Our last real day in Indonesia for this study trip before departure. A full programme once again. Notice how the travel log entries are getting shorter as we experience more and more impressive things. The sultans palace is our first…
Wednesday, 13 May
Today was something quite different. We visited the amazing Borobudur Temple. With the mandatory funny guide. Did you know that the Dutch build a cafe on top of this impressive structure? The visit included a ride on elephants (refering to…
Tuesday, 12 May
Today we visit The Crib. This is our last company visit. The Crib is described as a co-working space for IT startup in Yogyakarta. Using clear presentations, we learned about the reasons companies start in Yogyakarta and learnt about their visions.…
Monday, 11 May
Universitas Islam Indonesia (UII) was welcoming us today. This biggest private university of Indonesia. Theo gave a lecture on Where Science meets Development. After that we’ve got a discussion forum and a campus tour. Jogja Digital Valley was next. This…
Sunday, 10 May
Sunday, rest day. We went to the Beach (Beach, lets go to the Beach) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_NEb7R7ZP0). It looked like a beach that’s something from a picture, but then real. Highlights: baby monkey being trained to pick coconut, the sea and the…
Saturday, 9 May
It’s time to leave Jakarta, we are heading towards Yogyakarta for some other companies and a great cultural exploration. During this 18 hour travel with our Big Bird, the bus, we enjoy the most amazing sceneries. Famous Facebook quote of…
Friday, 8 May
The morning programme was a visit to Ruma. This social-economic company has agents all over Java that sell services, for instance topping up of prepaid phones. Most of their agents are located in rural area’s, where they also act as…
Thursday, 7 May
Another telecom company during today’s visit XL Axiata, or simply XL. XL arranged for us three of their security experts. It is like a knowledge jackpot for the security reseach group and quite interesting for the others as well. We learned…
Wednesday, 6 May
On Wednesday, we have got the opportunity to get out of the busy streets of Jakarta, by visiting Bandung. Bandung is the third largest city of Indonesia and well known for it’s fashion. During the three hour travel we did see…
Tuesday, 5 May
Time to visit the business city centre. Time to visit Deloitte. After the visit to Deloitte Amsterdam, we’ve now got the honour of being welcomed by Deloitte in Indonesia. It gave really valuable insights in the (cultural) differences between the…