Jakartass Home thoughts from abroad. Alien thoughts from home.

As I’m busy updating Culture Shock! Jakarta, I can’t post much here for the time being.

Regarding CS-Jkt, neither Derek nor I can answer the question at the end of this passage about Taman Mini Indonesia Indah.

“A cable car ride will give you an impressive aerial view of the spectacle; look down at the lake containing small islands – this is a map of the country. Note: the authors have not had a chance to check its accuracy, so please let us know if East Timor is still depicted.”

Can anyone verify?

There aren’t going to be much that’s new in the next edition, but one organisation that’s going to be mentioned, in the section on Jakarta’s rubbish problem, is the XS Project/Foundation.

XSProject strives to support the trash picking community by purchasing trash at higher than average prices. We also reinvest in the community through scholarship and education programs. This includes purchasing books, stationery, uniforms and paying school fees to give the children of the trash picking communities a chance to be educated. XS hopes that this education will mean that these children will not have to sell trash, but will instead have a better life, different to that of their parents and grandparents.

As a foundation, donations are welcome. Do check them out.