Hit yet another road block on the DaVinci house.  From my perspective, that's the final straw.  During my company's legal review of the lease and legal documents it was determined that the house owner does not have clear deed/title to the property and house ... yes, he has some documentation but not title/deed.  To get such will cost him US$1-2k .. and 2 weeks to 2 months time ... IF ... BIG IF .... he agreed.

Today, Decy and I start all over again looking for a house ... we have lost a full month putzing around with this guy on the DaVinci house ... now it will likely be end-Oct maybe 1-Nov before we get out of a hotel and into a house. [ interesting side bar - one of our drivers told Decy yesterday that many people have tried to rent the DaVinci house ... and each time they have backed out ... the house has been vacant for +1 year, and never lived in ... so it sounds like this owner has some real problems ] 

And just think, this is a new policy the company implemented ... presumably to save time and money managing properties ... in the meantime, they are taking a specialist like me and turning me into a real estate agent.

.... ok ... time to go ... sorry ... have to run ... and can't blog about other items .... EXCEPT ... just learned one of my friends from Angola that also transferred to Jakarta (from a different company) is staying in the same hotel we are ... I need to find him !!!!

Ciao ciao.