http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Kalimantan/Bontang/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Asia , Indonesia , Kalimantan , Bontang en-us Wed, 06 Jan 2010 09:14:19 +0000 Wed, 06 Jan 2010 09:14:19 +0000 Hello again Pancakes are a hit in Bontang. A couple of weeks ago some teachers came to my house and cooked for me. I wanted to contribute so I offered to make them pancakes the only simple ldquoAmericanrdquo food I could think to make without an oven. The teachers loved them and word spread about a delicious ldquotraditionalrdquo American food. Last Friday the teachers came over to m http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Kalimantan/Bontang/blog-324048.html Greetings from Borneo My return to the jungle has reminded that I am well really in the jungle. When I opened my door upon returning from my trip lizards scurried up the walls and a salamanderlike creature halfslithered halfcrawled across the floor. The lizards donrsquot bother me but I was lessthanpleased with my new salamander friend. As such I took a plastic container and tried to http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Kalimantan/Bontang/blog-322541.html Hello All I am settling into life in Bontang. I know where to buy my groceries how to work my washing machine and where to find drinking water at school. As in orientation my days start at 6am. School begins at 7 and many students are there until 5 or 6 in the evening. My days end anywhere from noon to 5pm.At school I have been introducing myself to classes and observing lessons. Students h http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Kalimantan/Bontang/blog-317102.html Hello all I just walked to an internet caf in the rain from my new home in Bontang. Thus far everything is going well. My house is very nice I have air conditioning hot water and a washing machine. Everyone at the school I am going to be working at has been very friendly. My counterpart in particular has been very helpful. He took me shopping showed me around the school and gave me a to http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Kalimantan/Bontang/blog-315150.html Its been a while since I was able to write any news updates as time has been short and Internet access the kind where you dont wait 10 minutes for the webpage to load is hard to come by.This weekend we went to Bontang a small city in the northeast of Kalimantan and owe a lot of its existance to the two major companies here a fertilizer industry and a gas liquifier plant. Compared to the hec http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Kalimantan/Bontang/blog-50272.html