Malang Kimbali

young ones posing like old folks

more posing

my new friend...

I found my camera cable! ... We had a good day and the festival is going strong.

I know this by the constant whistle of the traffic man in the street outside my window.

The Kimbali festival is a big street fair, about 20 blocks, with all the same things as the sunset junction except everything is totally different. The he-she above was the only one we saw...No alcohol, nothing you want to buy ( we did get wooden back scratchers ) tons of food but you don't know what anything is, but we did get really good I will call them scallion pancakes... music, a sea of people...lots of photo opportunities like big backdrops and old bicycles and things to pose with and a lot of teenagers dressed in batiks and corny glasses.. It is crazy. But the insane part is how we are treated. especially me. There are NO forigners here. None. people stare, and I busted at least a dozen kids get the attention of their parents and point me out... I say hi and they look shocked, check to see what their parents faces look like and maybe say hi back and either giggle or keep staring... It is so strange we are practically famous. My mom and I were standing of to the side and a couple of 15 year old girls asked to pose for pictures with them.

I almost can't stand to go out in public...at the mall same thing ( looking for camera cable. no dice )... everyone stares and possibly giggles. One salesgirl couldn't even help me she was giggling and could not keep it together...Sorry, no sandals for miss Chinlund today.

No white people, black brown or anything else... just Indonesians. I may brave it again tomorrow, I know there is some special thing in there I need...

We move into crazy guest house tomorrow... I have a bottle of something in my fridge but I don't know weather I am supposed to rub it on myself or enema it so I passed. I did do the thing I knew I rub in..(also called balur). And now I will be lulled to sleep by the sound of traffic and whistles...

I am seriously into Weeds...there are 3 english language tv stations here... bbc, hbo and discovery.

I also play a lot of solitaire on the blackberry.......

Thank you for all the support... I swear It makes it so much easier...

xxxoooo