Hello faithful blog readers!This time, in two weeks, I'll be flying somewhere between Jakarta and Makassar. That's a tad overwhelming thought.
This morning, I was helping out with a breakfast program run in a school in Bendigo. After the program, I was helping washing the dishes in the staffroom. I was telling a couple of girls about how I am going to Indonesia, when I heard a voice come from behind me asking "where are you going?"
There behind me sat a man reading the paper. I told him that I was heading over to Sulawesi. It turns out this man frequently visits Makassar.
I ended up sitting in the staff room until after everybody else left, with an atlas as I talked with my 'new friend' about where we've both been.
How am I feeling about the trip at this point of time? I'm incredibly excited and overwhelmed all at once!
I've been thinking a bit about what it will be like coming home after nearly a month in what's considered to be a third world country. I remember that just after a week in Yogyakarta I found it incredibly difficult with some of the various things that I saw that broke my heart (things like beggars on the street). Where I am going is going to be considerably more poor than 'Yogya.
I've been thinking what it will be like going from a place like Indonesia, back into the hussle and bussle of the christmas season in Australia.
We will see. They say what doesn't kill you makes you stronger - so in my opinion, this will be life changing!
And hereth ends the deepness.
Until my next post,
Sammy
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