Donation for batman

Humans are so sick!!!

Photo of batman from Tanah Lot temple, Bali, November 2008.

Who will win?

I am sure that the runner never heard about Java's famous 'porn bill' that promotes all kind of coverage of flesh.

Photo from Tanah Lot temple, Bali, November 2008.

Maybe the wrong snake?

Clothes make the man, boas make the woman.

Photo of two pythons at Tanah Lot, one of the touristic hot spots of Bali, November 2008.

Swim or not swim?

Swim or not swim, that is his question.

Photo from Seminak beach, Bali, November 2008.

Cycling Bali's surf

Herzlichen Glückwunsch, treuste Leserin.
Räder braucht ihr nicht mitnehmen.

Photo from Legian beach, Bali, November 2008.

Guns on small motor bike

May the motor bike be fast...

Gun photo from Jakarta, October 2008.

Papua kids

Really enjoyed the diversity of faces in this coastal town of Papua.

Photo from Sorong, West-Papua, September 2008.

The partner of your happy life?

Just marry wellbeing com and inc...

Photo from Manila, November 2008.

Will you trust them to fly?

One thing is clear, all planes come down.

Photo from Sorong, West-Papua, October 2008.

Is her new haircut really better?

Yeep, ahgloooow it is.

Photo of a huge billboard from Makati, Manila, November 2008.

Child at work

Photo of a young girl selling sampaguita flowers at a junction in Makati, Manila. November 2008.

Man and wife

Photo from Makati, Manila, November 2008.

Ready for a soft ride?

Feel the road with Hello Kitty...

Photo from Manila, November 2008.

Be faithful, but drive

Photo of a Jakarta Taxi Driver, November 2008.

Black out?

Photo of a black out car mirror from Sorong, West Papua, October 2008.

Sharks, drums and rock 'n' roll

September 2008 photo from Putri Island, West-Java.

Coco bike

Photo of a coconut bike, somewhere in West Java, October 2008.

Unforgettable Idul Fitri Gift

What to bring your relatives in Papua for Idul Fitri to celebrate the end of the fasting month of Ramadan? What about a freshly baked pizza from Pizza Hut brought all the way from Jakarta?

Will his relatives ever come for a return visit?

Photo taken at the transfer airport at Makassar, September 2008.

Waterworld

Can you image waterworld in waves?

Photo from West-Java, October 2008.

Top notch fashionable Chinese girls

As time goes by...

Photo from 山东省曲阜市, May 1986.

Touchdown in Sorong

Photo taken shortly before touchdown at Sorong airport, West-Papua, September 2008.

Modern Javanese umbrella

... a new fashion is born.

Photo from somewhere in West-Java, October 2008.

In a world full of caterpillars it take balls to be a butterfly

Photo from Tanjung Lesong, West-Java, October 2008.

Motorcycle hunting

Photo from somewhere in West-Java, October 2008.

City center Luxembourg

Photo from Luxembourg/Luxembourg, August 2007.

Why the traffic was so slow...

Photo from somewhere in West-Java, October 2008.

Tree-kangaroo

We all come from the sea, then some of us live on land, and later the lucky ones will climb trees.

Photo of—my best guess—a ursine tree kangaroo (Dendrolagus ursinus) from Raja Ampat, West-Papua, October 2008.

Shit happens

Lesson learnt: Don't do things automatically, watch out first and beware where you want to sit...

Photo of a gecko who await's insects for food...
Jakarta, October 2008.

Two years back I wrote about a more proactive toilet...

Renting a car in Papua

... and that's what you get.

Photo from Sorong, West-Papua, October 2008.

Porn bill

The Indonesian anti-pornography bill, in short ‘porn bill’ has been driving most liberals mad for weeks. Protests had been staged in many major cities and universities to prevent turning hardcore thoughts into law. Protests climaxed in Bali, a religious but fleshy tropical island where women are still allowed to show their shoulders—breasts in market places have been gone for a long time, that was already history as Covarrubias set his feet onto the island in the 1930s.

Anyway, the whole idea was always mind-boggling starting with a most stupid name. Porn bill? Pornography turned into law? What is it all about? Protection against pornography? Better don’t ask such questions since the proposed definitions of pornography are very broad and vague making such a law on proper behaviour a matter of interpretation and an invitation for religiously radical folks to take over enforcement, i.e. to intimidate anybody whose appearance or behaviour they deem haram.

It gets even more bizarre when you type ‘porn bill’ into google search. Then you learn that porn bill leads directly to Bill Gates, Bill Clinton, a bit of Obama and further down to Kill Bill. An explanation on what it is all about is censored. Anyway, the screenshot above tells you everything …

If you intend to spend some holiday in Indonesia, leave your bikini at home, unless you head for Bali. It is the only place where bikinis will be allowed once the bill turns into law...

Welcome to the new Indonesia!