An Interesting Fact About My Country

Here in Indonesia, bicycle (in general) is a very cheap vehicle that majority people could have. That's why, if you ever live or just travel to any city or even village in Indonesia, you will most likely find someone using it on the street. Some of them ride it because they care about the environment, other people ride it because it's trending, and a lot of people ride it for their life. They work with it. And for them, their bicycle is everything..

That first man is a tailor, we call them "Tukang Jahit Keliling". He ride around one or two housing to get some customers, bringing a table with a sewing machine inside. 

Remember a man that ride with a huge bunch of grass behind his bike on my post here? Now this is the illustration of it. These kind of man usually bring grass or straw to feed their cows or lambs. 

And this is "Tukang Siomay", a man that sells various of dumplings. Carrying a little stove in the right box to keep the dumplings hot, plates and forks in the other box and also a bucket of water to wash used plates, and some sauces on the back. Can you imagine how heavy it is..??

Well, that is only 3 of so many people in Indonesia that use bicycle to hang on their life. What a hard worker..

All of the illustrations belongs to Sartje of Lange Vakantie on this post.

Tough People In A Small Town

A woman with her daughter and an umbrella..

A man with a huge bunch of grass.. I believe it's for his cattle..

Short Trip To Semarang

It's been a long time since the last time I'm out of the town, and finally I got the chance to traveling..
I just got back from my trip to Semarang last weekend with my family and Sats. We went there by car, through some other towns. There were so many interesting views along the road.

We past through a town named Brebes..

The map between Bandung and Semarang, and the A-point is Brebes..

It was on the morning, and there we can find so many people cycling to go to work, to school, and to the traditional market..

A guy that came across our car.. I love his old bicycle, wish I had one..

Some men tied up a hoe behind their bike, I think they were going to the field. In Brebes, people do farming. One of their product is the red onion.


I wonder which one is older, the old man or his bicycle..


I guess this woman bring those two baskets everyday, to the market, and might be full with red onions..


Hustle.. At the traditional market..

Oooppss.. It's 1 a.m already and my bed is waiting. So I guess I will post the rest of my quick trip's snapshot latter.. Still got plenty of pictures when I was in Semarang.. Just wait and see.. ;)