Category: Indonesia

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Medan and Bukit Lawan-Indonesia

While in Italy I got the strangest faces when I ordered a gelato made of lemon sherbet with chocolate. Subsequently I have found this to be a little bit addicting, even in Indonesia
Why shouldn’t kids also find access to fancy motorcycles and Maserati’s?
Displayed in yogyakarta airport
translation: PALIHAN This work was made as a tribute to the area that is also the Yogyakarta airport area
International Airport (YIA), which is Palihan village. In Sanskrit, Pali or Pepali, has the meaning of advice or message. It indicates there is a
Determination that was initiated from the region. Palihan, from the beginning of the word instead, or diversion. In several hereditary stories that we can even get from the people of Kulon Progo, it is said, in a mission during the Java war, where troops from Prince Diponegoro stopped in the area. There was a strategy that was initiated at that time with an undercover action plan. So that when they continued their mission, they moved from that area already in another form (switching, disguised). A strategic action must have an order from the highest authority.
Wise command in the situation of the condition at that time.
Typical Hindu temple entrance Structure
It’s important to stand out with a gimmick
These horse carriages are everywhere in the city
An Indonesian cigar, one of the best, smoothest, lightest and enjoyable cigars I have had in a very long time
You can see the old bridge
Old Volkswagen jeeps everywhere
Leave some space on the top for me
Kids coming back home on the school bus
Never heard of this before and never tried it
More kids going home literally on the school buses
There were two of these men in the middle of the street directing traffic sometimes it odds with each other
I was impressed with the design and the seeming quality of this little car, electric of course and from China
Tempe and tofu for lunch
The road to our bungalow resort
Born recently and finding our veranda a safe place to nap
Mom went hunting and brought back “the bacon” in rat form
They are now asking mom what they should do with the rat
One of them decided to get tangled up in my sandal
Dinner has temporarily been abandoned. I think mom needs to provide more help
Coco grows wild everywhere
it wasn’t easy finding food that was not deep fried
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Borobadur-Yogyakarta-indonesia

This is the largest Buddhist temple in the world

This temple was discovered in the 1800s by the founder of the raffles hotel in Singapore. The temple was pretty much buried in volcanic debris since there are four volcanoes in the area. The theory is that people left this area because of the constant volcanic eruptions which made it unsafe

All of these carvings are telling stories so the pilgrims would walk around the building many times to study all of the stories of the enlightened one and many different ideas and traditions
The mountain in the background is in the shape of someone lying down and the story indicates it is actually the designer and builder of the temple lying on the mountain
The headless figures are the result of thieves
Inside of each one of these enclosures were figures of the Buddha
If you studied Hindu religion you will recognize these gods
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Third Bali

Penida island.
Overloaded boats but still a very interesting and enjoyable trip
Having dinner the restaurant started a drag show and the security guard was the spotlight manager
Getting the customers out of their chairs to dance together
This is the fashion for women in swimsuits, no butt covering
Kites galore, not alien spaceships
Our pier
A street promoting one of their most famous of fruit
A flashy Johnny Walker lives on the street
rice Terrace lookout
Delicious beef ginger
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Second Bali

Having fun with a little girl at a cultural show
One “cha” is missing
I was wondering where yuppies went
No competition allowed
The old language, Bahasa script ?
Coca on the tree
Terrace rice farming
Some things to help tourists pay attention
Interesting vegetable dishes. I can’t remember what they were made of
Scooters everywhere
A nice dinner on the beach. Some of the better food we had in Indonesia
Even though some food was grilled we found most of the food was either grilled on a stick, deep fried or noodles
It was very tasty
Excellent ambience
Jimbaran beach in the late morning
Watching the surfers at Kuta beach
I think you can guess this was a “parking assistant”. We found a lot of the English spelling was very logical according to sounds
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First Bali

I can’t think of a better color

Bali is an interesting place to visit. Most of the tourist are Australian though we heard quite a bit of Russian spoken as well though not in the main tourist areas. The traffic is horrible. Some of the beaches are very nice for swimming if you like waves and Learning surfing and boogie boarding. There are some islands around Bali that are very beautiful and the water is extremely clean and the coral is in excellent condition so I recommend going to those islands and possibly staying there in a less crowded environment. You need an international driving permit now to rent a motorcycle so you won’t see many tourist driving motorcycles which is probably a very good thing. Many of the roads are not in very good conditions so it’s best to leave it up to the ride hauling services and private car hires.

A few photos of our dinner near the airport in Bangkok before leaving for Indonesia. This was a birthday celebration at a very good restaurant (excellent food) .
It’s a fairly large restaurant
The papaya salad and the pork neck was very tasty
After arriving In Bali we had these soup like foods. They were some of the better things we had to eat in Indonesia.
I’m sure they don’t mean that if you pay for one pizza you actually get one pizza.
This is the memorial corner for the bombing incident years ago
I took this photo for my friend Nino
Sunset at Kuta Beach
The tourist areas of Bali are filled with these bars and you could be sure that most of them are daycare centers
A lot of the art in Indonesia is very beautiful
Let’s go fly a kite
This was one of the best meals we had, Quattro Formaggi pizza
At one of the famous Hindu temples almost 2 hours away from the tourist areas by car
Hey celebration at the temple
People dress in a green sarong lineup to wash themselves in the many waters in a Hindu ritual I haven’t studied
Entertaining music at the temple