more of Jakarta

Monas, Indonesia's National Monument.
This is in the garden surrounding the Monas.
This is one of those fruits I got on the train. I cut myself trying to open it. But it tasted good.
McDonald's is everywhere, really.

Jakarta

A basket/bag of fruit on the train to Jakarta. Reading the Qur'an, got me a few of those fruits for free!
The old standby, nasi goreng ayam, and fresh apple juice.
Lapangan Banteng, Freedom Memorial. At night this is where the male prostitutes offer their services. The female prostitutes are everywhere - even in the room next to me.
This is supposed to be a pedestrian activated signal, however that button does not work.
You just step out into the street, like this person, and start walking.

more of Yogyakarta

The market/carnival in front of the kraton, the Sultan's residence.
At the Water Palace, where the Sultan used to live a long time ago.
In the Sultan's bed.
Woman doing Batik. They really try to make you buy this stuff.
Me doing laundry.

Yogyakarta

This was a difficult picture to take. There was always someone doing their business in the river. If you look closely, you'll see one.
Mosques, always a reminder that you're in a Muslim country.
This guy is washing his clothes down stream from where people are taking a dump.
Pure sugar & coconut, yummy. I didn't take any. I like my teeth.
The market in front of the kraton, the Sultan's residence.

Prambanan

Most of the sites are really just piles of rubble.
Me, at Prambanan.
Me & the rubble.
Me in the rubble - er, um...temple
Some flower in Yogyakarta.

Borobudur, Mendut, & Prambanan

Me, at Borobudur.
One of the narrative panels.
Here come the tourists!
I forgot what pose this is - at Mendut Temple.
Prambanan, a huge complex of some 50 Hindu temple sites.

Borobudur

Once again, so you know I'm eating well - at least some of the time.
Borobudur, a colossal Buddhist temple, built in the 9th century.
I'm not sure what these bell shaped things are about.
Oooh...there is a Buddha image sitting in each one - 432 of them.
A closeup of part of one of the nearly 1500 narrative panels that show Buddhist teachings.

Rice, Rice & More Rice

On my walk thru the rice terraces
Yep, rice
More rice.
Hydraulic Engineering

Auditions for Indonesian Idol

Monkey Business

Grooming: the favorite passtime
Guarding the temple
There is a temple or shrine everywhere.
Komodo skulpture in monkey forest

At the Museum of the History of Balinese Art - a waste of 20,000 Rp.

Sengiggi

Looking down a long steep staircase. This just leads to a radio tower.
Villas for sale. They look like they were abandonned several years ago.
Entrance to temple.
I think these may be chickens. But they are really lean and long necked.

The ferry from Lombok to Bali. Tourists and locals didn't mix.

Goodbye Labuan Bajo

Rainy afternoon in Labuan Bajo.
Goodbye Labuan Bajo
The ferry from Labuan Bajo to Sape.
This photo was taken while waiting for over an hour for the bus to move.
Sengiggi Beach