Fred went a wandering.

Before I say anything else, DO NOT click on this link if you don't like blood.

My posts are what I see here, and not designed to be nice, tourist inspired or anything other than reality.
The video shows the halal killing of goats and a cow in a coupl eof local mosques.

The first place took care of the animals and didn't let the others see the one that was being killed; I can't say the same for the second place.
That was a production line and many of the animals were clearly stressed.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZhRLrVE … e=youtu.be

Bus terminals are unlike such places in the UK.
People tend to sleep all over the place.

This woman was a lot smelly and looked like she was probably homeless.



A bus



And driver



And a passenger

They could have bought pillows.



but breakfast is easy to get



Well, breakfast is easy to get if you have money.
Collecting plastic bottles from waste bins won't pay a lot.

This woman is probably someone who should be under medical care for mental illness.
Her manner suggested she had no idea about the world around her.
There is little care here for the mentally ill (unless you have a fat pile of cash) so they tend to end up on the streets.

Bus terminals are unlike such places in the UK.
People tend to sleep all over the place.

This woman was a lot smelly and looked like she was probably homeless.

Its sad to see how these poor people struggle to get by everyday..

A scooter with a sidecar 1




A scooter with a sidecar 2



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and, yes, that lump of junk is used on the roads.

enjoying your photos....keep em coming!

jazzy851 wrote:

Bus terminals are unlike such places in the UK.
People tend to sleep all over the place.

This woman was a lot smelly and looked like she was probably homeless.

Its sad to see how these poor people struggle to get by everyday..

The odd thing is, they always seem to find a reason to smile.

A few days ago, I posted a picture of an old woman collecting rubbish.
Today I saw what she would probably have looked like when she was about 10 years old.



Trying to find something to read but without cash, someone's rubbish is the only place she'll find it.

In Indonesia, people walk on the left of the road, back to traffic.
This leaves a problem as you pretty much totally rely on drivers and riders avoiding you.



Sadly, the roads are full of idiots.

Yep, he's got full control of his bike.






One idiot was texting and had no clue where he was riding.

I shouted a few interesting words in my rapidly improving Indonesian but he was far too stupid to understand he was doing anything wrong.
You may think this level of stupidity wasn't common but you'd be wrong; as demonstrated by my seeing three more such cretins within the next 10 minutes, including one who passed the girls at the top of this post.

When he saw my camera pointing his way, he tried to hide his phone.

Fred has started his new career as wildlife film maker.

Unlike previous wildlife films I've made, that have been used as evidence against me in court by sheep farmers, this one will make David Attenborough as jealous as hell.

I'll post as soon as I've edited.

Hey Pak!

Your new camera is working out very well for you! 

As others are saying, please let me just add another voice...keep 'em coming! 

Selamat ole boy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOaS5Zt3 … e=youtu.be

I love this one.
The last photo that'll be taken with my Samsung pocket camera as I've replaced it with the Fuji compact waterproof.

I'm unsure of the wisdom of advertising cigarettes on a truck carrying gas canisters.



No school for some



Another twit sending SMS messages whist riding a motorbike



This lump of junk was on the main road through Serpong



Captain James Tiberius Kirk went to Vulcan in a spaceship called Enterprise.
I have a small scooter so I can't travel quite so far but I seem to meet some of the same people.

The last one for today.
I have no words...and that's just not usual for me.

Ubudian wrote:

Hey Pak!

Your new camera is working out very well for you! 

As others are saying, please let me just add another voice...keep 'em coming! 

Selamat ole boy!

Thank you.
The Fujifilm HS50 is perfect for street bashing work but I've replaced my compact (Today) with a waterproof Fujifilm XP50.
I can't always carry the big camera but there's always room for a smaller one and this allows underwater work if I fancy it.
I suspect I'll be having fun with that one.

Rainy season is with us and that always means floods.

The brolly seems a lot pointless



Kids love it





Bikes can get through as it isn't too deep.

Things that have been tossed out are money to others.
A door on a bike



A school bus

The final photo comes with a story.
A few days ago, I decided I fancied a McD for breakfast.
This guy was outside, collecting plastics and card by rooting through the rubbish.
It seems, he's good enough to collect the crap but has no hope of ever being able to afford the food.
I decided that was a crap situation so I bought him a breakfast.

Your photos just keep getting better and better Fred.

How did you manage to take those street flooding photos without risking your new camera?

Cheers, mate.

Ubudian wrote:

Your photos just keep getting better and better Fred.

How did you manage to take those street flooding photos without risking your new camera?

Cheers, mate.

