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A trip to Jakarta.

Starts by a pedicab ride to the bus terminal.

Where the man collects your Rp200 entry fee.

My bus was due to leave at 7am but this is Indonesis so it ended up going at 8.

People just waited around.

Then off we go.

Past a little volcano or few.

and on to the toll road

 

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Road works on one road held us up for a while.
On the better buses the sellers aren't allowed on but they sell to people in cars and on the cheap buses.
A traffic queue is a magnet to the sellers.

The roads are not always up to western standards even in Jakarta.

Breakfast

Last of my Jakarta trip from the time I lived in Purwokerto.

People collecting for various things and beggars are 24/7 out here.

And at the rest stop

 

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Girls from a local Muslim school taking part in a parade.

This bloke sells hot soya milk

Fluffy pic for the girls to go "aaawwwwww" at.

Indonesian safety. This is a kid's play area.

 

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I went up to Wonosobo (My old stomping ground).

Main street.

Alun alun (Town square)

 

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I was late out of bed and very late setting off so no breakfast. I got there about 11am and was well ready for some snap.
In Wonosobo there is a great roast chicken place.

 

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On the road south out of Wonosobo there is a Buddhist temple but I've never noticed this over the road from it.

Ah, what's cooking?

Curried chicken feet

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Have you ever visited Banda Aceh?

 

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Have you ever visited Banda Aceh?

Not as yet.
Sadly, the local government are nut cases and the local cops, corrupt.
The head of the local Islamic police has just been arrested for possession of ganja because he crashed his car after a good smoke of the daft stuff.
The local cops are happy to cut up a girl's jeans as unislamic but they rape girls who have been arrested for being with their boyfriend but without parents.

Major Drug Shock Rocks Police in Aceh | The Jakarta Globe

Banda Aceh. Up to 1,000 of Aceh’s 13,000 police officers have tested positive for drugs, but their boss says there are no plans to prosecute them.

Not really interested in being anywhere that has such a lousy government.

 

[freedombecki]

Fascinating visual journey, Indofred. Thanks for the tour!

 

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Fascinating visual journey, Indofred. Thanks for the tour!

You're welcome.
I rather like this country and there's a thousand chances to indulge in my little snapshot hobby.
I have no claim to be a photographer, I'm just some dude with a camera.

 

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Up a ladder

And the safety bloke at the bottom.

That looks like a laid back peddling style

 

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I was walking down the main street this morning.

Hello, what's up here?

Bangkok has tuk tuks but jakarta has bajai (forgive the spelling if I got it wrong).

While I was waiting at that roundabout to try and snap a bajai I discovered a great new game of 'bait the taxi driver'.

All you do is stand at a very busy junction looking around.

What you do is totally ignore any taxis you see. They see the white guy and will cut up all six lanes of traffic and reverse back to you.

You get points but guessing how many people will blow their horns at him but the big points come if you guess the right number of near misses and actual accidents over any one hour period.
Best played in pairs but it can be great fun playing alone.
The look on their faces is great when you politely refuse there service.

 

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All those food carts I have posted photos of must be made somewhere.

 

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Motorcycle test in Indonesia.
First you have to get through the cones then do the fig 8 course

Fun transport

Odd transport.

A local market in a small Indonesian town.

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I apologise for the delay in posting more but work is keeping me very busy at the moment.
I have all the reports to write and a load of stuff to sort out for junior high school. When that's finished, I get a break so I can hang around on the internet a little more.
I'll post ASAP.

 

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Great pics. I particularly like street scenes. Couldn't get enough pics of the street scenes in China.

My coffee, Sumatra Mandheling comes from Indonesia. I even have some of the Kopi Luwak. But I save that for company.

 

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Sorry I've been unable to post but I have a little more time for a few days so I'll try to get a few pictures spoted out.

Soldiers at a show in Wonosobo

and the police

 

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Punk never died; it just moved to Indonesia.

A Canadian bloke I met last year turned in. Turns out he had been invited to a local radio station to do a guest slot. I wandered along. I love radio and still want to get back into entertainment in this country.

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Nasi gila (crazy rice) is spicy...very spicy.

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An Indonesian hands free kit for a mobile phone

Veggie seller with home made trailer

Repairing motorcycle tyres

using a pushbike

 

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On the run up to independence day, loads of flag sellers appear on roadside stalls.

An illegal village on the edge of a Jakarta suburb.

Aussie burger sells from roadside restaurants and some real restaurants. Most burgers here are pretty crap but this was worth a bite.