Thursday and Friday are holidays here in Jakarta and some friends invited us to join them on a half day trek on Thursday morning.  The only down side being a very early start to make the 90 minute drive south to Bogor.

On arrival we met up with our guides and drove through narrow potholed roads to the starting point.

We crossed rivers in our bare feet

Walked through padi fields, coffee and clove plantations

 

We saw interesting rural villages full of very friendly locals

Bananas don't come fresher than this

Bridges made of whatever comes to hand

Beautiful butterflies

Not so beautiful big spiders 

The scenery was simply spectacular

Our adventures have truly begun!