Thursday, May 04, 2006

Snapshots of Indonesia


Banana vendor

Stratfruit vendor


Little convenient store, on top of a volcano...chewing gum, cigarettes, bottled water, sweets,

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Wednesday, May 03, 2006

Museum Nasional VII




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Museum Nasional VI




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Museum Nasional III




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Museum Nasional V

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Museum Nasional III




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Museum Nasional II




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Museum Nasional II

Wonderful collection of arts and history of the many cultures and races around Indonesia




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Borobudur

A sampling of what you're missing. These pictures are of a Borobudr model at the World Religion Museum in Taipei. If you think this is magnificent, just imagine the real thing...





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Museum Nasional: Borobudur

It was a real shame all my pictures of my outing to Borobudur (and so many others) were lost. But at the National Museum there are some statues of Buddha and relics from the main temple itself.




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Batik and becak


Yogya is famous for its batik designs...but also for its overpriced batik touts and swindlers.

a very kind becak driver who took me around a bit. He's probably over 5o, but still strong and hardworking Posted by Picasa