let it be known

to those of you who have written me and not yet received replies. know that i am wanting terribly to write back to you but this internet cafe does not allow me to access my gmail account and yahoo drives me bonkers. as soon as i can get in to that account, i am going to find time to sit and write and write. i want to do that. i will. please don't hate me while you wait.

in other news, we saw borobudur this morning - beeeeautiful. we stayed there last night so we could see it in early morning - nice and cool (read: not deathly hot like usual), volcanoes and mountains fading in slowly as the sun burned the mist off, huge domes of grey stone stupa lined up in circles, seven tiers of relief carvings depicting the life of buddha and the quest for enlightenment (the top is nirvana - perfection - no carvings because no one knows the story up there). coolness. punctuated by lots and lots of schoolkids in orange and white matching outfits asking if they can take pictures with any white person around. sometimes not asking, just sitting and snapping away. then definitely shaking hands afterwards - that's important. cute and only slightly distracting.

we're off to solo tomorrow - batik center of indonesia. and that's a lot of batik. we're going to take a class there and hopefully make something presentable. i heard it's hard - wax everywhere. should be fun :) sadly though, we part ways with tammy and kelly for a few days. they're going to stay here in yogya and then meet up with us again for our flight out of this country and to KL. then we all spend the night in the airport and fly to our respective destinations in the morning.

i counted: i have 28 bites on my left hand and arm, 21 on the right, and a whopping 35 on my face and neck! itchy, but no other side effects. i just look like i have acne.

ok. i'm off. love!
amy

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