Discovering Wonosari area with Fanny

Hi, my name is Fanny, I'm from France and I'm travelling all around Asia for six months. I arrived in Wonosari on the 30/09/18 after discovered Jogjakarta department. I chose to come in Santosa's village because I wanted a real experience of the Indonesian life. I wanted to know more about every day life, what did they eat for breakfast, lunch and dinner, what did they do for free time, habits and everything. After a long trip by train from Yogya, Santosa picked me up at Kepanjen train station and drove me with motorbike to his house. Here I met his son, Kusuma. After they let me know that they are learning English by themselves, and I'm very impressed, they speak very well !
I took a little time to rest and admire the view, directly on the mountains and the village, really beautiful. They offered me dinner, and what a pleasure to eat something different and not again nasi goreng ! Kusuma cooked me rice, vegetables and tofu, and I'm very thankful they cared about my vegetarian and gluten free diet. We talked about life for two hours, differences between France and Indonesia, life here and also a little of psychology, good conversation before to fall asleep.

The first morning, Santosa brought me for a long walk around the village in the forest. We crossed several villages and stopped to a friend house. Here I discovered their little farm and typical Indonesian house, said "hi" to a goat, and shared a good moment with new people. They also cooked me food I didn't know like fried tempeh, very good! We left the house with the arms full of gifts! After this expedition, our legs were a little shaking ! But I have a lot a free time to rest. Sure this night I slept very well.

The second day, even if our legs were painful we went again for a walk in the morning. We crossed other villages, and don't be choked if you come to small cities here because a lot of indonesian took me in photos and were very surprises to see a tourist in this area. We walked next to a school and all schoolchildren looked at me with big round eyes and were happy to say hello to me.

Last day of outside adventures, let's go for a big journey with the motorbike. We began with a waterfall, "coban Baung ". Really calm and nice place to see. After we went to Santosa's brother house, shared a tea with everyone and talk about Indonesian life. Then, we took the motorbike to go to a farm, and to another waterfall. Big trip because we didn't know the road but really nice. After that, Santosa's brother wanted to show me the springs, and told me a little more about habits of people with spring water and forest. We ate good food there and again took photos with people. 

From my arrival to now, I shared a lot of good moments with all these kind people. They really care about people and want tourists see more of this part of Indonesia. 

Written by Fanny Clm.

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