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  • The lights are green, the beggars are waiting ..








    Red - and they're off ...








    These people are rarely dangerous but it's best to make sure your doors are locked. You might also not a lot of these people are fake beggars because they make more doing this than they do working.


    http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2...-arrested.html


    As for the ones who carry kids about, don't give them anything


    http://jakartaglobe.id/news/two-susp...d-beggar-case/

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    • Safety first - always wear a helmet.
      A lot of people dislike wearing one but they keep it handy in case the police set up a road block.


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      • Street food sometimes get a reputation for giving you a dodgy stomach, and that reputation is sometimes deserved.
        Much of the time is it's the food but the way they wash the dishes. This guy is washing them in a puddle of overflow from a drain - I hate to think what's in that bucket.
        Much of the trick with buying street food is making sure you know where they wash up.


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        • Poverty in the UK is not having a very nice house, an older TV and probably no car.
          It's a bit worse in Indonesia.





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          • When you sell a product a million other people have and something very easy and cheap to cook, you need a gimmick.


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            • You see people walking around, this one just having come out from hunting in a bin.





              Another wanted a nap on a train


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              • Great thread. Some pics need to be refreshed tho.

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                • Refreshed in Photobucket, not on the Thailandchatter.com forum

                  Originally posted by fred View Post
                  I recall a bridge - this one from below.
                  (I'm starting with history from June 2012

                  I've been posting photos of a bridge that hasn't fallen down yet.
                  Today, I was feeling really indefatigable (Sorry George ) so I pushed the metaphorical boat out and walked down the river.
                  I real boat would have been a far better idea as there was a very suspicious toilet style smell in there.
                  I washed my legs after that jaunt.


                  Anyway - The bridge from underneath.


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                  • 17 August is independence day around here, the date the first president gave the Dutch a very notable middle finger and told the world Indonesia was its own country, not a Dutch colony.
                    He was very much right but the Dutch disagreed and tried to keep it - They lost.


                    The history of a hard fought battle to get back what they owned after hundreds of years of essential slavery has left a big mark in Indonesia so the seventeenth is celebrated with some vigour.
                    As this is my first independence day as an Indonesian, I will be joining in with some pleasure.


                    This year is also special in many other ways, much being down to some groups with more extreme views wanting to scrap the national principles, the ones that guarantee equal rights to all Indonesians, probably wanting to replace them with rights for some Indonesians but nothing for the rest.
                    The people they seem to want rights for are themselves and no one else.
                    The government realises these people are against everything Indonesia is based on so they are trying to get rid but violence often goes hand in hand with extremism so security will be tight at many official ceremonies.
                    All schools will be in on what is normally a national holiday and all MUST perform a flag ceremony.


                    It's a very popular time and almost all houses will have an Indonesian flag flying, mine has.





                    You also see a lot of collections at this time of year.


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                    • Originally posted by backpacker View Post
                      Refreshed in Photobucket, not on the Thailandchatter.com forum
                      Photobucket, the photo sharing site that doesn't share photos, wants US$400/year to allow the pictures to be shown.
                      As the great Aristotle said, "they can f off and suck a lemon".

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                      • Helmets aren't always popular here ad the cops have a less than quality reputation for enforcing the law.
                        It looks like there's a move to change the situation as I saw yesterday when I came across a bunch of cops, traffic wardens and military police engaging in a safety operation.
                        They even gave out free helmets.


                        IMG_0031 by Indofred, on Flickr


                        IMG_0038 by Indofred, on Flickr


                        IMG_0037 by Indofred, on Flickr


                        IMG_0034 by Indofred, on Flickr

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                        • Indonesia's roads aren't known for safety or common sense.
                          This is a prime example of the crazy things you'll see here.








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                          • This is quite an unusual post as it has politics, war, sensitive subjects and possibilities for a partial solution.


                            Whatever your opinions on the subject, Indonesia doesn't make life easy for asylum seekers so this is a very bad place to choose or get stuck in on your way to Australia.
                            Most of the people I met claimed to be from Afghanistan, all with stories of escaping the war and massive terrorist activity.
                            They have no shelter, no health care, not allowed to work and the kids can't attend school so their life is pretty crap. They have to rely on help from whoever for food and whatever else they need. While I was there I saw a delivery of a bag of unleavened bread (Pitta or naan style) and a shock.
                            I'm a very well fed white dude (fat) but they still shared their bread with me.
                            It seems a good heart will always shine, even when there's a storm all around.











                            What they own, that's the lot for about 30 people.











                            Not much is happening for them but there is some help available from the UN.
                            One possible win win for some could be sending them off to visit places where extremist is rife - perhaps telling their stories of death, destruction and misery at the hands of terrorists could set the more of the more violent people on abetter path.

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                            • Whats the tourisy visa deal it used to be 28 days at port of Belawan good for everywhere bar PNG
                              Want to sail into Fakfak anyone been?
                              The world is round but the universe is flat.

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                              • Local microbus drivers aren't known for their road discipline, or even being sane.
                                Someone once told me only God and the driver knew what the twits were going to do next but I'm unsure either of them know.
                                I watched all three of these go past a line of traffic at a red light, and all jump the light only to park three abreast blocking the whole road, two staying there when the lights went to green.
                                People who drive in this country should take special care because these total and utter morons do whatever they want whenever they want to do it but the cops rarely bother with them.





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