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had so little time we asked about some place on the north side. 
Gitgit was recommended, and we set off for Gitgit accordingly. 
The drive was all up-hill, into the mountains, and very 
lovelv The rl were hairpin turns - one so narrow that we bumped 
one c?r coming down the mountain, ^^° Q ^F^iJ°SSvses with 
passed lovely l^V" 11 ^ " |?? up S There are more f lowers in 
mud wplls. surrounded by a mud wall, ^ere are mux * x 
mua wciiR, , , . -d„1„v v^mtion a c md the whole ei 1 ecu vvc t> 
1 1 pees thrn in Batak kampongs, <■ nu me - 1 - „„„ mr -v, 0 re 
tne vixirtge r oil oen ,,~ Little Buddhist temples were every^heie 
mnr>b more D~> CtUreSOUe . Lil I, UJ-fc- ±juua..ui-l ~ f ,„ . niir 
?lon/ the road, and in each village were formes of various 
size! - some of them nothing more than a tiny platform with an 
offering or two. /-rVlR-'f '"/^ ' ' ; 
Gitgit turned out to be a village with a f^ er c ^^/^re 
house. There were four rooms, but no one ^f^^/^^^ds 
ur room we h ? d the most gorgeous view looking out f™f 
it ,„;., _v, i«— c pi p-ht miles away and iiiteen nunaxe- ± eeo ucj.^ 
the sea, wmch was eigm; SUJ -^ ^ ^ + PT >T, pr pe which for beauty 
us. B E ck of *e rest hcuse f were rice terreoe *le ^ 
*eat any ?LS ro4' their water reflecting ne.rby coconut 
mountain side they rose, x-nexx orriPT , p1d er een. 
palms, the ridges divided by paths of emerald green. 
Tvn i bae c UC b p ban cold, with a pain in the ribs, that 
r>m nas vjuui « ~ , . , „ , t j „, T i-i-p r p-nd i walked 
we did little ail day except admire the view. Dr. l. i 
ta--, tbP villace and saw the local temple, which consi.^ ui 
tnrougn tne viixcge, mu b« , . •, _ tnr , p pn d several small 
a nice old gate carved and P^ted stone .nd gome Qf 
c hrinp = . some of them spoiled by corrugr ueu > 
them thatched. Two of them had old paintings of Hindu god. on 
the wells. 
All the local color of the inland walks past our front gate 
so it is really not so much depr Ration oust to sit st ill in 
nlprp like this. Men and women go by Cc rryir.g sive u» 
place me wxs>. straight free movement tnrt comes irom 
heads, walking ^htn.t sxr^ig The women, many of them, wear 
generations of doing just, T,n±h. j-ue Mr>«t n f them have 
the saron? with nothing above tne wrist. Most oi znem n « 
mouths^fined red by betel nut They are not^s ^utif^as 
the tourist posters lead one to jxpec^ but the, f _ 
comely. The children smile at one .^ n r \ hCiTt drlV e up the road 
liness. In the late afternoon we took a short drive U P 
a.xnfcwt . j-ii , _„„ „f m- npniiec. who scuttled across xn 
and came upon a l*rge troop of ®^aques, wiu neP rby trees, 
front of us and spent sometime crashing about m zne nee * 
There are many small horses here, and p^ck trains passed 
j.nei y n „___. lT . ff rpbbaees for the most part, m 
our door continually, Ccr ^ 11 ?L n? thP%^ddle With a chain of 
big panniers slung on each side of the Sraale. 
bells around their necks, and a brsket of ^ ^er tn i 
so that they could eat as they walked they ^f^er?' the' cattle 
the steep roads all day. Even mo ^ inter est i g found 
that were led past m small herds, in_se axe ye ars. They 
wild in Java, but here domesticated for hundred oi year _ y 
are pure blooded banteng - ^^^ar " s \l° Ld banteng meat 
only in this island have they been tamea. 
for dinner and liked it very much. 
Bill feeling so miserable we went to ^? d c ^ 1 ?;^°' t 5o^lv 
rubbed him with thl local remedy for ^-^"Si 2af a 
of eucalyptus) end given him a hot-wrter bottle that was 
stone gin bottle wrapped in a towel. 
