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Local food comes in many forms but spicy is common and popular.
I'll try to post a video later.

Pizza is also available.

 

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I've made two versions of this as I can't upload the hight quality version, I have to let you see the lower quality one.
Sorry about that.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkBU_-JLv5s&feature=youtu.be]Produce - YouTube[/ame]

 

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Before I say anything else, DO NOT click on this link if you don't like blood.

My posts are what I see here, and not designed to be nice, tourist inspired or anything other than reality.
The video shows the halal killing of goats and a cow in a coupl eof local mosques.

The first place took care of the animals and didn't let the others see the one that was being killed; I can't say the same for the second place.
That was a production line and many of the animals were clearly stressed.



This thread is purely to show life over here. I make little comment on the content, just post what I see.
Clearly, this post is potentially controversial but I would prefer, if you want to engage in debate, you start a new thread and leave this one clean to do its intended job.

Thank you.

 

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Bus terminals are unlike such places in the UK.
People tend to sleep all over the place.

This woman was a lot smelly and looked like she was probably homeless.

A bus

And driver

And a passenger

 

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They could have bought pillows.

but breakfast is easy to get

Well, breakfast is easy to get if you have money.
Collecting plastic bottles from waste bins won't pay a lot.

 

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This woman is probably someone who should be under medical care for mental illness.
Her manner suggested she had no idea about the world around her.
There is little care here for the mentally ill (unless you have a fat pile of cash) so they tend to end up on the streets.

 

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A scooter with a sidecar 1

A scooter with a sidecar 2

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and, yes, that lump of junk is used on the roads.

 

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A few days ago, I posted a picture of an old woman collecting rubbish.
Today I saw what she would probably have looked like when she was about 10 years old.

Trying to find something to read but without cash, someone's rubbish is the only place she'll find it.

 

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In Indonesia, people walk on the left of the road, back to traffic.
This leaves a problem as you pretty much totally rely on drivers and riders avoiding you.

Sadly, the roads are full of idiots.

Yep, he's got full control of his bike.

But the winner of moron of the month goes to this chap.
As I went past, he swung wildly to the right to avoid some kids he hadn't seen, almost bringing me off my gay motorcycle.
The idiot was texting and had no clue where he was riding.

I shouted a few interestingwords in my rapidly improving Indonesian but he was far too moronic to understand he was doing anything wrong.
You may think this level of stupidity wasn't common but you'd be wrong; as demonstrated by my seeing three more such cretins within the next 10 minutes, including one who passed the girls at the top of this post.

When he saw my camera pointing his way, he tried to hide his phone.

 

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Please post some Pics of Normal, good looking Indonesian ladies

 

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Please post some Pics of Normal, good looking Indonesian ladies

I suppose I could snap a few and post them.
Indonesian vary a lot because Indonesia is such a wide sprawling country but, in general, they tend to have rounded, baby faces.
The model/fashion industry goes for tall, skinny, western looking girls but I can't stand the sight of the pseudo western ones. Most are crazy skinny in a starving African sort of way and smoke like chimneys to keep their weight down.

 

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Rat in a mango tree

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOaS5Zt3Fxk&feature=youtu.be]rat mango - YouTube[/ame]

 

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I love this one.
The last photo that'll be taken with my Samsung pocket camera as I've replaced it with the Fuji compact waterproof.

 

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I'm unsure of the wisdom of advertising cigarettes on a truck carrying gas canisters.

No school for some

Another twit sending SMS messages whist riding a motorbike

This lump of junk was on the main road through Serpong

Captain James Tiberius Kirk went to Vulcan in a spaceship called Enterprise.
I have a small scooter so I can't travel quite so far but I seem to meet some of the same people.

 

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The last one for today.
I have no words...and that's just not usual for me.

 

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Rainy season is with us and that always means floods.

The brolly seems a lot pointless

Kids love it

Bikes can get through as it isn't too deep.

 

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Things that have been tossed out are money to others.
A door on a bike

A school bus

 

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The final photo comes with a story.
A few days ago, I decided I fancied a McD for breakfast.
This guy was outside, collecting plastics and card by rooting through the rubbish.
It seems, he's good enough to collect the crap but has no hope of ever being able to afford the food.
I decided that was a crap situation so I bought him a breakfast.

 

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We have people wandering around, selling plants for your garden.
Sort of portable garden centres.

 

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Village life is simple.
Combing the kids' hair

Feeding the kids with a bit of rice.

both of them

Kids ride their bikes