indonesia... part two

so it's been a few days, instead of hours, since i posted my first part about indonesia. so much has happened in those few days, but that's for another blog post to come later. er... i think it's been a week at least. oops... 

so we left off with dani and i in kuta and getting the hell out of there as fast as possible! we took a bus inland to ubud, which was my favorite part of bali definitely! once we finally got off the bus and actually to ubud we walked around for 30 mins or so looking for a room that was reasonably priced for a few nights. after going off the beaten path, i finally found a place for a us to stay. 

where we stayed for a few nights :) 

 while we were in ubud we were able to relax as we didn't have to be anywhere at anytime. pretty much perfect! there were a ton of little shops all around that were selling all these wonderful batik fabrics, little trinkets and so many other things. there was a giant market where the shop owners harassed us over and over to buy something from them. and let's not forget the food.... oh the food! 

while we were there, we finally got to enjoy some LEGIT mexican food. after living in korea for a year and not having access to mexican food on a regular basis. and what we do have access to is not the greatest mexican food at all. you can barely call it mexican food. so to have mexican food was very exciting! 

rooooommate at mojo's! 

MEXICAN FOOOOOOOD!

such a good burrito!

i could eat this everyday and be perfectly content

while we were in ubud we went to the monkey forest. let me start this off by saying... these monkey's are assholes! they steal peoples things; including sunglasses, camera, shoes, backpacks, etc. so you have to be pretty careful. we met up with nick and jessica and headed to the forest... 

he refused to let me take his picture...

it was so pretty here

 also while in ubud, dani and i went and saw some traditional balinese dancing. their outfits were absolutely amazing, their make up was over the top. when they were dancing their eyes were so intense... it was crazy! 

from ubud we flew down to java and stayed in surabaya. this is the area where dani lived while she was on fulbright in indonesia. we were able to go to her old school and see the teachers and some of her students there. we were also able to see the areas where she explored while she lived there.

one of the teachers. seriously reminded me of sharone

 while we were there we went to the taman safari. it is exactly what it sounds like... a safari with a ton of animals. these animals pretty much roam free around the land. so we had random animals coming up to our car ALLLL the time. zebras, camels, antelope, monkeys, emus... there is a part where you can walk around too and see the animals as well. we had an orangutan consistently throw rocks at us while we were walking around that area. i was also able to play with a baby tiger. and dani was able to play with an owl. 

just a zebra coming to say hello

just me playing with a baby tiger

he really wanted the carrots

these birds are sooooo ugly!

he would not stop throwing rocks at us

 after a few days in surabaya i bid indonesia farewell and headed back to the freezing land that is korea. i was on the plane in shorts, a t-shirt and flip flops. needless to say i was freezing when i got to korea and it was SNOWING! but i did capture this awesome sunset. 

 

now that i'm back, i have moved and started at my new school. so far so good... we will see how things go.