Photo with essay posted in November 2020

Although Rice Is The Staple Food In Indonesia, It Is Not Unusual To See People Selling Bread

The Boys Playing On The Sofa Didn't Talk To Me, But They Kept Glancing At Me

I'm Almost Convinced That Islam Is One Of The Reasons Why There Are So Many Cats In Jakarta

I Think The Barbershop Business Has A History As Long As That Of Prostitution

Apparently There Is A System In Indonesia Called The Garbage Bank, Which Is Run By The Community

The Boy Had Placed The Pot Upside Down On The Ground And Was Banging It Rhythmically With A Stick-like Object

In Any Country, It Is The Relatively Poor Who Are The First To Suffer In The Event Of A Flood

Jakarta Is A Labyrinth Of Alleys And Lanes Where Cars Can't Enter

Men Seemed To Be Standing In The Alley, Waiting For Someone To Come From Across The Alley

Indonesian Sambal And Indian Sambar Are Two Very Different Things

Worshippers Lit Huge Incense Sticks With Giant Candles

The Bajaj Driver Parked His Vehicle On The Side Of The Road With Little Traffic And Took A Break

In Jakarta, Human-powered Vehicles Called Becak Are Not Allowed To Run Except In Residential Areas And Other Downtown Areas

Walking Around In Plain Sight, You Don't Get A Lot Of Stares In Jakarta, And You Don't Get Approached Very Often

Where The Flow Of People Stagnates, Becak Is Parked And People Hang Out

Indonesia, Like Japan, Drives On The Left

They Look Great When You Watch Them Dashing Past, But When You Get Up Close And Personal, They Look Dumb

Food Samples Are A Method Of Expression Invented In Japan, So When Food Is Placed In Stores Overseas, It Is Almost Always The Real Thing

The Man Peddling Bread In Jakarta Had A Suona In His Hand

Bicycle Cabs Vary From Country To Country

When You See A Number Of Bright Red Lanterns Hanging From The Street, You Know You Are In Chinatown

The Gate Of A Venerable Chinese Temple Called Jin De Yuan Was Also Painted In Colorful Shades

Small Birds Used For Bird Release Were Loaded Into Bird Cages And Delivered To The Chinese Temple

Unfortunately, Jin De Yuan, Which Has Been Rebuilt Many Times, Does Not Look Prestigious

Small Birds Used For Releasing Birds Were Fluttering In The Cages

You Won't See Them In Fatahillah Square Or Around High-end Shopping Malls, But If You Go Down An Alleyway, You'll See Pedicabs In Jakarta

Although It Seems Like Everyone Is Using A Smartphone, Indonesia's Smartphone Penetration Rate Is Only About 30% For The Country As A Whole

Many Large Cities Are Built With Large Rivers Flowing Through Them, But There Were No Large Rivers In Jakarta

Whether Bananas Were Included In The Snack Or Not, That Was The Question

I Think It's Very Common That If You're Not Paying Attention To It, You Don't Notice It, Even If It Was There