Pangandaran is a small holiday town in the south of Java with an oversized peninsular. Where the hotels are both East and West beaches are easily accessible. Today we started by visiting the local markets, as usual it is the hub of the town, a very busy place. Next stop the prawn cracker factory, which in actuality is the bucket of fish cracker factory. Next was a local villiage where we saw the cutting down of the old coconut trees and making into lumber, the boiling of the coconut palm flower sap to make brown sugar, in this case to sell to the b-b-q sauce factory. A local puppet maker showed us his craft, a very skilled carver, then put on a one man puppet performance for us, a talented man, playing drums and clashing symbols with his feet while speaking in many different character voices.
Next stop was meant to be a boat ride on the Green Canyon, but it was cancelled as there was too much water flowing and it was now the brown canyon. Next on the agenda was to cross a bamboo bridge, a main throughfare for bike and human traffic. Then another beach for a very late lunch before a long drive back to Pangandaran.
We rested a little before heading out to a little restaurant called Che Mama for a very nice meal. It was expensive though, just over 10 dollars for two meals and drinks, I shouldn't have had the second drink.
Love the Bamboo bridge. It looks much more sturdy than the one in Cambodia or those we used in Vietnam. Gorgeous. Paul watch your budget, if you keep spending on dinners like that you will have to head back to work early.
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