Sunday 21 September 2008
I went exploring today and found a pleasant park where groups of men were busy playing chess; these were very serious games with timers employed and large audiances around each game, In the afternoon Sam and Dorothea joined me and we went to Bali museum. As we left the museum there was a gathering of children in the park in various costumes.
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