Drive slowly, Pal!

Solo, Central Java, April 2009.

Javanese petrol station

Gas station offer fuel for 'motor' (Indonesian for motorbike).

Solo, Central Java, April 2009.

How to marry a millionaire

You may first chose the right currency as in some countries almost everybody is a millionaire.

Since we are living in an age of inflated numbers it might be better to step higher to marry a billionaire. However, street market research informs us that billionaires prefer stilettos making it even harder to walk properly and extremely difficult keeping the balance while climbing up the ladder.

Manila, January 2009.

Living under the bridge

North Jakarta, March 2009.

It's a man's world

Some 530 years later...

Candi Sukuh, Central Java, April 2009.

Fishermen

Solo, Central Java, April 2009.

In praise of individualism

Be curious and always question yourself!

Solo, Central Java, April 2009.

Returned home: First sighting

What a welcome after coming home from Central Java...

Jakarta, April 2009.

Slippery bridge

Ubud, Bali, April 2009.

Stop spitting blood

It's forbidden to eat betel nuts it says on this sign at Jayapura airport, Papua, April 2009.

Tin business

Collect, 'right-size' and sell the tins for recycling.

Agats, Papua, April 2009.

Shop in the water

Seminyak, Bali, April 2009.

Jayapura Police man

Jayapura, Papua, April 2009.

Tiger breast

Wamena, Papua, April 2009.

Relaxing Ubud

Ubud, Bali, April 2009.

Bird cages

Photo from Malang's bird market, East-Java, March 2009.

Elegance in the woods

A woman returning home with fire wood.

Somewhere close to Malang, East Java.

Cubicle style plots and yachts

Affluent citizens, many of Chinese origin, set up their mansions in the very north of Pluit, a subdistrict of Jakarta. Villas with yachts can be spotted from Jakarta’s fish market and the neighboring slum offering a peep into another world. Within the gated community giant mansions had been built next to each other, each plot is divided my huge walls allowing each resident to design a dream house in whatever style and taste.

Skyscaper and greek column house divided by wall to a tuscany-style house.

Jakarta, March 2009.

Drunk in Singapore

January 2009.

See Earth from Outer Space

Scenes from the Dead Sea.

En Gedi, Isreal, June 2000.

Fishing on the dump

North Jakarta, March 2009.

A sceptical voter

Malang, March 2009.

Entertainment in a museum

The guard and his personal TV.

Jakarta, Museum Nasional, March 2009.

Jakarta's terminator

Jakarta, March 2009.

Preserve old buildings: the Singaporean style

Singapore, January 2009.

Van Damme

Too bad, Brownie passed away some years back...

Biga, Batangas, Philippines, January 2009.

Street artists along the road

New Dehli, June 2006.

Soul mates

Photo from Museum Nasional, Jakarta, March 2009.

Flooded Jalan Sudirman in Jakarta

The fun part of the rainy season?

Jakarta, 31 March 2009.

Fools day relief

What a difference a few centimeters make! This can also be applied to houses of or for God(s) by comparing the photo above with an older picture.

It is April fools day (hurrah!!) today and it is a day to celebrate as the threatening loud(er)speakers had been adjusted.

It's still too noisy but at least we are not getting directly hit any more. Time to celebrate.

A toast to the boss of the musholla. Cheers and Alhamdolillah!