We arrived back on Java late yesterday and are staying with Nana's parents in Ygogakarta. Nana and Eko, and Iin have joined us exploring this fine city. Bapak and I started the day with a 20 km bike ride including a good climb up and a fast return all while dodging quite a bit of traffic of course.
After a big breakfast we were off to see the sultan palace grounds and had some fine guides to help us understand all the history here. We also visited a batik workshop and selected a fine one for our home. We had an excellent lunch on the grounds with the sultan menu.
Down to the bird market where I was stunned with the diversity of animals available for purchase as well as the conditions they are kept under. We are in the hotel Resturant where Nana and Eko are staying complete with a pieceful creek below. I'm taking advantage of the free wireless to send this quick note because we haven't had any internet access for days and it may be a while before we can get online. Meanwhile, more fun to come tomorrow.
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| The large batik we wanted but couldn't fit in our house. |
How what the bike ride? Probably a lot different that your American River trail! Did you have to dodge vehicles, other bikes, pedestrians, and other obstacles the whole way?
ReplyDeleteStay to the left! Stay to the left! Dodging potholes that would swallow my little tires. Scooters fly by mostly to the left with 1-4 people on each bike. Some come right st me uding the dame shoulder to trsvel the wrong way for short distances. I have to pull into this traffic to pedal around carts' pedestrians and slow vehicles. Crossing traffic streets is harder as my instincts are to get to the right as fast as I can. Using brakes or signals seems rare but somehow the flow continues without anger or incident.
ReplyDeleteWe had a fine ride.
Last night we drove to the train station to get tickets and saw hundreds of bikes using a long strrt all to themself separate from the many thousands of scooters that roamed sbout everywhere.
Wow!
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