Holiday cont.

 When we were done searching the rocks for any forms of life we walked to the forest. There was a trail through the forest and we followed it. We saw deer, lots of monkeys and a flying squirrel. We walked through a cave with lots of stalactites and stalagmites, a strange rodent-like-thing that kind of looked like a mix between a hedge hog and a two foot long rat and hundreds of bats. One of the rocks sounded hollow when we hit it, making a drum-like sound. The cave was not very big but it was large enough to walk through. When we were done we walked back down the path. I got within 6 inches of a monkey. We got back on a boat and went back to our hotel. The next day we had planned on going to the Green Canyon. Apparently, there is a green river where you can ride a boat to a underground cave. Complete with a 5 meter rock that you can jump off into the river below. I was so excited to go but there was too much traffic. It is a two hour drive from our hotel with no traffic so there is no way that we would be able to go with traffic. I hope that one day I will be able to go back and jump off that rock. We ate lunch in Pangandaran and then headed towards Bandung again hoping that we could get there with no traffic. We had no such luck. It took 5 hours to get to Ciamis where we were forced to spend the night at the great-grandma's house (along with several other family members). We slept for a couple of hours then got into the car again hoping to beat traffic, this time we did. At 4 am I guess no one is on the roads. We drove until we finally got back home to Bandung. Well that was my vacation. The food was good, I guess I am getting used to it. I successfully used a "squat potty" which isn't much more than a hole in the ground. I am still coughing a little but it is getting much better. I'm sorry I wrote so much. Love you all!!! Alaina :)