Waiting for Bush

US President, George Walker Bush, will be in Bogor for only 10 hours. But the inconvenience could last for days.

November 14, 2006

THIS is the price that must be paid for the visit of a superpower president: street traders unable to do their business, re-routing public transportation routes, ensuring that cellular phone calls and text messages are blocked and even closing a school for the day. And in the beautiful Botanical Gardens of Bogor, two helipads that look like construction sites are suddenly in place.

George Bush will only be in Bogor for 10 hours, but the US Presid

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