Kopaja mini busses stop for just few seconds under the pederstain bridge near Senayan. People have to jump off and jump in sometimes when the bus is still moving. They cannot really stop as the road is very congested in the morning.
Too few bicycle commuters in Jakarta. We need more of them. Join us! @Bike2WorkIndonesia
It was nice to walk along Kemang Timur searching for furniture shops. We walked by the Masjid Nurul Huda and I asked the old man sitting at the entrance if I could take a picture of him and his friend. He smiled and said: ‘Boleh’ (You can). Tomorrow the Ramadan begins.
The end of the school year is approaching fast here in Jakarta. Sometime I cycle through streets that are closed to traffic because of year-end ceremonies . That brings food sellers outside the gate of schools where kids go and buy a snack.
It has been raining hard yesterday afternoon. Today on my way to work there were still many puddles in the street. At stop at this one because I like the image of the clouds in the sky.
There was this bird cage hangin on a wall nearby my house this morning. They are quite common in Jakarta. People put the cages out in the morning. Sometime they clean them with water and dry them as the one you see here. There are birdsong contests (here) and bird cages can be seen quite often on teh back of motorbikes travelling across the city.
These are the shadows I saw this morning on the my bicycle commute to work. There was a strong sun and an unusual clear sky in Jakarta.
I took this photo on the pedestrian bridge that crosses Jalan Sudirman in south Jakarta this morning. It was a bit earlier than usual. Nice light. Sone people walking to their workplace. I, one of them.
There is a backstreet on the way to the office. It is closed on both entries so that cars cannot go through. It must have been a popular streets with people looking for coffee and restaurants, for there are few abandoned buildings on bpoth side of this back street. This is the dilapidated entrance of a Balinese rastaurant. I like this entrance. The metal doors. The rusting decorations. The bricks and cement hlding up the doors and that are wearing […]