Fred - wandered around Indonesia

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I'm going to tweet.
fred@tl_lab

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^ Interesting as I don't think there are that many communities in Indonesia that have horses!

In the cities, most are pleasure rides, but in the small towns and villages they're transport in the form of horse and cart.
They're surprisingly common.

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Everyone with just about enough money has a mobile phone.
You can buy phones and SIM cards in shopping centres, small shops, tiny shops, little street stalls and from the back of a motorbike.

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A couple of weeks ago I visited a local university, Universitas Trisakti, in Jakarta.
When the 1998 uprisings took place, the university was stormed by the military, killing four students.
They made a small memorial, and left the original window, including the bullet hole.

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PS = sorry not been around - just proved my sexual organs still work.

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Congrats , I trust mum is doing well ?

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Irrigation is a fine art, commonly solved by the Archimedean screw in poor countries.
Other people use a bucket.

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Congrats , I trust mum is doing well ?

She's recovered well.
Thanks.

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He's loading a gun





With a dart and line - what for?





Ahhhh, sorted.





Rod and line, nets, blocking rivers, now an airgun with a dart.
These people try every possible way to get the fish.

[Panama Hat]

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Very clever, indeed . . . but just look at the crap/rubbish everywhere - yuck.

No wonder millions of Indons head for our shores every year illegally

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Delivery services are pretty much normal out here.
Essentials such as water and gas are sold all over the place, and most will bring it to your house.





Begging is also common.
This little kid hangs around outside a set of local shops, hoping to extract cash from motorists leaving the car park.
This is illegal in Indonesia, and using the baby is seriously immoral, but no one does a lot about it.

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Very clever, indeed . . . but just look at the crap/rubbish everywhere - yuck.

No wonder millions of Indons head for our shores every year illegally

Not all that clever - they didn't exactly go away loaded with fish so, unless Jesus was kicking around at home, they were going to be well short of feeding five, much less 5,000.

Rules aren't much followed in Indonesia, hence the crap in the river.

[Wilson]

Very clever, indeed . . . but just look at the crap/rubbish everywhere - yuck.

No wonder millions of Indons head for our shores every year illegally

Yep, lots if rubbish.

But millions of illegal Indonesian immigrants heading to Australia each year? Are you sure? Got any evidence of that? It's not like you to make outlandish claims about immigration.

[Panama Hat]

Yep, lots if rubbish.

But millions of illegal Indonesian immigrants heading to Australia each year? Are you sure? Got any evidence of that? It's not like you to make outlandish claims about immigration.

Ahem, I have lived in Malaysia for five years now . . . and Singapore six before that, so I meant Malaysia.

I am most certainly not one of the moronic and xenophobic Australians that sees 'us' being swamped by the yellow (brownish) hordes

Apologies, I should have been clearer.

[Wilson]

Ahem, I have lived in Malaysia for five years now . . . and Singapore six before that, so I meant Malaysia.

I am most certainly not one of the moronic and xenophobic Australians that sees 'us' being swamped by the yellow (brownish) hordes

Apologies, I should have been clearer.

oh I see. Does Malaysia have millions of Indonesians entering each year? I didn't know that.