At the fifth day of the study tour we were visiting AkzoNobel. After everyone had breakfast, we were supposed to meet at 8:40 in front of the hotel so we could go towards the AkzoNobel office. This got slightly later since Lawrence and Bjørn were late. When everybody was there most of the group went to the company by foot. At the AkzoNobel office we received an interesting presentation from the commercial director powder coating south Asia. After the morning session at the AkzoNobel office we had another session planned for the afternoon at a production facility of AkzoNobel. There was still some time to get lunch before the bus departed. A large part of the group went to a place to get a Banh Mi, a filled baguette. Which deemed to be a good choice since they were delicious. After lunch our bus departed to the coating production facility. What was supposed to be about a 1-hour bus ride ended up in the bus taking about double that time by taking the wrong route. We ended up at a bridge with height restrictions which meant the bus had to turn around. The streets we went through were not suited for busses. We got a good view of the local population and saw some very interesting things. We arrived 45 minutes after the supposed time. At the facility we received a presentation, they repeated some information from the other presentation and then told us about their plant, which was quite interesting. The program was a bit tight so everything went a bit faster, since we were a bit too late at the location. We received a tour of the production facility. During this tour everyone had to wear work shoes, a helmet and glasses. This outfit was not suited to the weather, it was way too hot. But of course safety above all :). The tour was really nice, even though the tour guides were sometimes a bit difficult to follow because of the noise in the factory.
In the evening, we had the opportunity to do fun activities. Most of the group went to get dinner at the Banana Mama Rooftop. At this restaurant they served very tasty burgers. The first beers were ordered and Caj chugged a 0.5L beer within a few seconds, a promising start of the evening. During the evening, we celebrated Robin`s birthday. After finishing the nice dinner, we went to a place called Boosh Rooftop. A bar situated at a rooftop where we could play multiple games. We had a very good time at this bar. We played some darts, beer pong, table football and Jenga. Throughout the night it got more and more enjoyable with beers going in. At some time in the evening a DJ joined the party. Aryan wanted to suggest a song to the DJ. He asked, “Can I play a number” after which the female DJ answered, “I already have a boyfriend”, a hilarious moment. Around 12:30 AM the next day the group went on to another bar. Personally, I went back to the hotel at this moment. This turned out to be a fine decision. If had not been that Lawrance would storm the hotel room at 4:00 AM. I received a short summary of what I had missed. The stickers and pictures sent in the group chat gave an impression of what had been an eventful night. It was in the end a very successful day.