Earthquakes and the Ring of Fire

Over the past four days we have had three earthquakes here in Sekongkang. They've been relatively mild, but we certainly felt them and they stirred up a lot of talk among my students. Indonesia is located in the Ring of Fire which is an area that frequently has earthquakes and volcanic activity. We found a cool website that my students had a great time with - www.iris.edu/seismon. More on earthquakes in Indonesia later.

One More Time

I have just finished my first week back at school after the second operation on my ankle in the past month. This time I followed everyone's advice and bought a cane in Bali which I have been using fairly religiously until today. The ankle looks good, but as the doctor here said, it looked good last time until the stitches were taken out. I'll see how things go on Monday when the stitches are taken out.