We’re on the road again—out of Yogya, through Jakarta and onto Sulawesi.
Here are some photos that we haven’t had the chance to share yet.
Despite being one of the world’s fastest growing automobile markets and its third largest motorbike market as of 2009, Indonesians seem to love their bicycles.
Here is a link to a flickr set of some Jogja cyclists we met.
Five minutes walk from our house is the Alun-alun selatan-a small walled ring road with a field in the middle. By day, neighboring elementary schools use it as a sports field but by night, the place turns into a man-powered carousel. Teenagers and families rent lit-up golf carts and tandem bicycles to cruise round and round the field, bumping to the sounds of Lady Gaga.
On the outer perimeter, push-cart hawkers serve ronde (a gingery hot liquid with peanuts and other accompaniments), chicken satay, and boiled corn. Inside the ring road, people laugh at their girlfriends or boyfriends wandering around blindfolded in (often unsuccessful) attempts to split the two banyan trees that protrude from the grassy landscape. Good luck comes to those who can pass between the giant banyans (without peeking).
