Finally scored a meeting with AVA

I finally wrote to AVA and scored a big fish. It's amazing how I simply wrote to the general enquiry email and asked for the person in charge of the Riau Vegetable Project and the Head of Horticulture replied.

Meeting her tomorrow (12 March 2008) at 10am in the middle of nowhere.

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Ok it's not really in the middle of nowhere but to get to Khatib at 10am? And then walking in? *gulp* Think I might just take a cab in and claim the cost.

Now if only I can think of the questions to ask her.

Good Friday Trip to Pekanbaru

Tentatively, if I manage to get my ass off the ground and contact the AVA people, the logistics for trip to pekanbaru over good friday weekend is as follows:

20 March (Thursday)
- skip Bahasa Indo class
- take 8am boat to Batam
- transfer boat to Pekanbaru and pray we don't get lost
- check into guest house

21 March (Friday)
- visit Pekanbaru farm

22 March (Saturday)
- go Bukit Tinggi?

23 March (Sunday)
Option #1
- 3pm AirAsia PKU to JKT (5.25pm arr)
- 630pm AirAsia JKT to Johor (9pm arr)
- 9pm crawl our way home from Johor
Price: Approx 150-200SGD
Pros: Cheaper
Cons: Burn the whole day and might miss flight
Option #2
- 5pm Garuda PKU to SIN (7pm arr)
price: $239 SGD (incl tax and zuji svc)
Pros: more time
cons: burn money
Option #3
- 8am take slow boat back to Singapore
Pros: cheaper and take same amount of time as AirAsia

Optimistic Total budget for the trip, including lodgings = SGD$400