The new toll road service areas still need a little work. https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/0g6buJcMVJB9FJTOTHuVOILjwkMBNeRVnJmcySiVuCJMWdC4gTh2uIYMCCU6BKIjHKipNstksMX sWKahQcNRpU5LwgPwHxBX_3XqCFDEdLWfzNCsq4U107Ddvnz1m_1AwRRQzMUCU0PTH9KgLI2qna N3S7ZJJQAwhv5Dxc4X3fb5aOj9Q2O1gPM_id5w5AtirGBibv_NU...
Trying google photos I noticed this guy yesterday morning. Many people wander the street selling a variety of products. this one with his big buckets. https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/5Eyi3LSLJDwATyVs-DaQeuUj_WwhMyqwxb1wcW-3sFx3EV8B0AXVxvl5bvecgZ7Qrvnet266kWTQtqiz6FI3ipQ73ctsgQhVjUzUHioJfOltmQKB
Flickr are threatening to delete all my photos from their machines. If they do that, this thread will die. Apologies
Nowhere to live? No problem https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4828/45144525545_4d73d91c2c_z.jpg AC - Bacak style https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4866/31117527317_2221dbbd80_z.jpg
Overloaded and the man on top is in danger? No idea what you mean. https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4883/31923375898_a21888bd39_z.jpg A fishing village in North West Java https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4896/44881767425_530745ce5e_z.jpg https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4913/44881763365_d458d6ca70_z.j
Mental health issues are a big problem if you don't have family to help you - there are local services but they have a tiny budget and not enough people. This guy was trying to empty the river, move the rubbish around, and it looked like he was hunting fish but I can't be sure about that. https://
People do whatever they can to either make a little money or provide food for their families - Some sell street food from shoulder carried restaurants https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4846/45744812612_b26a5a0cbb_z.jpg Others grow their own food on a small plot of land, this plot at the side of a ver
More from Pasar wage, Purwokerto https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1911/43778843360_af00560a0d_z.jpg https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1904/43778844470_17f3c8376e_z.jpg https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1969/43778845770_b85fbc11a7_z.jpg
Java has just five days of the week, very confusing for new expats, but things in villages and even larger towns still commonly use the Javanese calendar. Wage (Pro - wagee) is a market day in many places and the market in Purwokerto is named after it. https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1923/306555401
Becak (Baychack) vary as you travel through Indonesia, the Purwokerto version being one of my favourites. This type has a closer to vertical seat, making the ride more comfortable and getting in and out much easier. Many operators are homeless so sleep on the streets, so pay them more than they a...
Lieutenant-General Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell would be proud his movement is still so active in Indonesia. https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1959/44682491345_f3cdd1c3c0_z.jpg
Yep, these actually go on the road - There are motorbikes, or at least engines and all the bits needed to make these lumps of junk move. https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1923/44682302775_08460988d1_z.jpg https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1924/44682309875_840487c4bf_z.jpg https://farm2.staticflickr.com
Disabled crossing? https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1941/30636577387_c185097bab_z.jpg It's very common to overload poorly serviced lorries - Straws and camels' backs? https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1921/31705351588_dd1a1bddbc_z.jpg
Street rubbish collectors don't make much, and commonly have nowhere to call home. https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1923/45230483642_e6c99a9aa4_z.jpg
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This is the Keraton Kanoman, a once proud seat of kings that would ride on on elephants for their official duties, but now a lesser known tourist attraction surrounded by a market and a few other places of lesser interest. There are several palaces in the area, but this one is easily to most diff...
Most small villages have a extra school where kids do religious studies but they don't tend to be high tech, not exactly set up with interactive whiteboards and a sound system ... but this one has a cat. https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1863/30932121268_079fac6082_k.jpg https://farm2.staticflickr.co
There are lots of ways to make money (even if it isn't much), one is to trade in gold on the street https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1874/44082810964_0bf4b1ddef_k.jpg another is to strap yourself into a cart and collect rubbish (The stuff and the salary) https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1882/43892433