Yesterday I went with some students to record a video for a project we're doing at the language center at my university. This video was taken at the most popular beach in town, which serves as the main Saturday and Sunday afternoon hotspot for everyone in town. There is usually a lot of traffic along the beach road as the main activities there are crusin' and watching the sunset (along with the occasional elephant ride). However last Sunday it was busier than usual due to some sort of competition (the banner said "Fox Hunt", but I don't know if that was meant to be taken literally) This was at high noon...on the equator...can't you just feel the unbearable heat? If Sartre was right, and hell is other people, than this might very well be my own, personalized version of it, Indo style...
After we escaped the traffic jam, we headed out to a waterfall in the mountains outside of the city. The waterfall was nice and cool, but the hour long ride to get there was anything but. Speaking of but(t), mine was completely numb after the day on the motorcyle and is finally starting to regain feeling a day later. To keep my mind off the brain rattling ride (thanks to the giant potholes in the roads courtesy of years of earthquake damage) I occupied myself with taking pictures along the way. This is how the average family gets from A to B in Indonesia:
