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The Collector
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I went to visit Bandung, along the way we met with people we thought were collecting butterflies, but getting closer they explained that they collect from passing drivers donations for the mosque.
Bandung
After Indonesian independence, Bandung was named as the provincial capital of West Java (Jawa Barat). Bandung was the site of the Bandung Conference which met April 18-April 24, 1955 with the aim of promoting economic and cultural cooperation among the African and Asian countries, and to counter the threat of colonialism or neocolonialism by the United States, the Soviet Union, or other imperialistic nations. In May 2005 the 50th anniversary of the Asian Africa Conference, was celebrated with many representatives from overseas countries attending. Prior to the 2005 celebrations, great efforts were by the city administration to "re-beautify" the city, with many of the parks and small gardens being replanted and upgraded to near their former glory, and roads and pavements resurfaced and repaired. Just in time for the conference, the jalan tol (motorway/highway) between Jakarta and Bandung was completed which has cut the travel time between the two cities by at least one hour. As a result Bandung, at weekends and holidays, is packed with day trippers from Jakarta wishing to escape the heat and pollution of Jakarta to Bandung's cooler and pleasant climate. |
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- wangp
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I like his gesture, nice picture. To some people this could be strange, but for us sometimes this could be annoying. They can caused some traffic backup. They try to slow down every bypasser by waving sticks.
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