Toby, Della, Emily and Lu and myself went to the water castle today to have a look around. We all had a blast being very stupid and photo bombing the unsuspecting tourists. We tried to find a way to the top of the castle but found that it was closed, so we wandered back through the town and made our way to Malioboro market, where we looked at various trinkets and souvenirs to buy. We all decided that we would buy some Jogjakart bracelets between us, and then we had the idea that we should all buy an item for 1000 IDR as a gift for each other. This was achieved at Hamzah Batik Mirota Batik, which was a large shop that had all manner of items, aat all kinds of prices.
We headed back to the hostel using one of my Grab offers, which was even better given it was split between 5 people, and then decided to do the gift exchange once everyone had freshened up.
Toby had an app which allowed people to all hold their finger on te phone screen and it would choose one at random, and we all had to select a gift from the pile that wasn't the one they had bought. This ensured it was a properly random distribution.
I received a nice Jogja note book, Emily got a fluffy dice, Della got a bottle opener with a hand giving the bird, Toby got a tiny trange wire chicken thing, and Lu got a tiny penis key fob. The dice was immediately brought in to use to play a variation of truth or dare, where each person rolled the dice, and if it was odd, you had to be asked a truth, and if it was even you had to do a dare. The drinking of Bintang beers from the fridge was optional but everyone did so.
During the game, I was dared to shave off my Goatee, so I obliged, and everyone joked about how I looked even younger. With that, we speculated about how I was able to keep my youthful looks for so long, and it was eventually agreed that it was probably due to the fact that I live in Scotland, where we never see the sun.
The night ended with most of us being drunk in the garage/gym, and with me injuring my toe on a gap in the stones!