Bromo

Mount Bromo is an active volcano in East Java

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Indo street sellers are relentless

Fish Therapy

Mbak Ucik and I decided to try "fish therapy" or "terapi ikan" today. This involves Garra Rufa fish, a form of carp that enjoy eating away at the dead skin on your feet. Nature's best pedicure. We planned on doing it for 30 minutes but after my initial freak out as hundreds of tiny fish began feasting on my feet, I started enjoying it. We also had a great Indonesian conversation--I'm trying to learn as much as I can about the cultural differences we aren't taught in the classroom... We ended up staying for an hour.

And yes, my feet are now incredibly smooth.

Nyata

My 15-year-old pembantu was fired today; she played too much. I miss her

A pembantu is a maid who often lives in the home. It was uncomfortable for me to ask her to wash my clothes when my only real request was that she finish school.

She called me kakak (older sister) and I called her adik (younger sister).

Dam

Mushroom Garden

Beach: East Java

The Indian Ocean swallowed my towel. Goodbye towel, hello environmental sadness. 

Hotel Tugu: Blitar

Universitasku

My daily game of frogger 

This is a two way street. It is nearly impossible to cross both lanes without getting caught somewhere in the middle. I usually chill for a bit on the invisible median and let the sepeda motors swerve around me.  No sidewalks 

Admin

Guru Guru

Teachers

Peer tutor with roasted corn - jagung
Flavors included:
pedas - spicy
coklat - chocolate
manis - sweet
asin - salty
keju - cheese
arbei - strawberry

Peer tutor with bicycle-grocery store

Authority figures

Teman Teman
Friends