Brunch at Cafe Batavia

Alo and I had heard great things about Cafe Batavia so we decided to venture out and try it one Saturday.  It's got the original colonial ambiance of old Batavia, the Dutch name for the former capital.  The restaurant is located on "the square", where they have games, music, food and bikes to rent.  I was hoping they would have a market with lots of great things to buy but no such luck. I did however buy three scarfs from a little vendor and they cost about 5 dollars total so that was exciting.

Would much rather ride around in this car daily than our stylish VAN! :)

These two men were in the middle of the square and had these large, long whips  and would just snap them on the ground which would make a LOUD horrible sound. Wasn't sure what the appeal of this was but was sure I would not be getting in their way - OUCH!

The funniest thing I think I saw was this "ride" for little kids. It played music and the little kids would sit on the tiny bikes and go, up and down, up and down. Sounds normal right? Maybe until you see it. This guy was just riding a large bicycle looking thing in the back behind them and he was the power behind the whole machine.  It gave us a good laugh!

Alo made friends with all the locals and played some of their games. It cost about 10 cents for ever try.  Good thing since he lost every time! ha

After our afternoon of venturing around the old city we needed some AC and a cold drink! 

Cheers!