Mommy and Daddy considered taking the kids to Carita Beach this last friday. We thought it would be fun to play on the beach and also get a view of Anak Krakatau (Child of Krakatau, a famous active volcano in Indonesia). It would have been a 4 hour drive to the beach (without traffic) so Mommy thought that it was not a good idea for a day trip. We might consider doing a weekend trip to Carita Beach at some time in 2012!
Mommy found a place called Kebun Wisata Pasirmukti that seemed like a good place for a day trip. It was about an hour’s drive from Jakarta. The place is an agrofarm and has facilities for a variety of activities including fishing. Daddy loves to fish and the kids had not been fishing in a long time.
We left about 9 am friday morning and arrived around 10:30am. We paid the entrance fee and made our way around the farm/orchard til we got to the fishing ponds. There were two fishing ponds stocked with different fish. Daddy paid for 4 fishing rod rentals which included bait.
We originally tried fishing for gurame (a good-tasting fish) but were unsuccessful. The fish did not seem to care for the bait we were using. Daddy noticed that there was a lot of action at the second pond so we went over to try our luck at the other pond. All the kids were able to reel in fish. We caught a lot of fish over the few hours that we were at the pond. We paid about US $8 to keep our lot of fish. We threw back the smaller fish and kept the 7 largest fish.
We had lunch at the local restaurant and then headed for home. We even made it home in 1.5 hrs. which was a miracle since it was a friday in Jakarta and raining too! Daddy conceded that it was a good idea not to go to the beach as we all had a fantasic time fishing!
It was a great day! We even saw a water buffalo at the farm which was funny since Daddy had just said the night before that he was surprised he had not seen any water buffalo in the 10 months we lived in Indonesia.
Traffic jam even outside of Jakarta…we found ourselves in a sea of blue vans.
No luck catching any gurame fish.
Our little fisherman…the girls lost interest in fishing after awhile and were happier mashing up fish bait and tossing them into the water to feed the fish.
Reeling in a bawal putih fish…they have big teeth!
Not sure who caught the largest fish, but Daddy certainly caught the smallest!
Taking a break from fishing!
Our sweet little Nu Nu!
Daddy just enjoying being outdoors!
Checking out the final fish count.
7 bawal putih!
Heading back to the car.
We saw some fun things at the agrofarm:
“Sausage” tree
Some kind of large beetle that fell in the pond
Check out the lovely mouth parts…ouch!
Happy to be back in a tree instead of floating in the pond.
Water buffalo!
Views from the onsite restaurant
Three happy kids!
2 comments:
I'm so glad I still have your blog site. :)
Looks like your family is continuing to do great in Jakarta!
Hope you continue to enjoy some wonderful and fun adventures in 2012.
So fun to hear from you Donna! Thanks for the well wishes. Hope you are doing well too.
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