PinnedJeremy EpsteinI’m spending Sep/Oct/Nov in Jakarta Indonesia as a visiting Embassy Science Fellow at the US…This blog will be a discussion of my travel — both the personal part (travel around Indonesia and perhaps other nearby countries) and the…Aug 8, 2023Aug 8, 2023
Jeremy EpsteinA look back on our trip to IndonesiaWe’re now on our way home after almost 90 days in Jakarta. I’m going to give a presentation at NSF called “(Almost) Around the World in…Nov 20, 2023Nov 20, 2023
Jeremy EpsteinOur final outing — Kuala LumpurWe’re in our final hurrah in Indonesia, so we made a final trip, this time to Kuala Lumpur, which is in Malaysia. (We had wanted to make…Nov 19, 2023Nov 19, 2023
Jeremy EpsteinReligion in IndonesiaHenry Ford famously said you could have a Model T in any color you wanted, so long as it was black. So it is with religion in Indonesia —…Nov 12, 2023Nov 12, 2023
Jeremy EpsteinYogyakarta visitIn reviewing what I’ve written over the past few months, I discovered I had started this blog posting, but never finished it. So out of…Nov 11, 2023Nov 11, 2023
Jeremy EpsteinSecond visit to BaliAs we wrap up our visit to Indonesia, we were fortunate to return to Bali, this time as I led a workshop I’ve been organizing over the past…Nov 11, 2023Nov 11, 2023
Jeremy EpsteinIndonesian National AnthemI’ve noticed that some of the events I attend begin with the Indonesian national anthem. In the US, things like baseball games begin with…Nov 11, 2023Nov 11, 2023
Jeremy EpsteinBali continuedI realized as I returned from a second trip to Bali that I never finished writing up my first trip, so here’s a short synopsis of what I…Nov 11, 2023Nov 11, 2023
Jeremy EpsteinSelf driving cars in IndonesiaSo this posting isn’t going to be technical, and it isn’t about travel — it’s a rumination about self-driving cars (autonomous vehicles)…Oct 24, 2023Oct 24, 2023
Jeremy EpsteinA lovely visit to BaliBali is probably the most famous part of Indonesia, so what would a trip to Indonesia without a visit to Bali? We’re just wrapping up four…Oct 24, 2023Oct 24, 2023