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Back to those petrol stations. Most are run by the state oil company called Pertamina.
They are generally clean and mostly safe. They are fixed price for fuel that is set my the government at a subsidy.

Many are pretty well set up.
Fuel of course.

This one has a fish pond.

and a mini market

All have toilets.

A little mini mosque. 86% Muslim country so they all have these.

 

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A joglo. That's a Javanese building with a tall roof but no walls. Quite common in the hot climate out here.

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I'm off to bed. More soon.

 

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These kids are begging for whatever they can get.
When I first saw these, I thought it was their mother who was taking the money from them as they collected it.
It turns out I was wrong. The women 'hire' the kids and force them to work as slaves.

Evil.

Mosques come in all sorts of shapes and sizes.

Child seat on a bike.

 

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Fred #122 third picture, what is the food?

 

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This lass can arrest me any time she wants.

New recruits, female at least, aren't allowed to get married for at least 24 months after joining the force.
Marriage usually means pregnancy and that means leaving for an extended period.

Pertamini filling stations are sometimes to be seen in villages where a pertamina isn't handy.

Muslims hate the west. Of course that's bollocks.
You would be amazed at the number of US, Australian and UK flags on things out here.
Not a political statement, just what I see.

 

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Fred #122 third picture, what is the food?

Satay chicken served with a peanut sauce.
Most tends to be pretty crap but that restaurant was fantastic.
Satay can also be beef, shrimp. goat and horse.

 

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A rice paddy.

Industrial safety at work

And especially safe with gas

Mobile veggie stalls are common here.
Cheap and they come to the door.

3 wheels on my wagon.
In a country where earnings are way too low to buy a van but transport is required..

 

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Bamboo may be cheap but you can still sell it and make more than not selling it.

Moving house?

Shops rent out their car park space to food wagons.

 

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The house had cockroaches but they all disappeared.
This bugger is about 30cm nose to toe.

1953 Hillman from the UK.
Seems the bloke's grand dad bought it and it has stayed in the family since.

A school open day.

A graveyard

 

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Anyone want a brush?

A truck

In case anyone wondered what I used to do in the UK.

That has to be a cool job. I made a good few quid as well.

Tourist police in Banjarnegara, Central Java.

 

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A business can appear pretty much anywhere.

At the time this was taken, there was a terrorist alert. This guy was the escort for the local intel cops.
It was all hush hush at the time but no worries now.

Three people on a bike is normal stuff out here.

 

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Working a rice paddy.

A fairly typical Javanese style, cheaper end, village house.

A roadside petrol station.
These are very common in villages.

 

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There are a lot of Chinese temples here.
This one is in Wonosobo, central Java.

There was a good rail system all over central Java but it was all abandoned.
No one bothered with the tracks so they were either just left or tarmac was poured over them to make a road.
If they crossed a road they ended up buried.

Off topic. This was taken in Malaysia. No clue who she is.

 

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At this point in time, I bought a Nokia with a 5mp camera.
These two lasses sold it to me.

When I went to Malaysia in 2005 I met the Buddha.

Back to the game and newly armed with my 5mp Nokia E72 (at that time - April 2010)

 

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This heap is still being used as transport.

Another heap of rust but a bus this time.

A brick works

 

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I went to an international white water rafting event.

 

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The Indonesian teams were the winners but the Slovakian team, who were taking part non competitively, had the best times.
Proving they are sportsmen and not just competitors the Indonesian team asked the Slovakian team on stage and gave them their medals.

The "scenery" had it's points too.

I'm so naughty.

OK, just for the ladies.

 

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Road accidents are common out here and are caused by many things.
Often it's simple stupidity or a total lack of knowledge/care about road safety rules.
Sometimes it's caused by saving money.
These were on a ruddy great big articulated truck.

 

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A typical village mosque.

A poor, and probably illegally built, village house.

No land is wasted to paddy fields often come right up to the houses.

A tiny village shop.