The Chicas Locas have arrived in Indonesia!

I just received an email from David Marchi, our guide on our third Carstensz Pyramid expedition of the season. Rather than edit his eloquent(?) words, I'll just post the whole thing so you can get a sense of what's really going on over there:

Hey Todd- I flew from SF on Monday afternoon after a while wind tour of Berkeley stopping at Target, Trader Joes, the North Face Outlet, Rei back to Target and then some cocktails with a friend. After a couple of Singapore Slings and some good food on Singapore Airlines, I crashed out for a solid 6 hours, and stopped off in Seoul for a 30 minute refuel.

From there I landed in Singapore, zombied through some DutyFree Shops from 12-2 am then slept in the corner until 6 am. Once I got on the plane I heard a couple of ladies yell my name from the back of the plane. It was Robyn and Roxanne with Guy (Cotter) and two of his clients. Things were working out perfectly until one of Guy's clients from Mexico was denied entrance into Manado and had to fly back to Singapore to get a visa. Right now we are trying to figureout ways to get her into the country while Andrew and I try to do some scuba diving because we have to wait for two clients who arrive tomorrow.

The ladies enjoyed a small party (100 people) for Franky's son's birthday, where they roasted some pigs and a dog. Needless to say, the ladies slept in and passed on the whole idea of snorkeling. Anyway, we will be in Manado for a couple more days, so I'll continue to email. I haven't gotten the SAT phone yet because Franky has been busy trying toget this whole Visa squared away. I'll keep you posted, but so far so good (I guess ...when it comes to international travel in Indonesia where anything can happen).