Day 48: Yogyakarta - recovering and logistics

Sarina and Tiger were much better today, and we started a day of getting ourselves sorted for the flight tomorrow.

Okie had been incredibly helpful in finding boxes and packing materials for me - a local bike shop coming up trumps. However, nothing’s free here, so the boxes cost me 8,000 Indonesian Rhupees - or 80c each.

We packed up the bikes and had time to check out the puppet workshop next door. The Wayan puppets go back centuries in Javanese culture, back to the days of animist religion and tell stories of mythical heroes. We received more information than I could ever take in, but learned a huge amount about the symbolism and physical creation of the puppets, which are hand carved from buffalo hide.

They are quite beautiful, and a parcel is on its way to the UK containing puppets of Rama and Sita, plus Tiger’s choice, the Tree of Life.