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At the end of Ramadan, a traditional food called ketupat is still very popular.
People commonly make it for themselves or to sell.
As an almost Indonesian, I also ate it.

 

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Give a man a fish and he'll feed himself for a day...........

and most of the local cats. I may give this restaurant a miss.

This family are rubbish collectors and, as is very common for people of that trade, live on the street.

Their kids have bunk beds.

 

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Cooking is often something done in the streets. Houses are commonly too small so you do it outside.
Sometimes to sell but many times just for the family.

 

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As I mentioned, houses are commonly very small and have few or any mod cons. A lot have TVs but not all many consist of a single room or maybe two. Most don't have bathrooms/toilets but there are communal toilets just down the road.

This house is slightly odd as it's built in the middle of the street but is otherwise typical.

Around the back is the way upstairs.

Washing facilities vary.

 

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First things first; I must apologise for the lack of posts.
I been really busy to hardly had time to do much.
The restaurant is open and we've had our first customers so I now have to decide whether do make one of the bedrooms into am informal English course.
I've already had people asking so I may go for it.
Strictly no advertising because, apart from anything else, it's just intended to make pocket money to keep me in technology and the shops in Glodok open.
I think half the electronics shops in Indonesia are only staying open because I spend so much in them.

Right, back to where I should be.

The lady who brings the veggie on her head sells all sorts.

even chicken entrails

Just chillin'
People are people - some are serious and some aren't.
This applied to all countries and all people.

and some are hippies

 

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As you've seen so many times, Jakarta has a lot of rubbish collectors.

They even have guys taking the trash out of the rivers.

but they have been known to toss their old carts into the rivers when they're so old, they become useless.

 

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It's been so long since I posted, I'm trying to remember where I was.
I have to apologise but I seem to have been crazy busy with things so forums have been cut right back.
However, I still make a point of carrying a camera whenever possible so I keep snapping away.

A while ago, I took a snap of a lady who sells veggie from a basket she carries on her head. These are the contents of the basket.

Including chicken offal for those who can't afford real meat.

Washboards for sale.

You can get one by riding your home made scooter

 

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I noticed these guys whist popping to a mate's house.
Anything and everything is done from motorbikes, including fitting air conditioning.

In most richer countries, very few people bother rewinding motors because the labour costs make it cheaper to buy a new one. This is Indonesia.

Road safety is a major concern out here so a closed road is properly marked with high quality, up to date, reflective signs and well lit so as to avoid night time accidents.

 

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The fair came to town.

 

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A man in a bucket.

Quite high up

Meanwhile, back on the ground, the police are telling off some girls who were riding motorbikes without helmet, licence and so on.

but totally ignoring a load more

 

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One kid did get nabbed.
He would have had a visit to the police station, parents called, maybe a fine for them and sent home but without his bike.
He can forget that.

 

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There are professional estate agents here who'll sell or rent out a house.

The agents tend to work for larger companies but their area is usually quite limited, this one in South BSD.
They also take a cut, as does their office and that doesn't always fit with the owner's plans.

This are just as common.

 

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A guy selling washboards and stools.
There are less and less of these in use, at least in cities, but there are still a good few around.

Home made motorcycles and cars are also to be seen from time to time.

Yet another motorcycle being used as a truck.

 

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The sign explains how rubbish dumping is illegal and even quotes the law.

 

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Other signs are more direct but equally useless as the law applies to everyone except people who don't think it means them.

The second one suggests you're a pig, an evil insult locally, if you sling rubbish there.

 

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Some people collect rubbish, if it can be sold on to make a little money.

That's one big ass LED TV, something he'll never see unless he noticed it through the window as he collected the rubbish.

Life's good?

 

[Jos]

Terima Kasih

 

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Today is a big Muslim holiday and a time when money is given to buy animals.
The meat is donated to the poor.

Sharpening the knife.

The knife has to be extremely sharp and is changed after every few animals to keep the cut as fast as possible.

The next two photo are links only as some my be upset by them.

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3828/10284234135_0a5270887c_z.jpg

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2869/10284236525_4a96fa7cc7_z.jpg

I have video to edit and will, if the internet is fast enough, post it later.

In this thread, I try to show Indonesia as it is.
No sugar coating and no trying to hide anything. You see what I see.

 

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I thought I'd do a quickie about clothing in Indonesia.
Most is pretty much the same as you'd see on a London or New York street (only in summer) but some is not.
These are really unusual and women who dress this way are commonly called, "terrorist's wives" by the locals. A lot of locals won't have anything to do with them.
I think I've seen about 20 or 30 of them in six years.

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The rest are all pretty much common and you'll see loads of them every day.

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A few more.

Then, the dudes.

I'll snap a couple in Islamic styles when I see them. They're quite common so I should get some soon.