Waiting for the train

Jakarta, February 2010.

Door step

Wuntalaka, Patiyala, West-Sumba, February 2010.

Windshield

Jakarta, March 2010.

Colors of modern Indonesia

Selamat jalan.

Jakarta, March 2010.

Manila bathtub

The day on which the United Nations Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species rejected to ban international trade in Atlantic bluefin tuna. Check out the TV above the bathtub.

Manila, March 2010.

Kurt Cobain on Sumba island

West-Sumba, February 2010.

Jakarta home

Jakarta, September 2008.

Photo by Matej (Slovenia).

Betel nuts vendors

Chewed betel?

Lamboya region, Sumba Island, February 2010.

Sumbanese Marlboro Man

Lamboya region, Sumba Island, February 2010.

Sumba man

Lamboya region, Sumba Island, February 2010.

Pasola spectators

Lamboya, West-Sumba, February 2010.

Belated Christmas present

Hello, a kitty?

George Town, Penang, Malaysia, December 2009.

Kaki lima on a four lane street

Jakarta, January 2010.

Overpass vendors

Jakarta, February 2010.

Rice head climbing

Lamboya region, Sumba Island, February 2010.

Lamboya Pasola

Lamboya, West-Java, February 2010.

Phone call

Jakarta, February 2010.

Foot massage

Waikabubak, West-Sumba, February 2010.

Sunset in Bali

Canggu Beach, Tugu Hotel, Bali, February 2010.

Shake my dogs

Street vendor with his shaky business.

Jakarta, February 2010.

Ploughing a rice field, the animal way

The traditional way of ploughing a Sumbanese rice field does not involve any tool, just a small bamboo stick and a few buffaloes eager to have a walk. The buffaloes are just criss-crossing the field numerous times, turning the soil over and over with their feet, and reminded not to stop in between by a not too gentle slap on their backs with the bamboo stick.

West-Sumba, February 2010.

Breakfast on the grave

Graves are in the middle of Sumbanese traditional villages, the entrance of the houses facing them. Besides providing a house for the dead reflecting their status in life and ensuring that their happiness in the after world will benefit their descendants, graves have multiple functions. They provide a perfect surface for clothes to dry, for coffee to ripen, for dogs to sleep, for children to play, for old people to chew betel and exchange information, or for tourists sleeping on the veranda of a traditional house to have their breakfast. We enjoyed ours a lot!!

Wuntalaka, Patiyala, West-Sumba, February 2010.

Bali: After the sunset

Seminak, Bali, February 2008.

Bali sunset

Seminyak, Bali, February 2010.

Tropical gym

Tugu Hotel, Bali, February 2010.

Two balls

Bali, February 2010.

Along the tracks of Jakarta

Jakarta, February 2010.

Tough life

Transvestite on the road.

Jakarta, February 2010.

Hiper Speed

Waikabubak, Sumba Island, February 2010.

Hotel Indonesia

Hotel Indonesia Kempinski, Jakarta, November 2010.