Wednesday, 3.6.2015
Senayan Transjakarta station n.72
Wednesday, 3.6.2015
Senayan Transjakarta station n.71
Monday, 1.6.2015
Senayan Transjakarta station n.70
Friday, 29.5.2015
Senayan Transjakarta station n.69
Thursday, 28.5.2015
A cyclist during the rush hour is a rare sight in Jakarta. However, when you meet one and you are also with a bicycle as I am you feel a strong sense of being part of the same (still too small) community of people who bike to work.
Senayan Transjakarta station n. 68
© 2015 Arnaldo Pellini
Wednesday, 27.5.2015
Back in Jakarta
Tranquility
© 2015 Arnaldo Pellini
It can happen: to find tranquility in the streets of Jakarta. A couple fo weeks ago I was without my bicycle. Left the office at 6pm in the middle fo the rush hour. Waited for 30 minutes to get a taxi in vain. I decided to walk. With my antismog mask on I headed towards Senopati. Walked along the tree-lined streets of the embassy areas. Got close to Kebayoran in Jl. Aditiawarman. Few more blocks. I walked under the Antasari elevated route. Juggled the paralised traffic headed down south. The air filled with exhaust fumes. One more block and I turned right in Jl. Darmanwangsa. Few steps away from Antasari the regular sound of jam-traffic-engines in neutral gear disappeared. The trees were shadows. The light from street lamps touched the leaves of and leaf a soft aura underneath over parked cars. island of light in the dark of the evening. A couple of hundred meters of tranquility on the way home.
Walking in the streets of Mataram, Lombok
I flew to Lombok this week to participate in a workshop where we met local government officials and researchers to discuss the impact on local policy making of a citizen journalism initiative called Kampung Media. The provincial capital is Mataram. A nice little city. Not too large, not too small. Where it is pleasant to walk around as I did at the end of the first day there. The atmosphere is a bit lay back. The traffic flows quietly. People greets you with a smile particularly when you walk around with a camera. Mataram is in nice contrast with Denpasar in Bali. So much quieter. I walked the streets at sunset, walking randomly along narrow streets as well as large avenues accompanied by rows of old and large tropical trees on each side. You can still see old Dutch houses with their low roofs and small garden and which are being used by as family houses of provincial government offices. There a nice atmosphere in Mataram. Hopefully I will go back few more time with the project I am working in.
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Senayan Transjakarta station n.67
Tuesday, 19.5.2015
Back in Jakarta!
Senayan Transjakarta station n.66
Wednesday, 13.5.2015
Senayan Transjakarta station n.65
Tuesday, 12.5.2015