toughest overseas trip

when we took more than 40 students on a 11-day overland trip to java and bali. had problem right from the beginning. some students lost their money after going through immigration and customs at jakarta. they found out that their money which they had kept inside the covers of their passports missing.

the bus did not have enough seats for the whole group, so some had to stand. the children were more interested in shopping than sightseeing. this delayed us and on one occasion we reached the hotel way past midnight.

some of the students did not take well to the spicy indonesian food and a few of them were taken ill. we had to medicate them, giving them the 'poh chai' pills that we had taken along.

we did take in the sights too. in java, at bogors, we visited the botanic garden and we saw tea plantations on the hill slopes at puncak. we visited the prambahan and borobudor temples. we climbed a volcanic mountain near jogjakarta and crossed the solo river. we were overwhelmed by the mystique of bali. we enjoyed the sea breeze and waves at kuta.

it's a good thing the students conducted themselves well, so we did not have any disciplinary problem at all. the only indiscipline that was displayed was when they were shopping....just did not know when to stop buying.