Hello from the land down under! well not Australia, but yeah technically Jakarta's still under Malaysia so wahtevs.
Today was the first official day of our trip even though we arrived yesterday. We started the day early by heading out for tours. We went to place called Taman Mini and it showcases all the traditional cultures of Indonesia.
Before Taman Mini we made a short pit stop at the Monumas which was about 10 minutes away from our hotel
We then headed off to Taman Mini
Now apparently the Minangkabau tribe's women are the dominant ones. The women would live in lavish houses and be treated like a queen while the men gets a small hut and would have to attend to their every need. But that's not it, if any Minangkabau Men would want to Marry a Minangkabu Woman, they would have to prove themselves by jumping over a rock
its quite high mind you :P The reason the men had to do this was because the women only wanted to marry someone who was strong!
Remember those guys you've seen on discovery channel using Baboo Shoots to cover their *huhus*? yeah well they're from Indonesia too. They're called the Papua Tribe.
we headed to a place called the Komodo, where they had a live Komodo Dragon for the public to take pictures with. Yes that picture above does no justice to show how big it is, maybe the next picture will
That's Loo, one of our HOTLINK winners. Yes so its huge ain't it? I didn't dare go near the Komodo Dragon because it hasn't eaten for a week. Apparently it can finish 7 Chickens in 1 minute (maybe that's where Nat's chickens went). But i did take the following picture...
Not so daring as Loo but whatevs:P
Aight i gotta head on down to the hotel lobby right now as we're heading off to Istora Senayan for the Soul Nation Festival and Che'Nelle's performance starts in an hour. Stay tuned for more details guys!
