Rolling Jeans Repair

Jakarta, February 2010.

Masseur

Jakarta, January 2010.

Jakarta home

Jakarta, September 2008.

Photo by Matej (Slovenia).

Jakarta man

A day in January 2010, 9:17am and later, Jakarta.

Shoe repair that comes to your house

Jakarta, January 2010.

Shopping car

Again, the best scenes happen in front of our Jakarta home.

Jakarta, December 2009.

Shade, but from where?

Jakarta (below the equator), November 2009.

Kaki lima

Our street, Jakarta, October 2009.

Naples is everywhere

Trash next to our house. No close-up of the rats this time...

Jakarta, October 2009.

Kaki lima or food everywhere

Jakarta, (street I use every day when walking back home), August 2009.

Swinging baby...

... with grandfather.

Our street, Jakarta, August 2009.

How to clean a house

Jakarta, June 2009.

Street attactions

Jakarta's streets don't invite for walks as everything comes to you. A shop rarely stays longer than 20 minutes before it's moved to the next tree. Any need for combs, barrettes and clips?

Our lovely street, Jakarta, June 2009.

Kampung power

One of the idyllic kampungs (neighborhood communities) in Jakarta. Loudspeakers are always there and work extremely well. If you have ever stayed close to an airport you may imagine the noise level. Differently to most Muslim countries the Indonesian imams are allowed to use loudspeakers not only for the five prayer calls but also for recitation, preaching and chanting sessions. For the less spiritual characters among us this easily translates into dozens of plane starts and landings or some kind of religious karaoke in public space.

Jakarta, July 2009.

Nightscene Jakarta

Tradition continues: Cuisine and food porter at night.

Jakarta, July 2009.

A new broom sweeps clean

... and the broom seller comes once a day into our street.

Jakarta, May 2009.

Icecream vendor on wheels

Three times a day we hear the icecream vendor sound doo do dooo, doo do doo, doo doo do doo do doo.

Jakarta, May 2009.

Three wheeler

Our street, Jakarta, May 2009.

Praying monkey

He seems to follow the right path...

Jakarta, May 2009.

Modern talking

Jakarta, May 2009.