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 […]
Kopi Tubruk I started today a new project: to publish 1 photo for 35 days using a 35mm lens focal length. I am using the Olympus 17mm f1.8 with my OMD E-M1 which is very very close to 35mm on a full frame camera. I will take black & white photos in the streets of Jakarta mainly on my 8km communte to/from work which I do by bicycle. Let’s see how far I can go. This photo is of […]
There has been an interesting experiment going on in Jakarta this week. The city administration has suspended temporarily the 3-in-1 rule whereby at peak traffic times cars, on some of the more critical roads of the city, have to carry a minimum of three passengers (including the driver). This rule has resulted so called Jockeys, people who are passengers for hire, waiting on the side of the streets to be picked up as the third person. The 3-in-1 rule has only marginally […]
We need more bicycle lanes in Jakarta. We need ways that protect us from cars and motorbikes. We need more bike2work commuters.
What is the plan to help more cyclists to bike to work in Jakarta?
We need more commuters taking their bicycles in Jakarta. The government of Jakarta can help bike-to-work commuters with safer bicycle tracks.
There is this small tailor shop nearby where I live in Jakarta. There are three tailors working in it. It is open in the early morning when I bike to work. It is still open when I bike back form work in the late afternoon. Sometimes, it is still open when I go to the supermarket to buy stuff we need for dinner. I do not know why, but the green colour of the walls, the fabric spread […]
There is need for more commuters who bike to work here in Jakarta.