There is this street in Makasar, Jalan Sulawesi, with many sellers/buyers of gold. They sit behind a small wooden box with a glass front. Inside a small scale ready to weight the gold that people who maybe need some cash will bring. The sellers wait, and wait, and wait …
Security guard near Blok M, South Jakarta
Warung owners at Blok M, South Jakarta
Taken at Blok M, South Jakarta
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.
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 […]
I was on the escalator on teh way down to the Northern Line. A young couple was hugging just above me. Nice.