Three weeks from today! We are beginning the preliminaries to actual packing. Throwing stuff out, disassembling the batik paintings that we had framed, giving stuff away. We have three suitcases plus carry-ons. We can actually have 4, but it makes it really hard to travel with that much. As I pack I will see if we need a fourth suitcase.
Our farewell party is scheduled for June 16 with about 20 or 22 expected. We will have a private room off the hotel dining room and guests can partake of the hotel buffet. That way we will only be charged for the number of meals eaten so we don't have to worry about people not showing up or bringing extras. It's frankly more of a duty than something I am looking forward to, but so be it. No alcohol, obviously.
The next day we are off to Bali one last time for three nights. We have chosen a place well off the beaten track that is supposed to be good for snorkeling and just plain relaxing. I tried to make the room deposit with my PayPal account as they didn't take credit cards. PayPal freaked out and blocked my account, I suppose because they saw the location was Indonesia. The only way I can unblock it is for them to call me at my phone number of record (my home phone) and speak to me. Very frustrating.
On a different topic, the economic problems in Europe are starting to make Asia very nervous. Indonesia had its first trade deficit last month in more than two years and is readying a stimulus package. And both China and Australia have applied stimulus in the form of interest rate cuts this week.
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