We spend Day 58 wandering the village of Bukit Lawang and its surrounding area.
Along our way we receive “hellos” from everyone and everywhere, especially children, which never ceases to make us smile.
For lunch we visit Rita. Again, we ignore the menu and she just makes us something. This time it’s a thick pancake topped with a vegetable curry and it is delicious. We leave satisfied and I for one am ready for a nap.
I head “home” and Eric takes off to explore the perimeter of the National Park and search out a couple of bat caves. He doesn’t find the caves, but he does find a very special café.
In 2003, a flash flood wiped out a huge chunk of Bukit Lawang and as a result a number of local children were orphaned.
A Dutch & Indonesian couple established a school and homestay project for these children and the café is a source of revenue for them. We stop by to have a drink and a snack, and end up purchasing a couple novels at their used bookstore.
Afterwards, we head back to our hotel and end our day packing a small bag for our trek tomorrow morning.
Thanks for the update. Not sure why, but I'd love to see what the passport stamps look like. Glad you two are having fun.
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