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TANGKUBAN PRAHU (HOT SPRINGS) JAVA INDONESIA interference once more. Evidently it was no permissible either, to rest, asfter committing the original transgression. We were hale, hearty, healthy + had no trouble scrambling back up to the lip (and the "lip"). No further penalties were exacted. We read a rambling legend about how the crater was formed, then took minibus down to slope + ate gadogaoo cold at the restaurant at the pass. Next we took shared taxi to nearby hot springs. An inviting hot pool, too, but i'd no trunks and seemed to be catching a cold, of all things. Maybe my body got used to continuous heat + couldnt hack 60(degree) nights at Banding. The springs alone were well worthwhile, steaming along past many cascades + into hazy green paddies from below. Interesting dark reds + greens in the streambed. The ride back to Baning was quite roomy + comfy; this greys thing, tho, was no lights. We'd roam three villeages in deep dusk + a dozen kids would barely clean out in time. As if upon a whim of driver, he suddenly turned on the lights - just for a little while of course. We were both glad to turn in when we reached hotel. Student Concessions! I'd given up on 'em bu sup't suggest it.
SAT JUNE 8 Train 7:30AM to Jogjakarta. No good food to take; only bananas + cookies. A rather tedious 10 hour trip, tho some good scenery. Good sunset. We found "indonesia hotel", cheap+basic,
JOGJAKARTA (BECAK JAMS) JAVA INDONESIA
+ I slipped off to dinner with a guy I'd met in Malaysia (I like Guy, but it was time to get away from him awhile) Iced mango juice esp. Good. Most impressive thing about Jogja is lack of cars on main roads. Hordes of people, bikes, becaks, +cycles. But hardly a car or even a bus. At times the streets were like a swirling sea of huamnity. It was some biannual festival or other. The hoardes stopped for a RR crossing + afterwards, chaos! I bought a Time Mag (Kissinger just arranged Syria-Israel Settlement) + Looked around for books on Sulawesi _ Buigis Ships. Found only one photo - smaller than I'd thought, but beautiful, doublemasted; each mast had two sails. After some hours of negative thought re the ship, i'd turned positive again. Guy's atlas showed favourable winds in May-Nov from Celebes to the Aleutina, along a route avoiding open ocean all along (i.e. south China Sea, sea of Tapham, etc.) That's the NE monsoon, of course, but the rain (fresh water) might feel good on sailboat...I found mama's restaurant (Very cheap+large portions; "mama" a friendly character). I'd hoped to meet Janet + Chris there but they'd come and gone. This I learned an hour later, back at hotel, where I met them just as all of us were ready to collapse of exhaustion.
SUN JUNE 9 Chiming Church Bells reminded me it was Sunday, Not Saturday. Guy_I borrowed 2