I was able to locate some areas that had Internet service. The closest location was about 25 minutes away in the town of Pamanukan. The route took us through the potholed back roads of Cilandok Lor and on to the main two lane road that goes across Java. I couldn’t muster the nerve to ride myself on that main road. There were too many reasons not too, the most important of which were my lack of experience on Indonesian roads and...

We’d been planning our trip to Indonesia for some time and all of the events were coming quickly together toward the end of September, 2008.  My wife’s US visa was set after over a year of trips to the pseudo American embassies (the American Institute in Taiwan) in Kaohsiung and Taipei.    My daughter was also nearly 2 years old, which was a concern because 2 year olds fly for adult fair and children less than 2 get a...