Over the past weeks more and more flags have been appearing throughout Surabaya in preparation for Indonesian Independence Day. Every street has some decorations, including ours. Last night we went to our Blok's celebrations. Everyone from the houses in our Blok seemed to be represented.
There was a lot of speach making from various local leaders, and more interesting an elderly lady who is one of the surviving heroes of the fight against the Dutch.
As today is a national holiday we took the opportunity to drive out to Pasaruan to see how everyone is there. Once there I took my cup of tea out to one of the bamboo platforms that act as meeting points and park benches to sit and watch the world go by. An old man from one of the neighbouring houses came over and sat with me. We had little to say as my Indonesian is still all but none existent, so instead he gave me a back massage as we sat together in the sunshine. Very good it was too.
From there we drove up into the mountains around Malang. These are some of the views.
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