Today dad, mom, Hana, and I woke up at 2:00 am to hike up Gunung Batur, a famous mountain in Indonesia. We got into Koni’s car and drove for an hour to the mountain. We drove into the crater but then we climbed the mountain inside the crater. It was freezing outside and we didn’t bring much to cover up with. I wore my shorts, skinny strap shirt, dad’s shirt, and a sarong. Although, as soon as we started walking up all the clothes started to come off. We brought chocolate, peanuts, iced Nescafe, and lots of water. Since we were inside the crater we were shielded by the wind. We all knew though that when we got to the top we were going to get cold.

It was about 5:00 am when we reached the top of Gunung Batur. It was REALLY cold. My hands were numb. So we asked our guide, G’day, to heat our Nescafe up for us. When we got our Nescafe back we grabbed them and our hands went back to normal finally. But when we drank it all down are hands were once again frozen solid. For the breakfast they gave us boiled eggs and banana sandwiches. Then we hiked all the way back down a different way to go see the hot springs. I liked going down better. You could put your hand in front of some holes and they will get steamy and warm. The holes are openings in the volcano.

When we reached the bottom we jumped into Koni’s car and went all the way back to Swasti. I think we are going to rest know.

Today we went rafting in Ubud. I always liked to raft so we all chose rafting to do. We drove up to Agung river then put on our helmets and life jackets then hopped into the boat. Rafting went for 2 hours. It was fun. We went down big rapids and stopped at many places to swim. We stopped at waterfalls and jumped off rocks. One place we stopped had many carvings in the wall called the story of Bali. It was really cool. You can climb up it too. I went the highest and so did my dad. At the end we ate a buffet that the rafting people made for us. The food was average but we still had fun.