Sampai jumpa!

My company is sending me on to my next challenge, so we're outta here in a few days. Thank you to all the regular readers of this blog, it was fun while it lasted. Before I leave Indonesia to head off to Australia, here's a few random parting thoughts about Jakarta -

I'll miss .... affordable household staff
I won't miss .... having to manage household staff

I'll miss .... having my own driver
I won't miss .... sitting in traffic for hours every day

I'll miss .... geckos in the house
I won't miss .... mosquitoes

I'll miss .... the friendly smiles of the Indonesian people
I won't miss .... being mobbed by dozens of under-employed shop assistants in shops as soon as I enter the store

I'll miss .... the variety of great food available at reasonable prices
I won't miss .... the price of wine

I'll miss .... the vast number of great, easily accessible golf courses
I won't miss .... the lack of public parklands and footpaths

I'll miss .... Sunday brunch
I won't miss .... hotel security checks

I'll miss .... drivers who brake for cats
I won't miss .... 1500 people dying on Jakarta roads every year

I'll miss .... hot and spicy food
I won't miss .... amoebiasis

I'll miss .... the entrepreneurial spirit of the locals
I won't miss .... the corruption

I'll miss .... skintight jeans in every direction you look
I won't miss .... nipple and midriff-phobia

I'll miss .... my weekend leisure time
I won't miss .... jam karet