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Refuse collector, Kota, Batavia, Jakarta, Indonesia. in Indonesia
Martin Broomfield of 360 Cities took this panorama of a garbage collector/recycler in Jakarta, Indonesia, sitting down surveying his kingdom of recyclables.
It was typical to see garbage men pushing carts (like one behind the guy) filled with mounds of bags of aluminum cans and recyclable plastics when was living there more than 15 years ago. I wasn’t surprised that nothing much has changed.
If the embeddable player above doesn’t work for you, go here: Link – Thanks Jeffrey Martin!
There are young women and men standing by the busy streets of Jakarta, Indonesia, waiting for drivers to pick them up for $1. Prostitutes? Nay, they are car jockeys who help car owners beat the congested city’s carpooling laws:
When this city of epic traffic jams started carpooling a while back, it inadvertently gave birth to an entirely new profession: jockey.
For less than a dollar, car owners hire one or two jockeys to gain access to stretches of the city’s “3 in 1,” high-occupancy lanes. The jockey is essentially an extra passenger who helps commuters circumvent carpooling rules, making the ride into central Jakarta slightly less slow.
Norimitsu Onishi of The New York Times’ Jakarta Journal has the story: Link (Photo: Ed Wray for the New York Times)
It’s not some scary new species but divers wearing dragon and lion masks to celebrate the Lunar New Year at Jaya Ancol Dreamland amusement park in Jakarta, Indonesia.
According to the Chinese zodiac, it’s the year of the ox, which is supposed to bring good luck and prosperity. Did you know President Barack Obama was born in the year of the ox?
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