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Part of my travels in Indonesia included meeting up with various video makers and organisations to 'spread the word' so to speak about DIY online distribution. I went into Jakarta to find a way, preferably a train, to get to Yogyakarta in central Java where I had organised to do a workshop. There were however unprecedented rains and major flooding just after I arrived which meant in the end I couldn't leave for 3 days. It also made it impossible to catch up with any Jakartan groups as getting around the city was a total nightmare. The only thing to do was to sit tight. Luckily I still had the net (though the power went out for half a day which meant forced chilling out). Could have been worse.

Somehow I seem to have ended up in the middle of a significant natural disaster with the worst floods in 5 years hitting Jakarta. According to the ABC 5 people have died (85 of Feb 18). Yesterday was the craziest day so far with up to 3m of water in some places. A woman who works for ICT watch, whose offices I am currently in, basically lost everything in her home.