Bright and early this morning, shopping lists in hand, we intrepid travelers made our way from stall to stall at the morning market in search of ingredients we were instructed to purchase as our contribution to today's lunch.
Next three expertly-driven vans ferried thirteen of us forty minutes or so up, up and up, deep into the remote mountains to the east of Lovina along a newly laid (but very narrow) roadway to the village of Tiga Wasa where we were to spend much of the rest of the day.
The principal of the local elementary school greeted us upon arrival, answered lots of our questions about local education, accepted gifts we had brought with us and then let us interact with a class of fourth graders. We watched an impressive math lesson, then listened to the students play bamboo angalung musical instruments before joining them in a spirited rendition of "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star".
We then wandered around the village accompanied by our guide, Manik, who pointed out various plants and other ecological features of the local natural landscape. Tiga Wasa is widely known for its woven bamboo baskets, and a family of local crafters invited us to watch them being produced (and, again, were given the opportunity to try the process out ourselves).
We also helped prepare lunch and then enjoyed a spirited discussion of local life with our extended host family and the village head (plus a neighbor recently back from Borneo in search for a local girl to wed!).
The image scrapbook attached fails utterly to convey just how enjoyable this entire experience was for all of us participants. The day proved a real highlight of our entire tour experience! See for yourself ....
The principal of the local elementary school greeted us upon arrival, answered lots of our questions about local education, accepted gifts we had brought with us and then let us interact with a class of fourth graders. We watched an impressive math lesson, then listened to the students play bamboo angalung musical instruments before joining them in a spirited rendition of "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star".
We then wandered around the village accompanied by our guide, Manik, who pointed out various plants and other ecological features of the local natural landscape. Tiga Wasa is widely known for its woven bamboo baskets, and a family of local crafters invited us to watch them being produced (and, again, were given the opportunity to try the process out ourselves).
We also helped prepare lunch and then enjoyed a spirited discussion of local life with our extended host family and the village head (plus a neighbor recently back from Borneo in search for a local girl to wed!).
The image scrapbook attached fails utterly to convey just how enjoyable this entire experience was for all of us participants. The day proved a real highlight of our entire tour experience! See for yourself ....
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