Lions and Tigers and Bears, Oh my!

Alo took off a couple days from work and since we were both without our passports (still in the process of getting our Kitas - 1 year stay visa) we decided to venture out of the city and head towards the mountains and rural areas close by.

Our first stop was Bogor.  As we drove along, the view was much greener than Jakarta but the traffic still held strong.  We decided to try out the safari park called the Taman Safari.  It turned out to be awesome and I would highly recommend it.  We stayed in the car and drove through the entire safari park.  This might sound boring since we had to stay in the car but it was honestly really fun.  Alo and I bought lots of carrots from vendors on the street before we entered the park. So as you can imagine...the animals LOVED us :)

I just adore this guy - he looks like he is smiling at all times!

The lions and tigers would walk right next to the car so we were too scared to put the window down all the way! I didn't want Alo getting eaten by a lion on his day off :)

This zebra wanted some kisses! They were so funny!

After the Taman Safari, we headed to Puncak to check our the paragliding. Luckily we were there too late in the day and there were others in line ahead to paraglide so we had to postpone that one :) Not quite sure if i'm ready to run off a mountain in Puncak yet, but stay tuned! It was fun to see others do it. They made it look so easy! No worries, we found a zip line instead so we got a small thrill for the day!

While driving up the mountain we got to see all the tea plantations. I really admire the women who pick the tea leaves as a living. Talk about a hard job! They are on very steep hills in the hot sun picking the tiny tea leaves off the trees and carry a huge woven basket on their back to put the leaves in.