Monday, April 28, 2008

Beaches

Parangtritis in the early morning. I went to Parangtritis from Jogyakarta and arrived around 9 o'clock. The beach was still empty except for this carriage.
Sunset in Kuta, I stayed in hotel Flamboyan on the Jalan Kartika Plaza and went to the beach around 6 o'clock. I could not resist to take a picture of the sunset.

Friday, April 25, 2008

Celebration of the Queens Birthday

On Wednesday, April 30th, the Dutch people will celebrate the birthday of the Queen. It is a public holiday and all kinds of streetparties will be held. These are pictures of celebrations in The Hague. The first two pictures are bands playing in the Mallemolen. The last picture is of a bridge were people gather to see a band playing on a boat in a canal.











Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Indonesian Temples

Tanah Lot is a temple located 20 km from Denpasar on the westcoast of Bali.It is said to be build by the priest Nirartha in the 15th century.It is also said the temple is guarded by poisones sea snakes. The beautiful and photogenic sunset at Tanah Lot attracts lot of tourists.
Sambisari Temple is located at Sambisari village, Purwomartani, Kalasan, East of Jogjakarta. This temple was found accidentally by a farmer working with his hoe on his land in 1966. The temple dates from late in the ninth century and was buried by volcanic eruptions. It took 21 years to restore it to its former beauty. Sambisari has three statues: Agastya south, Ganesha east and Dewi Durga north.

Monday, April 21, 2008

Daily life

A picture of ducks being lead to the sawah, where they eat weed and make sure the rice will grow.










When I was on the train from Bandung to Yogjakarta, I spotted this becak, full of vegatables. I could not resist the urge to make this picture.

Saturday, April 12, 2008

Pura Luhur Uluwatu

These are pictures of the Uluwatu temple in the south of Bali.It is situated high on a cliff over the ocean on Bali's south-western tip. The temple guards Bali from evil spirits from the South-West, in which major deities dwell. The temple is open only to Hindu worshippers. I was not aware of this when I visited and trespassed, for which I apologize to the Hindu Gods. It is one of the oldest and most important temples in Bali, one of the six original 'Sad Kahyangan' (territorial) temples on the island. It was established in the 11th century by the Holy Priest Empu Kuturan.The temple is famous for it's kecak dance. The Kecak Dance is part of the Ramayana, and it is the dance of the monkeys, the followers of Hanuman, the Monkey-God.
If or when you go there be aware of the real monkeys who are very naughty and will try to grab anything they can lay their hands on; they are especially fond of eyeglasses and handbags. The beach at Uluwatu is considered one of the best surfing spots. Uluwatu is also famous for it sunsets.

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