Timika is a small town in the middle of the jungle that is the base for the huge
Freeport mine nearby - the biggest copper mine in the world. All the wealth is
obviously disappearing to Jakarta rather than being used to develop the area so
there really is nothing here.
We wander round the town which has the
usual collection of small stores selling Chinese rubbish (cheap plastic and
pirated music / videos) and non-degrading plastic blowing about and then when
the monsoon arrives end up back at the hotel for a few beers before another
meeting with the guides - this time to say hello to the next guide and again
discuss little else.
The food is actually quite a bit better than the places
we went to in Jakarta - there is actually some flavour this time and it is very
amusing trying to communicate with the young waitresses who speak no English and
giggle when any foreigner (especially a 'handsome man') talks to them.
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