Interruptions

I called this interruptions because as I was about to post, the internet went out again. Sigh. It’s a wonder there is internet at all here, for free, so I shouldn’t complain. The training has been going well, though I haven’t been able to understand much. I am going to do some post-training interviews tomorrow, hopefully with Nita’s help in translating, to get some feedback and talk Literally as I was writing this, we got word that they finished early today. So, looks like we will have to make some phone calls next week! Will definitely need translation help!

So….three days on Lombok! This brings me to my next observation/complaint/puzzlement: SWF traveling alone. I haven’t really been scared or felt unsafe as of yet, but I have felt overwhelmed. Many of the tours I want to do require minimum two persons, and will operate if you have one person, but you have to pay as if there were two. Furthermore, there really aren’t enough tourists to be able to count on the tour having a couple of people already that you can tag along with. Hopefully when I arrive at my next hotel tomorrow they will have some ideas for me. I also have been musing on what to do with my things while I snorkel—can I leave them on the beach? Maybe if I rent a snorkel they will hold onto most of my stuff, minus a towel and flip flops, until I am done? This is hard! And it will be impossible to get any pictures of myself!

If anyone has any tips on traveling alone (or traveling alone through Indonesia!) I would love any advice you have! Missing the US and how much easier these things are (though not the prices).