February 15

February 15

Patangaran sawas, near Harymans kampog

We are in the train to Banjar, it is quite comfy and the seats  are kinda like those in a plane, except there is a lot more leg room. So comfy, in fact that I am writing this blog as I watch the Indonesian world go by...

At Banjar, Haryman, the foster child of our friend Marti, will come and fetch us, with a rented A/C car and drive us to Patangaran.

We are traveling thru mountain passes and many sawas, rice fields.
It is amazing to see how ingenious the irrigation system is when you see the water flow continuously from the highest field thru mud locks to the one lower, etc.

Maybe at this time it would be a good idea to explain some terms that I may use on a daily basis, writing these travel logs.
I will jot them down, as they come to mind, without any particular order.

Glossary

MANDI is bath(room) or taking a bath...a tiled space with a large tub filled with water, which you can throw over your head and body using a gayung.
KAMAR KECIL literally translated means small room....the John.
KAMAR TIDUR is bed room.
WARUNG is little shop or store, often also eating place as in Warung Makanan .
BOTOL means bottle, also personal hygiene tool, now replaced by spray hoses.
AIR means water
NASI is cooked rice or a dish featuring rice
BERAS is raw rice
JALAN is to walk or the term for "road" maybe like Jalan Ouelette...while

JALAN-JALAN means to "take a walk" also the word Mompir is used with the same meaning.
SURABI is a breakfast pancake made from rice flour and coconut milk and eaten with palm sugar syrup

Surabi

 

BACANG is a triangular steamed cake made from rice   stuffed with veggies or meat, wrapped in banana leaf.

Bacang

 

GULA JAWA is palm sugar made by boiling down the tapped nectar of the flower of the coconut palm tree, or as well, tapped  from a type of date palm.

Making Gula Jawa

KRIEPIEK KETELA,  fried chips of cassava (ketella aka cassava) Any chip is kriepiek....