To top things off, here's a variety of photos from my experiences in Indonesia.
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Jakarta
Above, fancy modern Jakarta....
And directly behind and below the modern skyscrapers... the slums!
Some people live like this... ...and others live like this... .... or this!
Jakarta is a city of contradictions!
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People and Faces
My buddies in the kampung (slum quarters):
More people
1. Thumbs up for Obama! 2. Indonesian tourists from Sulawesi, who wanted their picture taken with me (to them, I'm a tourist attraction!) 3. My buddies, the dockworkers
City Life
The infamous Jakarta "macet" (traffic jam)... with a row of bajaj 'taxi' vehicles
And here's a typical neighborhood 'thug', playing traffic cop (they 'stop' traffic to 'let you out' or in and demand money in return, one of many rackets going around town)
Man sleeping on bike
Photo above left by Renny Antoni
Good old-fashioned transportation by 'becak' rickshaws
And the kids!
Street performing kids in one of the main squares of Jakarta
Sita and Rama (shawow puppets)
All photos by AZ except where noted