The rain wasn't so bad at that point so I took a small chance.
I should add, I was on dryish land, except fpr the bow waves of passing vehicles.
I'm going to try to find a hat with an umbrella so I can take photos in the rain.

We have people wandering around, selling plants for your garden.
Sort of portable garden centres.

Village life is simple.
Combing the kids' hair



Feeding the kids with a bit of rice.



both of them



Kids ride their bikes

Flowers



Village life is really cheap but it isn't free so business goes on.
These women are making perfume from dried flowers.

Delivery is the name of the game out here but traffic is horrible so motorbikes are used. One central number gets your order sent to the nearest branch and pizza/burger/whatever is at your door.



Local food vendors walk around so you just wait for your favourite to pass.

The roads here were pretty bad so they were resurfaced by ading a layer of concrete. The minor problem is ........



This is a deeper area so she's really stuck and there is no breakdown club to be had.



but the family will turn up to help.



Just in case you were wondering - she got out.

Punk isn't dead, it just moved to Indonesia.

A couple of posts ago, we saw a woman who had made a boo boo and ended up off road, well, one wheel was.

Men also do this.

Schools, especially small local schools, attract street hawkers.

Some aim at the kids



(SDN is a government run primary school.)

Some, the parents

On a photo jaunt to Jakarta.
I'm hoping to find some interesting stuff.

When there's a building site, there are workers.



They tend to live where ever the work is and, if that work is long term, their families join them.
The houses tend to be less than luxurious.



The building boom is still massive in Indonesia, seeing an average rise of house prices of around 30% per year.
However, new lending rules are clamping down on a lot of loans so that'll slow things down.
The building firms are making a fortune from the boom so are looking at ways around the rules.
However you look at this, there are thousands of empty properties, probably because they're far too expensive to be worth buying.
Someone is loosing out big style and, sooner or later, the lot has to fall in.

The Jakarta trip yielded a few interesting snaps.
I'll post as soon as I can.

However, the jaunt itself was a bit rubbish.
My left sandal broke, the updated software on my Samsung galaxy note crashed and drained the battery in an hour and, just to really make things bad, the charger lead broke so I couldn't recharge the thing.
And.... the traffic was lousy because there was an event at Monas so I never got my Indian food treat.

The slight upside was a few nice snaps.
Many naughty/silly drivers are still using the bus lanes. including a Blue bird taxi(I snapped him).
That's unusual (In my experience) because their drivers are usually pretty good.

Edit - another good thing was the taxi driver (White horse) on the way home. The guy should have been on stage - I was almost pee peeing myself at his stories.

Keep it up Fred!  These photos I mean.

IMHO, this thread remains the most interesting and insightful thread on Indonesia to be found on this forum. 

Your photos are indeed worth a thousand words. 

Selamat!

Your kind words are too much.
I just snap away, hopeful of the odd good shot.

My fantastic Fujifilm HS50 belies my real ability because it's such an amazing camera.

Jakarta has many people and, as you might expect, they vary ..... a lot.
This boy is homeless. He has no shoes, as evidenced by his feet, and probably owns the clothes he sleeps in but nothing else. No sign of anyone else around so he's probably an orphan or been kicked out.



This is an entire family of homeless people. These kids beg for a living but the two adults are probably their mum and dad. The father is a street rubbish collector.



The girl in yellow trousers was messy at best. The trousers were badly ripped at the back.

This guy does what he can to earn some money by selling things to passing motorists. He didn't sell a single thing in the 10 minutes I was watching him.



The more observant will have noticed his leg leg is missing from just below the knee. It's common for accident victims to have to work in this manner as they have little hope of other employment.



The last one, I have no idea but I suspect he isn't all that nice a chap.
His expression was less than friendly. I flattered him to get the photo.

Ubudian wrote:

IMHO, this thread remains the most interesting and insightful thread on Indonesia to be found on this forum.

I've considered your words carefully.

I wonder if any museum or whatever would be interested in a free copy of my collection.
I suspect I have more pictures of street life than most and they may well be valuable for research in a hundred years or more.

These things actually go to sea but not far off the coast.



The cops don't do a lot about traffic violations, but sometimes they do



This one got a ticket

The FBR are commonly known for more extreme or conservative views.



This rather interesting little mini mosque is run by them.







Their reputation is very nationalistic and very pro a more conservative, or even extreme, form of Islam but they come over as very friendly when you meet them face to face.
I rather hope I can do a little something to put a dent in all extremist ideals, even in a small way.

Indonesian level crossings are fun.
The rules are enforced a little better than they were before the big accident last week but chaos is still the order of the day.
I have some video as well.
I'll try to upload when I've edited it but my internet speeds are a joke so I may not be able to do so.