A Trip To A Volcano and Tea Plantation and Processing Plant

As we left Jakarta for the volcano, the Sun could hardly be seen through the smog; but, the road up the mountain is filled with beauty. Before we reached the top of the volcano, we stopped to visit the hot water coming out of the volcano. It was warm water, but cool enough for the people to bathe in. I'll show photos of the crater of the volcano in my next post. After visiting the volcano we drove through the tea plantation and toured the tea processing plant. 40 tons of tea leaves are processed every day but the 40 tons is reduced to 10 tons through the drying process. Tea from this plantation and processing plant is sold to Lipton. It was a very relaxing and enjoyable day.

Balinese Dancing

Stopped by an art store while out and about. This is a typical Indonesian painting and portrays a Balinese dance. The island of Bali is beautiful, a favorite tourist attraction and largely Hindu in religion.

Mumps and Cake

"D" is now over his mumps. When I caught up with him he was just waking up from a nap on the love seat and started "reading" his Bible. I told him I had brought cake if he wanted any and he ignored me for a time.... Kids...! Gotta love 'em. These are easy to love.

Meals On Wheels

These are food vendors who wheel their carts into the business centers to feed hot food to the office workers. I don't eat here because I have serious issues with their sanitation procedures and washing up afterwards. However, one missionary and I did eat at such a stall back in 1968. It was a stall that served pork with noodles and the food was delicious. We went there often until we found flies in the bottom of our bowls. That ended that. Anyway, these wheeled in soup kitchens give a new meaning to the expression "Meals on Wheels." They wheel in for a couple of hours then are wheeled to a new location for the dinner/supper crowd. The food of the vendors must be good. They never seem to lack for customers.

Feeding the Street Kids

We're still feeding the street children...20 a day. We never seem to run out of kids to feed. KOI-kidsofindonesia.org

Hottest meat in the world

I’m sitting here laughing at myself this morning. I’m eating Naomi’s Rendang which has to be some of the hottest (spiciest) meat in the world. If you sweat when you eat hot spicy meat then better bring a bath towel to the table. You’re gonna need it. I don’t sweat...I sneeze my head off and my nose begins to run like the Amazon…well, at least like the Mississippi…Missouri??? Why do I punish myself like this? Well, because I love hot spicy food, especially meat. since I don’t eat carbos. So, I guess I’ll put up with the sneezing and runny nose. I’m well fed and I haven’t gained an ounce. I’m 68 kilos this morning. That’s the same as it’s been for the last several months, maybe even a year already. Yeah…..! :-)