So things have been brewing this week in Jakarta as well as the greater part of Indonesia. Mount Merapi has erupted a total of 3 times so far, tsunami hit Sumatra and the flooding situation is hitting Jakarta more and more. The death-toll at the moment from Merapi is at 122 and its ashes have reached Bandung and parts of Puncak. It's been a bit tricky trying to find up to date information about it online and seems like news from sources outside of Indonesia have better coverage. I think the death toll seems to be rising dramatically because there are bursts of small towns (kampung) around the area which have been overlooked. We have also learnt that the street on the right of us with the river running in the middle (the street that leads to Sommerset) has been flooded twice. The first time it happened (the night we arrived from Bali) the locals have already started to make the partition higher but just after they had started the second flooding happened which destroyed the materials and part of the new partition so hmm not sure when this will restart again.
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