My son is grounded. No TV for a week. Of course he got bored. So he makes his own TV out of his own imagination.
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phone snaps from overnight ferry ride on the Savu Sea, Indonesia
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The guard.
I took this picture in 2006 during a traditional ceremony to honor the Sea, conducted by a traditional javanese community called the Hondodento. This community still believes the balance between human and nature. They believe that the Sea (Indian Ocean) is reigned by a powerful queen, the Southern Sea Queen. Once a year, they hold a ceremony to give offerings to the Sea and pray for forgiveness to what human do to the nature.

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I spent part of my childhood in a slump in the city of Yogyakarta, Indonesia. I knew that some of my neighbours worked at the train station, but they were not working for the railroad company.
The Yogyakarta Tugu train station area was once famous for its cheap prostitution. There was a slang word for it: "nge-bong", short for "ngenthu mburi gerbong". It's javanese for "having sex behind a train waggon". Usually in a small room or semi-permanent shack, on old mattress, and no safety.

Some years later, as an aspiring journalist for my university's press, I wanted to tell the story of the night life around the train station.
A tranvestite friend allowed me follow her to see where she worked as a sex worker.
Right by the railtrack were many commercial sex workers, in dimly lit "coffee stalls" waiting for customers. Including transvestites there too.
I hung out with her, her colleagues and occasionally I snap some pictures with her guests.
My editor didn't want to publish the story at the end, she deemed the pictures were too vulgar for a university press.

Now the train station has been sterilized by the national railway company, and many of the night life workers have moved to other places.

Photo taken on 13th April, 2006
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pure moment of joy #1

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A komodo dragon (varanus komodoensis) enjoys the sun on Komodo Island, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. As a cold blooded creature, komodo dragons are usually crawling out to warm up their body in the morning and crawl in the shade during the day.

Komodo is a large reptile species that is endemic to the Indonesian islands of Komodo, Rinca, Flores, Gili Dasani and Gili Motang.

Less than 3500 komodo are left due to human-caused habitat loss, illegal hunting and climate change. They are classified as Endangered on IUCN’s Red list.

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A national park ranger stands guard between me and a komodo dragon (varanus komodoensis) on Komodo Island, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia.

Komodo is a large reptile species that is endemic to the Indonesian islands of Komodo, Rinca, Flores, Gili Dasani and Gili Motang.

The boom of tourism to the Komodo National Park has supported the conservation works and also the local economy.

Less than 3500 komodo are left due to human-caused habitat loss, illegal hunting and climate change. They are classified as Endangered on IUCN’s Red list.

#indonesia #komodo #animal #nature

A komodo dragon (varanus komodoensis) crawls under the shade of a tree on Komodo Island, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia.

Komodo is a large reptile species that is endemic to the Indonesian islands of Komodo, Rinca, Flores, Gili Dasani and Gili Motang.

Less than 3500 komodo are left due to human-caused habitat loss, illegal hunting and climate change. They are classified as Endangered on IUCN’s Red list.

#indonesia #komodo #animal #nature