Kreta

If it were beautiful in the evening, the scene was enchanting in the morning, and it was with reluctance that we obeyed the summons to early breakfast, and followed our barang into the kreta to begin the journey to Sindanglaya. ❋ Thomas H. Reid (N/A)

It will always remain a marvel to us how the ramshackle kreta held together which took us from Buitenzorg to Sindanglaya, over the Poentjak Pass, and we are astonished that the Dutch authorities, who are exacting in other respects, do not exercise a wholesome supervision over the ponies employed in these cross-country carts and carriages, for a more wretched collection of horseflesh could scarcely be imagined. ❋ Thomas H. Reid (N/A)

An aroma of tea in the making escapes from the roadside factory and agreeably assails our sense of smell as we jolt past in our kreta. ❋ Thomas H. Reid (N/A)

Our kreta for the journey over the Poentjak Pass had been ordered for six o'clock, but with un-Oriental punctuality it was a quarter-past live when the sound of carriage wheels broke in upon our dreams. ❋ Thomas H. Reid (N/A)

Going down the other side the driver led the ponies for about a quarter of a mile, and then joined us in the kreta. ❋ Thomas H. Reid (N/A)

In fact it was one of the most disreputable vehicles it has ever been our misfortune to travel in, and when we made acquaintance of the road it had to travel over we must give the owner credit for an abundant faith in the toughness of the kreta. ❋ Thomas H. Reid (N/A)

Had not one's attention been distracted by the eccentric performances of the kreta, one might well have admired the scenery. ❋ Thomas H. Reid (N/A)

No songs arose from the fields; scarcely a head was raised from the laborious planting of tufts of paddy roots as our kreta rattled past. ❋ Thomas H. Reid (N/A)