So I’ve been having an I-miss-Indo month.
Lots of reminders here and there, I guess.
Anyway, I decided to look back through pictures, and I had totally forgotten about this.
In September ’09 we took a day trip to Jatiluhur, a lake that was about an hour from our house. (Lakes that are used for recreation are pretty uncommon in Indonesia.) It was a fun trip, and potentially the highlight (?) of the day was this.
A pedal-yourself roller coaster.
Seriously. You literally pedal yourself around on this teeny-tiny (really) track that wobbles a little too much for it’s own good.
Here we are…right before we started pedaling. I was convinced we might die. And had I known that Maelie was in my belly at the time (’cause she totally was!) I may have never done it.
This one is my favorite. See that group of people in the bottom right corner of the picture that seem fascinated with the coaster?
They’re really not.
They are, in fact, fascinated with the shrieking bule (white girl) who is convinced that this may be her last moment on earth, as she teetered helplessly far too high in the air. (Ok, so maybe I’m a tiny bit over-dramatic. ;))
At any rate, it sure made me smile to see these tonight…and say a thank-you prayer to God that I’m still alive. 😉
I haven’t read your blog in too long. I love this. Why don’t we have pedal-yourself-roller-coasters in the U.S.? Seriously.
Yeah…I might go for it as long as it doesn’t wobble so much! Definitely a creative idea, though. 😉