This is the start.

I am still over six weeks away from relocating to Medan. This is the first post and promises to be the least interesting. Ahead of me are weeks of anxiety, and so forth.

Sumatra is home to all sorts of life--much of it frightening. Poisonous snakes. Rhinos with one horn, rhinos with two horns. Tigers and elephants, water snakes, something whose named translated into english means the "spooky animal."

I expect culture shock, but what good will that do?

Posts will be more frequent and informative in the future. In the future, athensinternational will be a journal for observation and critique and who knows?

This is the start.