Soul Searching

I treated the royal family once again, and everyone was feeling much better. Whew! They were super nice, the two princesses served me tea personally. I was honored. They sent me all over with their driver for my errands.

After all that I headed to an ancient buddhist temple called Borobudur. It’s a many tiered temple. As you approach the higher sections there are all these buddhas under these giant bells. You can see through the stone bells (they have lots of large holes). Very beautiful.

The hotel i’m staying in is very expensive in terms of what you get for your money. Kind of dingy but it’s right next to the temple, and it has a/c - so i’m not going to complain too much.

It’s just a couple of days until I head to Aceh, where there are no amenities (even food is scarce). Malaria is rampant. All the volunteers sleep on futons on the floor of the clinic, in one big room.

I’m doing my best to appreciate what I have now, while I have it…