Jascha Grübel

Author: Jascha Grübel

  • Goodbye Indonesia: Maliq & D'Essentials

    Time is running up so fast. I got one more week in Indonesia, though I still have a lot of material to write about, so you will still here from me after I returned. I already got some ideas how to continue this blog after the year. My older host sister Chandri have me a…

  • Indotrip: Around Samosir Island

    From the before mentioned Hotel Carolina we went to explore the Island of Samosir. We rented some motorcycles for a reasonable price there and drove north along the Samosir’s shore. The beautiful view on the Danau Toba made us stop every few kilometers in order to enjoy the beauty. Our destination was at the northern…

  • YCM Activitites: Green Earth Indonesia

    One of these days Green Earth Indonesia visited us. Their main work field is renaturation of former mining areas. The problem in Indonesia is, that dangerous chemicals are used in the mining process. Thus the earth there is literally dead after the mining ends. Normally renaturation happens on its own, but not under these circumstances.…

  • Indotrip: The Jungle Inn

    If you want to see wild Orang Utan in Sumatra, Bukit Lawang is your place to go to. That’s why ended up there. When we got there, we walked all the way up the river until the village ended and the National Park Gunung Leuser began. And there at the border of civilisation we found…

  • YCM Activities: Football Day

    I’ve been so busy, that I still couldn’t tell you about the football day yet. This day was some time ago when still all 32 teams were in the World Cup, so don’t wonder about the pictures. The tutors prepared a day full of activities all around the ball. From Quizzes to goal shooting. Everybody…

  • Indotrip: Underwater Adventure

    On our Indotrip we had been to the beautiful and layed-back Gili Islands. We stayed on the more quiet Gili Air, but that didn’t mean we wouldn’t have adventures. We had two opportunities to go snorkeling and each time we could met turtles. We went with the currents along the Islands. One time along the…

  • YCM Activities: Australian Rules Football

    Indonesia has three teams of the Australian Rules Football, colloquially known as Footy, playing in the AFL Indonesia. They are the Jakarta Bintangs, Borneo Bears and Bali Geckos. The Jakarta Bintangs promote the game around Jakarta by organizing local competitions. YCM has two teams in the competition: “Bogor Thunder” and “Pasar Minggu”. In total 6…

  • Indotrip: Eating the Indonesian Way

    So, for now YCM events and parts of the Indotrip will be presented in turns. When my friends arrived in Indonesia, we had an aweful long trip to Bogor in the bus since it was rush hour in Jakarta. When is it not rush hour in Jakarta? Anyways, we got to Bogor totally starved, we…

  • YCM Colleagues: Rafting

    Now back in Indonesia I finally have time to tell you about my adventures in YCM before I will tell you more about my famous Indotrip. If there is one thing important in en NGO its a good work environment. Many things are part of a good work environment, so is the teamplay of the…

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