Snake fruit (Dsc03469)
The snake fruit or "Salak" in local parlance. Each fruit is the size of a fig, and the aromatic flesh is a subtle blend of sweet and sour. Unripe snake fruit is made into a spicy salad in Indonesia.
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The snake fruit or "Salak" in local parlance. Each fruit is the size of a fig, and the aromatic flesh is a subtle blend of sweet and sour. Unripe snake fruit is made into a spicy salad in Indonesia.
Bajaj - passenger transport vehicles in Jakarta, powered by motor-scooters, and painted a hard-to-miss bright orange. Fares are determined through bargaining.
According to my tour guide: the wooden ships are made by the Bugis (master woodworkers and shipbuilders) and carry lumber from Borneo. The sea journey takes about 3 to 4 days. The lumber is manually unloaded (no cranes!) at Sunda Kelapa Harbour docks while cement bound for Sumatra is loaded on later. Later, small trucks haul the lumber out of the port. After Sumatra, the ships make their way back to Borneo for more lumber. Each ship is manned by about 10 crew and is powered by both motor and sail.
... unloaded onto the Sunda Kelapa docks, awaiting transshipment to factories and worksites by truck.
Glodok (the Chinatown in Jakarta) is prone to flooding... and no wonder. This is a photo of the river, strewn with so much rubbish that it seems almost solid.
Glodok (Chinatown): the amount of effluence at the river mouth is appalling and tends to choke off the opening to the sea (centre of photo). Flooding in Chinatown is quite common during the rainy season. Not far from here, on one side of the river, is the construction of many luxury shopping centres and apartments. The building works raised the road level on its side of the river and, as a result, Chinatown on the other side of the river is even more prone to severe flooding than before.
The village is very close to the Sunda Kelapa Harbour.
Becak - this form of transportation was banned from the Jakarta city centre in 1994 as it tended to clog up the traffic. This photo was taken in the fishing village near Sunda Kelapa, the traditional harbour.
There is no running water in the fishing village. The villagers buy potable water from vendors who supply the water in these large blue canisters.
The fishing village near Sunda Kelapa Harbour. You can see the boats in the harbour in the background.
