NEIGHBOURS

Another NO Internet day. Rained out AGAIN I guess. Another one of those "Welcome to Balikpapan" things. Oh well - life could be worse I guess. Will post this up as soon as I can.

Ok, so anyways, regarding the NEIGHBOURS - and yes, that is the correct spelling - it's not a typo or a mistake. The new NEIGHBOURS are all of the bovine type. COWS. And lots of them. I'm quite sure there are well over a hundred there by now. New arrivals every day (actually I think it's more like over night). I'm told they're mostly imports from Sulawesi.

So what's up with all the cows you ask? Ok, well for starters you need to know that next door to us is an empty lot - a big empty lot - with nice green trees and lots of tall grass - the perfect place for a bunch of cows to hang out. All these cows are on display (waiting to be bought) Waiting for Idul Adha on December 8th. Idul Adha (Red Calendar Day) is a big holiday here. Probably second biggest, next to Idul Fitri.

All these cows, will eventually, be bought up by all the Mosques. All the Mosques then distribute all the meat amongst all the locals. And all the empty lots - go back to just being empty lots. In the meantime we have a lot of cows next door. And trust me that's a whole bunch better than all the billy goats. Baaaaaa.

Note: 1 cow = 3 - 5 million Rupiah. Today, that's about $300 - $500 US.

We had a great weekend. Some really nice quiet down time and a whole bunch of fun on Saturday night. Weekends go by way too fast I think.

TODAY: Well, today will most likely turn into tomorrow - waiting for the internet to come back. Have a bit of a busy day ahead. A meeting early this morning and need to get some bills paid up in advance of the big trip I'm getting ready to take. Paying bills ahead of time? In Balikpapan? Yes a credit. Hmmmm. We'll see how well that works out.

Come on Monday. Let's go. Good to Go!