Well, we are back from an exciting camping trip up at Kaliurang. We had the luxury of riding our bike up there (avoiding the hot bus) and it's actually quite close! We enjoyed some long walks, feeling cold, sitting by the fire and finally seeing some stars in Yogya. After visiting a creepy underground museum, we waited out the rain and had a leisurely stroll back to camp. Dinner was great and the boys lit a fire. We only had tiny little pieces of wood to sit on but it was still fantastic. We chose to sleep in the hall (a wise move, seeing as many of our friends joined us at an early hour, after being flooded in the tent).
On Sunday, we visited Mbak Sinta's family farm. It was such a great experience. They have salak (sweet Indonesian fruit), rice, corn, coconuts, bananas and probably more! Sinta's dad gave us a tour and then we were able to have a go at planting the rice, with the help of the experts around us. The trip was a bit of a disaster for the shoes - efforts to keep them dry were very unsuccessful. However, it was worth the sacrifice. Then to have that lovely squelchy mud under your feet was glorious. Planting rice is very hard work! You need a good eye for straight lines and a strong back.
We also had a look at how they fry the salak fruit and then arrived at Sinta's house (who works with the Australian Indonesian organisation) for an amazing feed. Followed by a quick trip to the dairy farm and then coming home for a quick mandi before church. We have had two nasty encounters with centipedes in our home - they are totally gross! We also went out for dinner with a friend and her family visiting from Perth which was lovely.
Back to school,
Ali and Ben
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