Tom did a great job of explaining the trip, but I just wanted to say hello and let you know things are going great. The bus trip was wonderful, because we could sit and look at the countryside as it changed from city to country- we also entered mountains and the views were really beautiful. I could also sit and watch small towns and the people in them as they went about their everyday life. When we arrived in Toraja, the rest of the group stayed at Dadang's family house, but Tom and I stayed in what we were told was a hotel. It turned out to be a spare bedroom in an orphanage! But it was fun to be there. The children seem well cared for and the older ones do the laundry and prepare the meals. Then when guests come like us, they have a bamboo orchestra and play for us and do a traditonal dance in the courtyard. In the same bedroom area we stayed in, there was a young couple from the Netherlands, so we could do some English communicating. The wife was working with the orphans - I am not sure what her husband was doing. They had been there a month and were leaving the day after we left.
We were provided with three meals by the family and all 20 of us would sit down and eat. The family would stand back and watch us eat and were so concerned that I was not getting enough rice. They were so helpful and would provide a drink whenever we would sit down. It was a very interesting experience and I got to know the group from Gaya Celebes much better. They are great people and are hard workers.
That's all for now. Talk with you later.
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