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Tag: Indonesia

  • 1974: a big transition

    1974: a big transition

    It began with the miners strike and it ended with me sat at a pool bar in Bali. It was quite a year. (the photo above is a passport photo I got taken early in the year in anticipation of what I would need for visas and the like later on) In summary it was…

  • On the job in Jakarta

    On the job in Jakarta

    Time is elastic and your perceptions of it evolve over time. Looking back I remember working for just two years in Indonesia and that’s not many in a working life that’s extended over five decades. But at the time it didn’t seem so short. Not because it bored me but because it was so rich…