Author: Arnaldo Pellini
Trees from below
Blok M, South Jakarta
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Blok M, South Jakarta. Few weeks ago.
Bus ride
Taken at Blok M, South Jakarta
Identity
I walked around Blok M in South Jakarta a couple of weekends ago. It is a busy area. It has a bus terminal with modern and very old buses, a market, an old mall, street vendors, local roadside restaurants (warungs). I saw these three young men who walked towards a local vendor. They seemed to wear the same style-clothes and share a similar identity.
Place to hang out on Sunday afternoon
After the storm
There must have been a storm during the summer and this tree was maybe too old or to frail to stand it. It was like a rail crossing saying: ‘stop here, do not walk further in this forest. It is off limit for you!’
Finnish forest #1
I took this photo nearby our cottage in Eastern Finland. The trees are slim and light in the Nordic forest. You rarely see large, imposing trees. They are thin, not too close to each other and when the wind blows they move gently and you can hear noise from their trunk as if we would be on one of those old sailing ship travelling from Asia to Europe a couple of centuries ago transporting spices, minerals, […]
Cycling to work in Jakarta: can we start to hope?
Even though this is Jakarta, I cycle every day to work. Last week, I think it was Wednesday, I rode my usual route to the office where I work. I started in Kebayoran Baru, got into the traffic logged Antasari, then up to Senopati before getting on the footbridge at the Senayan Transjakarta bus station over Jalan Sudirman. It takes me about 20 minutes to get to the office and I saw not one, but two other cyclists on […]