Author: Doug Nienhuis

Friday, November 8, 20247:16 a.m. Room 19, Hotel MalahayatiTanjung Balai, Sumatra, Indonesia (4,328 words) I guess you would call this a typical morning of late in Tanjung Balai. It’s raining outside and the roar of traffic is intense. Plus, for some reason, I feel exhausted. I’m like a bear coming…

Tuesday, November 5, 20249:39 a.m. Room 19, Hotel MalahayatiTanjung Balai, Sumatra, Indonesia (1,308 words) I had a rough night last night for some reason. I think I had too much on my mind with too many things going on, and I got no sleep at all. I ended up unable…

Monday, November 4, 20245:50 a.m. Room 19, Hotel MalahayatiTanjung Balai, Sumatra, Indonesia (3,324 words) It’s been a few days since I’ve written anything down. I’ve just been too busy with video. Last time, I was writing about my attempts to upload videos with my smartphone hidden in various places around…

Wednesday, October 30, 20248:14 a.m. Room 19, Hotel MalahayatiTanjung Balai, Sumatra, Indonesia (3,081 words) I’ve been writing quite a bit about some problems I’ve been having on this most recent trip to Sumatra. Yesterday, for example, I wrote at length about my problems with my smartphones and how my phones…

Tuesday, October 29, 20247:07 a.m. Room 19, Hotel MalahayatiTanjung Balai, Sumatra, Indonesia (4,137 words) I hardly know what to say about my small adventures of yesterday getting a SIM card. A phrase like “Hopefully, this goes well” has an unusual meaning when you are a foreigner in a place like…