Campuan Walk near Ubud
A nice flower found on the ridge.
May be a cremation tower under construction?
Tjada enters an area with an "undungan agama".
Tjada enjoying here coffee near the sawahs at Yep Pulu
Tjada during a heavy rainshower and thunder storm at Frog Inn
The kebon (garden) surrounding our stay: Dewi Ayu cottages
Mangroves on the west coast of Bali
A flying dragon as found in the Park
A not so wild monkey in the National Park near a Hindu shrine.
A water fall in the uplands of Lovina Beach on the North Coast
Tjada in a holy hotspring in the uplands of Lovina Beach
Sungsang town near the mouth of the Musi river of South Sumatra province
The children are very joyfull.
Net repair is an important business for the town.
Children and mothers
The typical fishing boats of Sungsang
This is Sembilang village part of Desa IV of Sungsang
Mangrove just behind the Basic school of Sembilang village
The main street of Sembilang village
Typical types of sea shrimps found in the area.
Snooker game on the mangrove creek, I think this is unique in the world
The local fish factory prepares the crabs for sale.
Fish ponds in the river near Sembilang village
A real mangrove vegetation
Roofs especially constructed for swallows that make the birdnests.
Early morning sunrise at Sembilang village. Just before we departed.
The sawahs in the Karang Agung Tengah area, midway of Primary 3 canal
This are waterbirds looking for worms when the tractor is plowing
Tjada with pak Soepir.
Pak Sopir with his wife
The workshop for Palembang sarongs
The latex as it is harvested from the rubber tree.
The oilpalm fruits
A typical oilpalm plantation
Toko Arie as it is found on the main road between Jambi and Palembang near the rubber and oilpalm plantations
This walk is over a ridge with on both sides a deep canyon. The alang-lang grass growing on the ridge is harvested and used for thatched roofs.
Tjada knows the name.
This type is surely relatively simple, but some of them look excessive expensive and beautiful; showing the relatively value of wealth during live as it will be burned to ashes, just like the cremation tower of the modest person.
These statues are characteristics for areas where a Hindu festival at local level will be organized.
We bought here the wood-carved naga (dragon) for our grandson.
This area belongs to West Bali National Park
The town is a fishermen town completely build on the water. Fishing includes shrimps and fish. Recently also birdsnest of a special breed of swallows is an important income source for the town.
We were greeted with " Bule masuk kampung" or the white enters the village. The title of a popular comedy on Indonesian TV.
Joyful. However there are more than 15000 inhabitants in the town, mostly children.The only source of income is seafishing: overfishing is a likely problem for the future.
The boats depart early morning and return at four o'clock in the afternoon. Real coastal fishing
Although it is part of Sungsang this village is located two hours from Sungsang with a speed boat over sea. The village is situated in national park Sembilang. Sources of income are the same as for Sungsang
About two years ago a man was killed by a tiger at this spot. The Park mainly consists of mangrove with water birds (migrant and local), tigers and leopards, bears, and crocodiles.
This village is like Sungsang built on the water. The main street gets now a concrete floor (instead of wood), paid by the local government.
As the mangrove is protected , it is not allowed to expand the shrimp culture ponds. That will put a heavy strain for the future as also in Sembilang village birth control is out of reach here.
The real players are found in the evening.
Most of this sale seems to go straight to Malaysia
This might be an alternative when overfishing in the coastal area might become a problem.This is a trial of Dinas Perikanan (Fishery department)
The Park is constantly under heavy pressure and threats for illegal logging and fish/shrimp pond construction. The excessive population increases in the area will put an extra strain on the National Park
The birdnests look as very light plastic foam. The price for one kilo is 2500 Euro.
This is a transmigration area of 30,000 ha for constructed from a loan of the World Bank. As its design criteria are proposed only for the first 10 years after construction, it is high time for an upgrade of this project, although the farmers in majority fair well.
This is Telang I Primary 8 where farmers prepare for the second crop.
We spent the night at the home of pak Soepir. The flowers in Tjada's hand smell well and are related to tea.
For this picture they wanted to be in their best clothes. They are standing beside their fishpond in the garden.
These sarongs take 6 month to make. They are used for the weddings of the rich. We bought a cheaper sarong for our son.
This is the basic source for the tires of your car.
Indonesia will become the largest producer of oilpalm oil in the world, most likely. Its production is increasing very fast presently.
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Campuan Walk near Ubud
This walk is over a ridge with on both sides a deep canyon. The alang-lang grass growing on the ridge is harvested and used for thatched roofs.