Trip to Bogor Botanical Garden was the first experience for the SD Cibeureum students, they almost never went out from the village, except when they took a competition in other village or in Sukabumi Regent.
Since early morning, they already woke up and took a bath and had breakfast, they should go to Cibadak train station by car to take a morning train. They had no experience taking a train, that’s why they were very exited when they arrived at the station and chose the seat, they wanted to seat near the windows. It was different when they saw the train from the book, they found more interesting to see the view from the window.
Some students slept, the air conditioning made them sleepy. But some were awake, they saw the scenery from the window. Passing the rice field, guava and oranges gardens, fish pond, market, villages, even they could see the traffict, they were exited when the train stopped at the station and some passengers got on or off the train.
They chatted, talked and had snacks, one hour trip seemed short. They arrived at Paledang train station in Bogor and directly walked to Bogor Botanical Garden.
Taking a train back to Sukabumi made their trip completed, they were tired but their exitement and fun made them keep talking in the train untill they arrived home and told the story to their family. Some of the students asked to the teacher, whether they will have another opportunity to go to Jakarta or Bandung or other places using ship or plane. The teacher answered that it is possible when the students perform well and achieve many awards in every competition.
“My achievements are not mine alone, but those of many”. (Maori proverbs)
