Developing Experts Exhibit in Indonesia

This week the Developing Expert's team have been busy exhibiting in Indonesia. On Tuesday we had the pleasure of meeting with Directore General for Education Mr. Hamid Muhammad, then later throughout the show were presented to several government officials making the whole Indonesian experience fascinating. 

It comes as no surprise to find out that the average Jakartan spends 10 years of their life in traffic. Three and a half million people a day commute into this hot and humid city from the wider metropolitan area of Greater Jakarta and many come by car. Their cars though, are motionless during most of the 5am to 8am and 5pm to 8pm rush hours, and for much of the day.

Jakarta was named the world city with the worst traffic in one index last year based on satellite navigation data, which found the average driver starting and stopping more than 33,000 times in a year. 

It typically takes two hours to drive 25 miles to the centre from Bogor, the largest of the satellite cities, where many office workers live. A bad journey can take three hours. As cars idle in endless queues, scooters slalom past, missing by inches. It seems there are often more passengers on the bikes than in the cars.

The school day runs from 7am to 12pm leaving the afternoon free to shade from the heat of the midday sun! Most days the temperature has risen above 36 degrees so any shade is well received. 

On Sunday we are off to Delhi India, so look forward to sharing the next chapter of our travels.