Tom's Indonesia blog

I've created this blog to document my 2007 trip to Indonesia (January 30 to April 13). The idea is that friends and family can see what I'm doing via this blog rather than me sending out separate emails to everyone. I'll make a few postings in the weeks before my trip, and then hopefully I will be able to access it easily in Indonesia (Internet service will probably be okay for this, but you never know for sure until you're there!).


Indonesia, the 4th most populous nation, sits astride the equator. For this trip I'll be making a brief (3-day) stop in Jakarta when I first arrive, and then will be in the city of Makassar (formerly known as Ujung Pandang), on the island of Sulawesi (also known as Celebes), a big island right east of Borneo (right under the second "n" in "Indonesia" in the map above). Makassar is at the tip of the southwest "leg" of this oddly-shaped island, a city of over a million people with a fascinating history.