After a fairly cold night, we woke up refreshed from our long day of travel. First stop was at the end of the street where breakfast was being served. Two local ladies served up a delicious noodle dish with a peanut sauce.
Next, we walked to a lake. It is huge, at about 18km long! Walking all around the lake would have taken too long, so we just took a short path then turned back. On the way back we passed a school and a few children asked if we would be in their photo. We obliged and said goodbye. 2 minutes later we chatted to some more children. They wanted a photo too, so we posed again. 2 minutes later, the same happened again! And again, and again, and again! It was so funny and a wonderful experience for us and we hope for all of the children too! They giggled so much it was great!
We were heading back through Takengon and stopped in a rather lovely coffee shop. The area is famous for coffee. We are told by the locals the area supplies coffee to both Starbucks and Harrods. We chatted for a long time with a local man, who explained so much about the many different coffees available. We even watched the raw beans being roasted in their special machine and tasted the freshly roasted beans.
Haircut next for Darryl. A great job done. The barbers was near to the bus station, so we booked our bus ticket for tomorrow to Ketambe too.
For dinner we visited a small Satay street stall. We sat and ate whilst receiving excellent Indonesian lessons from an eight year old. The natural teacher showed us how to count to all the way to 20.
We left the restaurant and returned to our losmen only to find we had lost our room key. We retraced our steps to the small restaurant where on the table was our key. It had been found on the floor by a friendly local! Phew ...
Next, we walked to a lake. It is huge, at about 18km long! Walking all around the lake would have taken too long, so we just took a short path then turned back. On the way back we passed a school and a few children asked if we would be in their photo. We obliged and said goodbye. 2 minutes later we chatted to some more children. They wanted a photo too, so we posed again. 2 minutes later, the same happened again! And again, and again, and again! It was so funny and a wonderful experience for us and we hope for all of the children too! They giggled so much it was great!
We were heading back through Takengon and stopped in a rather lovely coffee shop. The area is famous for coffee. We are told by the locals the area supplies coffee to both Starbucks and Harrods. We chatted for a long time with a local man, who explained so much about the many different coffees available. We even watched the raw beans being roasted in their special machine and tasted the freshly roasted beans.
Haircut next for Darryl. A great job done. The barbers was near to the bus station, so we booked our bus ticket for tomorrow to Ketambe too.
For dinner we visited a small Satay street stall. We sat and ate whilst receiving excellent Indonesian lessons from an eight year old. The natural teacher showed us how to count to all the way to 20.
We left the restaurant and returned to our losmen only to find we had lost our room key. We retraced our steps to the small restaurant where on the table was our key. It had been found on the floor by a friendly local! Phew ...
