Fred went a wandering.
First things first.
Sorry the first few photos are quite good enough. I cocked up the camera settings and didn't notice until I got home.
Posh taxis are available here in the form of Silver bird. They're part of the Blue bird group, so highly reliable but a little expensive.
Some people have no hope of ever see the inside of one unless they happen to walk past a parked car.
There are loads of street restaurants in Indonesia. One thing you notice is; unless the place is really low class or dirty; rich people will go if the food is right. This is in quite a poor area, surrounded by single room houses and illegal wooden shacks but the place if full of people who look like fairly well paid office workers.
Big fish
If you fancy it (and it did look and smell very nice), here's where to go.
Again, I apologise for naffing up the camera settings but the next lot are before I managed that little trick.
Telephone boxes are quite rare in Indonesia. The arrival of the mobile phone killed them off. Most I've seen are no longer working.
School trips commonly use army trucks to get to their destination.
That phone was near a street makets. These are very common in Indonesia. Many are restaurants but there's a sprinkling of other stalls as well.
It's safety first in Indonesia so fresh repairs to roads are always clearly marked so accidents are avoided.
One of the things that strike me as a bit daft is, people walk back to traffic so drivers they have no chance to avoid a car that doesn't see them.
These kids are trying to make a little money by helping cars out of the junction.
They weren't there very long so they probably didn't make anything.
Imagine fresh fruit, soaked in a spicy sambal, melting in your mouth in an explosion of taste.
This guy brings it to you.
Yesterday, apart from being a miserable song by the Beatles, gave me a moment to stand by the side of a road with my camera.
I'd just stopped at the old Giant supermarket in BSD so I could grab a snack but, before driving home, I stood around with new camera at the ready.
An explanation.
All the following were taken in about a 15 minute span and nothing is especially unusual.
That should give you an idea of the state of Indonesian roads.
These are on the way to set up a temp stall, probably food.
More from the same shoot.
But the police cars are nice.
Indonesia isn't a destination of choice for electricians who wish to learn about neat wiring.
Just messing about with my new camera.
Pretty, isn't it?
Hello, masfred
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A dirty, horrible job. It's made worse because the previous load is burning so they're having to work in very smelly (probably poisonous) smoke.
This guy buys rice to resell in local villages. I'm guessing he doesn't own a Bentley.
Wayang is an old Indonesia art form.
It works by telling set folk stories with puppets as actors.
It's always set to traditional music
No one can say there isn't a modernist element.
Some people toss rubbish away; others fish it back out in the hope of finding something they can sell.
A rest
At rest 
Road markings are rare in most of Indonesia but some estates pay people to paint lines that everyone will ignore.
This guy delivers (Clean?) water. According to the chap I was with on Sunday, he makes a couple of thousand on each drum.
Street restaurants without a water supply buy it.
Nice scooter
I'm unsure about the colour.
Small business.
Copyright violations are pretty common here but this guy seems to have ripped off more trademarks than anyone I've seen.
How many trademarks do you recognise?
I found a Hindu temple. This guy is from Bali.
A nice chap.
More small business.
Busking on local buses.
Can't afford a guitar
The kid will, unless he's very lucky, be doing the same job as his dad for the rest of his likely much shorter than average life.
A lot of people like the dude above, live in illegal shacks where no one else wants the land.
Next to rivers is common because the rivers stink so much.
Small street traders are all over the place.
This guy sells old money.
I'm unsure about this one but I'm guessing they change larger notes into smaller ones but for a fee.
If anyone knows for sure - please comment.
Street artists are also quite common.
New businesses and various celebrations require celebrations and signs to let people know what's going on.
These are very common.
Finally, the signs have to be transported.
A child driving a motorcycle with home made sidecar full of gas bottles.
A typical village shop
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A family business
Another kid on a bike. This is really common here but some are worse than others.
This afternoon, I saw two young girls on one motorcycle; each carrying a small baby.
Flooding is a problem in much of Indonesia so something must be done.
He makes the wire mesh
He carries the stone
They place the stones
He digs the dirt
to put behind the wall
Whilst the bosses watch
to make sure the wall is right
I don't know how long it took to make that section of wall but it looks like it takes ages to do it.
The guys work in any weather and probably don't get much of a salary.
Fresh veg, delivered to your door.
stupidity
stu·pid·i·ty [stoo-pid-i-tee, styoo-] Show IPA
noun, plural stu·pid·i·ties for 2.
1.
the state, quality, or fact of being stupid.
2.
a stupid act, notion, speech, etc.
Origin:
153545; < Latin stupiditās, equivalent to stupid ( us ) stupid + -itās -ity
I noticed this and wondered what his trade was
Care to take a guess?
Jakarta is flat and at the bottom of a load of high ground. That's why it floods so easily.
It's easy to forget how close we are to the volcanoes and mountains.
This tiny family rubbish collecting business stops them starving to death but promises no future for the kids.
who sleep on the pavement.
A mosque viewed from the top of a shopping centre car park
People commonly rest or sleep in mosques
She cuts the grass
Pops it into a sack
And carries the sack home.
She probably keeps a few cows or goats but doesn't own any land to keep them on.
A few people may recall the saga of the holy (Maybe, holed) bridge of last year. I wonder.....
Time will tell.
Indonesia's strict traffic laws and unwavering police enforcement ensure safety for travellers.
Just some old dude.
The thing on his shoulder is a sarong, a cloth that is worn like a skirt in mosques here.
In villages, many people still wear them as everyday clothes.
Bananas aren't the only crop from banana plants.
The leaves are commonly used a plates in local restaurants.
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