Posted on July 22, 2011 by Courtney Lareau
Today is my last day in Indonesia. By the time I land back in the United States, it will have been 45 days since I last happened on American soil. I will have touched ground in five different countries, including my layovers in Hong Kong, Singapore, and Tokyo. I will have stayed in seven different hotels, visited three regencies on the...
Posted on July 19, 2011 by Courtney Lareau
I had every intention of using this posting to tell you about my failed attempt to find Diet Coke on the island of Sulawesi. If you’ll recall, in one of my very first blogs I set forth two goals for my trip. Sadly, my goals weren’t in search of insightful, educational, or life changing experiences while here in Indonesia, they were relatively...
Posted on July 17, 2011 by Courtney Lareau
As the end of my trip nears, I fear there is less and less for me to blog about. I have officially finished with the “primary” portion of my research involving one-on-one interviews with cocoa farmers, so from here on out it there will be a lot of surfing the internet for secondary research, sending emails, and making phone calls. Not the...
Posted on July 14, 2011 by Courtney Lareau
The last few days I have spent a lot of time driving in the car and out in the field connecting with farmers, which means there is not much exciting to report. It has just been the typical work day. Well, I guess its not that typical considering I am in Indonesia, sitting on the dirt of cocoa farms surrounded by flies, ants, and mosquitos...
Posted on July 11, 2011 by Courtney Lareau
Since I arrived in Sulawesi, the one place I keep hearing about as a “must see” during my time here are the villages of Toraja, up in the mountains about an hour and a half drive from my current location in Palopo. Even last years’ Summer Associates told me I had to visit Toraja during my time here. Toraja is known for its unique...
Posted on July 06, 2011 by Courtney Lareau
Today was another day of driving down barely passable roads in search of farmers willing to assist me with my primary research. The last couple of days, however, I feel like I have been continuously striking out.
The process of connecting with farmers here in Sulawesi is a unique experience in and of itself. The islands of Indonesia are...
