Karebosi

Today we did our 6th puskesmas visit. Perhaps the biggest so far, but only 3 people as usual to act as counselors, so it took almost 4 hours! GC will definitely add more counselors if this program gets extended.



It poured rain most of the time and we watched a couple kids playing in the rain from the veranda.



On the way home, I took a shot of this government sign to "avoid AIDS by being pious and informed," showing one woman helping another put on her prayer shawl (probably mother and daughter). Showed the picture to the 3 GC staff in the car with me - and the taxi driver - all were frustrated that the government was spending so much money on very vague public announcements that don't really say anything.

Tonight, I had yummy seafood near the beach with 3 friends from GC, and then we swung by Karebosi, the big park in the center of Makassar, about a quarter mile on a side (I wish Long Beach had that!). Saw some friends there and Andi (one of the folks with me, an old friend) and I pointed out the tree where gay men used to gather and hang out back in 1993.

Tomorrow morning I'm speaking to a group of university students about gay Indonesians, then in the afternoon I'm going to help Akbar try and get DSL for the office (yay!), and then around 4pm we're heading to the beach where GC is renting a couple little overnight stay buildings and the whole staff is spending Friday pm-Sunday am on a planning retreat. So it might be 2 or 3 days before I post again - I'll try to get some good photos from the beach! You can always send me a text message using your cell phone - send it to +61-81-399-712-782. For most phone plans in the US, the international calling code is 001 (but sometimes 011 or something else) - if 001 then you'd dial 00161-81-399-712-782.