AJ picked me up in the morning and we were off to her university campus. No motorbikes are allowed to drive through the campus. There are two parking areas, and both were filled with so many motorbikes! It’s unbelieveable but the government supports owning one via grants. They’re cheap too. We dropped off her paper with one of her fellow students that was collecting them. Apparently the professor doesn’t do that. Then I ate breakfast outside. AJ had brought me some traditional food from a cafe.

She gave me a campus tour. It was interesting to learn that they don’t have a cafeteria because it’s a non-profit government university so they can’t make money. Instead there’s a bunch of little eating areas that disappear anytime the government comes by to do inspections. Her campus is quite beautiful. We saw Villa Isola and walked through a park area. The park was really peaceful, and had some birds in cages, but was also filled with hungry mosquitoes. I got five new bites within minutes.

Afterward, we drove further, back into the mountainy area, to a vihara - Buddhist monastery. Vihara Vipassana Graha is located in Lembang, on the west side of Bandung. It’s a really beautiful place. They welcome all people and photos. We got to go inside a lot of the buildings after removing our shoes. There was this coin thing where you dropped a coin in a bucket all around this building. Depending on how many coins you have left, you can read about your fortune.

For lunch, we went to a nearby restaurant that has many huts (large and private) among ponds and rice paddies. The atmosphere was really nice and explored the grounds afterward. During lunch, people kept getting boat rides on a rickety boat in order to take pictures.