Jalan Sehat

With our neighbor's children after the walk.
The chinese dragon was quite a show!
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August 17 is Independence Day in Indonesia.  To celebrate, families gather at 6:00 A.M....yes that's right, 6:00 A.M. to begin celebrating the day.  One way they celebrate is everyone in the different neighborhood groups in our part of town come together for a parade (where everyone walks around the area neighborhoods), they have games, food, prizes, etc.  So we joined our neighbors and participated fully.

Our neighbors arrived at 5:30 & we all walked together to the place where the activities begin.  It was crazy....We did aerobics all together to warm up.  It was quite the scene!  Then we walked for 45 minutes around our part of town (and my kids complained very little--whew!).  Afterwards we participated in a family game, ate sate (grilled chicken on a stick) and tried to talk to people.  It was an adventure to say the least.  My favorite part was not getting sick after I shared a favorite indonesian dish called "gado-gado" which is like a salad with peanut sauce.  I ate with my neighbor using a shared spoon & community plate. :)

It was a LONG morning, but so glad we participated.

We walked for like 45 minutes around the area where we live!

Annie, Josh & Shawn had to stand on 2 planks & walk all together down the street, turn around & come back.  They didn't win, but it was fun!  They raced against our neighbors & one of our teacher's family!