Sun PM, 06/25So it looks like I am going to be able to change locations for part of my project (the integrated livestock/fish farming, where farmers raise chickens in pens above fish ponds. A good way of recycling resources, but can dump AI virus-laden poop into the water where free-roaming chickens, ducks, etc. (as well as wild birds) can get at it.

So I think I'll stay in Lembang/Bandung for the manure trading portion of the project, then head to Tasikmalaya (still in West Java, but east of where I am now, on the way to Yogakarta.
Lots of bureaurocracy to deal with...everyone is very nice, friendly, kind, etc. but there are a lot of hoops to jump through. Add that to the insane traffic and the slow pace of life and I frequently find myself having to dial down my very American Type-A tendencies.

I tried to load on two photos...not sure if they attached. Both are from an interview site...I spoke with the manager of a large farm that produces a lot of poop and sells it to local farmers so that they don't fertilize their fields with manure from AI-positive areas.

Hope you're all well.

-Janine