The annual Java Journey program sponsored by a Ph.D. in AgEcon from Kansas State University and SMA 2 Madiun (a high school in Indonesia) gave college students from the heartland of America an opportunity to explore and better understand Indonesian culture, language, and people, while at the same time "exchanging culture" through teaching English and sharing about our lives in America. As their tour guide and sometimes translator, my job was to help them get the fullest experience possible, all while thoroughly enjoying a chance to be back around the people I love in the country I love!
After teaching English at the high school, they taught us a form of traditional Indonesian martial arts. Our teacher may have been old, but I didn't want to mess with her skills!
