Fred - wandered around Indonesia

[Mid]

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take a number and we'll get back to you , currently we are busy with 'Boo'

[fred]

The UK has a lot of rules when it comes to roadworks.
There has to be a whole bunch of safety rubbish in place, traffic lights, and who knows what else.
Indonesia is exactly the same - but without any of the above.


Here, local guys after a bit of cash try their best to control the traffic flow, and hope motorists toss a little bit of cash into their boxes.


As prostitution is illegal here, no one throws cash into their boxers.








Motorbike riders don't hang around, preferring any way around the roadworks, even if it isn't even close to safe.





The guy selling food did his best to get past on the side of the road, but it was hard work for him.





Sadly, there was a massive traffic jam caused by the roadworks - you'll see that when I edit the Gopro video.

[fred]

The traffic here undisciplined at best, total chaos at worst.
What rules there are get ignored by everyone, even the police.
The road works I showed earlier caused a traffic jam, but atrocious driving made it far worse.

[fred]

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Sorry about the low video quality.
The Gopro does a really nice job of taking them, producing very high quality results, but I have to edit down and save at far lower quality in order to upload them in a reasonable time.

[fred]

Preman (gangsters) are feared by many who assume they're out for blood, will rob you if they get half a chance, and only have teeth so they can bite you.
Stereotypes are commonly wrong as we see with them using their teeth to smile when I took this.

[fred]

We went to the beach last week.
Indonesian beaches have lots of people who try to make a little money from the tourists.


Breakfast?





Water sports equipment hire





The lady looks shocked at the price





Yummy

[fred]

More food





Clothes (Handy if you need and extra shirt)





and a nice collection of hawkers together





But, after lots of hard work, these dudes need a rest.

[fred]

What an odd little building





Let's take a closer look





Is it over water?





It sure is. This type of toilet is still common in poor villages.
I thank Fujifilm for the long 42 times zoom they fitted to this camera.

[fred]

Supermarkets are very much like UK places, save they sell live fish for food and some stuff you'd probably find really weird.
The fish, just as a note, are remove from the tank when you pick one, then smashed over the head until dead. They wrap it up and off you go.
They also like to sing.

[fred]

My eyes are old .... but they still see what other eyes miss.
An example.


People look out of a shopping centre window and see a river.





I see a man fishing

[fred]

Back to that toilet, and the village it serves.








You might well have noticed the sack, they're filled with these.





filled up by these, and others





then sent away to be sold to a middleman who then sells them on to a plastics factory.

[fred]

A pole ... with notices.





This is telling everyone about a missing 10 year old child

[Voɔɒlnɘɒl]

Thanks for the thread i used to live in Sumatra. Thoroughly enjoyed it. Indonesia is a magic place.

[Cyrille]

Lovely images , has this anything remotely to do with Thailand?

[Mid]

Lovely images , has this anything remotely to do with Thailand?

Yes .

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