Wednesday, May 23, 2007




The first photo is what we saw this morning as we left the gong.... soldiers running with an ambulance trailing behind them...

Then you have spiderman and superman...

We bought shoes for Mikah at the Canada shoe store. The other photo of a shoe store is of the same store. Crazy! There were a ton of shoe stores like this one. Each and every shoe on display was shrink wrapped so it wouldn't get dirty. If you wanted to try a pair on a store worker would use an intercom to call up to someone and order the one you wanted and it would come down a shute. Hilarious!!

The middle photo is of the Bandung police doing what they do best... pulling people over to get money! They keep any money they get from you for such offences as not wearing a helmet or having your vehicle registration or drivers license on you... Love the uniforms!

The next photo is of the Mesjid (mosque) Raya (Big) of Bandung. It was hard to get a good photo of it from where we were but you get the idea. At the top of both towers are enormous loudspeakers.... One time there was a building built nearby that was taller than the towers and they required it to be torn down...

That's me trying really hard not to look like a tourist.... As we walked down this road, we passed by many people selling pirated DVD's and they like to offer p*rnographic ones to white guys.... yuck...

The next photo is of Holland Bakery. One of the many dutch influences to be seen around Bandung. It is a bakery chain and they are everywhere. It's hard to see, but at the top is a windmill that actually turns.
The last photo is an example of what the traffic is like downtown. Every sort of vehicle you can imagine is out on the road fighting for a spot...


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