Villiage visit

What did I do on Tuesday, Election Day? Well, interestingly, Tuesday was an election day here too. Indonesians were voting for the governor of East Java. So even though voting hadn't begun yet in America, I had the day off. I went with my roommate, Enny, to visit her parent's house in a small village about 1 hour by motorbike from Ponorogo. And let me just say, 1 hour is a really long time on the back of a motorbike! It was a really nice day. Our friend Hana also came along. I got to see a typical Indonesian home outside of the city. I took a lot of photos.



This is a traditional kitchen. No gas. No running water.


This is the rice. I have no idea why they have so much rice but they share it with the neighborhood if anybody needs it. Enny told me a story that years ago a cobra laid eggs among the rice and they kept finding cobras in the house until her little nephew discovered the nest. I'm glad she told me that story after we got home, not before.


Enny's niece, mother and Miss Hana


The garden/yard


Miss Hanna and Enny's niece Cindi watching the rain


A man rides by the front gate in the rain


Boys run home with their umbrellas


Cindi singing some school songs for us


Enny and Cindi


Watching the rain


Shoes and puddles


Cindi


Enny and Cindi are really close


Every house has chickens running around


Cindi playing