25 September. Caecil and I had the pleasure of welcoming Uno and Mette at the airport today. They were coming all the way from Lillesand (Norway) to Jakarta to visit us. After picking up our guests at the airport, we (with me as the driver) drove to HQ at Taman Rasuna, where they will be […]
Only once a year are the streets of Jakarta reasonably empty, and that is during the Idul Fitri holidays. I grabbed this rare opportunity today and had an enjoyable bicycle trip around the city: Kuningan – Fatmawati – Kota – Gunung Sahari – Kuningan. Minal ‘Aidin wal-Faizin.
My Asian exile has now lasted exactly four years (since 29 August 2007 at 13:15 hours), and my Indonesian curfew has lasted one year, one month, and 15 days (since 14 July 2010). As usual, below a map with all Asian GPS coordinates where I have spent at least one night during those years. There […]
A friend of Caecil observed this naked man in Cijantung, Jakarta, yesterday. And not long ago, during a bicycle trip to Cibubur, I saw a naked man crossing the street on green man in front of me. Nobody seemed to worry much about it. Another day I saw a naked woman walking in the street […]
I acted on a sudden impulse early Monday morning when I woke up here in Kuningan, Jakarta. There were no other plans for the day, and the sun was shining, so why not take the bicycle out for a trip to Bandung! Although the direction is not the easiest, since the net elevation gain is […]