You Must Speed Up In Jakarta's Street

The unwritten rules says: You must speed up in Jakarta's street, otherwise, you'll get nervous or people will keep yelling at you. However, if you are driving a car and feel comfortable with it, you can deal with well, right. But if you have a motorcycle to ride, you must be a speed demond! You must overtake one another and you must be the fastest on the street. You are the king.

One exception, you cannot speed up riding this, because you are carrying the exclusive lovely neighbouring passengers: housevies and kids. This is called Odong-odong, some entertaining vehicle that you can find in Jakarta's kampoong. The traditionally modified vehicle can be a motorcyle or a bicyle. The transport for fun is for home family to kill their times while husbands making money out there.

No taxi? No recommendation for this.

It's cheaper and not only availabe in Jakarta, but almost all over Indonesia. It was born due to the crises which have not been over up to now. Again, no speeding up, you' should not show off your guts to kids. but where's the driver? Don't say he hates slow!

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Lost In The City?

Life is too hard to live

Lost in the city or life is too hard to lead in Jakarta? What is the man doing there, squatting for nothing? Is he thinking about better life? Does he get drunk? Is he broke? Depressed? What should he do next to survive? You'll see everyday in Jakarta , street men get on the city minibus called Metro Mini or Kopaja to beg money as street singers or usually the tattoed ones straightforwardly estort you in softer way.

It's not a picture of a lost man in the city. It's part of social life's concern. Indonesia hasn't gone out of crises. The late of 1990's marked the long lasting misery. Up to now, no significant reform can be felt by the whole people. Corruptions are rampant. Poverty is everywhere. Unemployment is worrying.

Through the thoroughfares of Jakarta, you'll see a sort of depictiion. Not only the impoverished people like street singers, peddlars who have to struggle to survice, trying to lead a life as properly as they can, but also criminals. Could he one of the pickpockets?

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