More from Jakarta

Waiting for the next move at Pasar Antik, along Jalan Surabaya:


Posing for a picture at the Kota district, near the historic port of Sunda Kelappa:


Dragonfly Bar, an ultra-hip hangout that's gotten accolades for its interior design:


The inside of Cafe Batavia, set in a restored colonial mansion:


This city soooo reminds me of home in Manila :)

The Gunung Sibayak Skyline

... last weekend was dominated by these fine folks from the Toba Photographers Club:



Peter, Tom and company - you guys rock!

Jakarta Skyline

The view from my hotel window:

Ricefield Sekyu

This feisty little dog kept hounding me while I was shooting in a ricefield in Northern Sumatra:



Thankfully all it did was bark :)

Batak Weavers

Samosir Island, Northern Sumatra: Batak women from the village of Buhit work on their traditional songket cloth:

Dangerously Beautiful

That's what the travel warning on this Indonesia sticker says:

That dude btw is Gultom, and I photographed him at the crater of Gunung Sibayak in Northern Sumatra.

This is what the crater looks like without Gultom in the foreground:


Dangerously beautiful, eh?

:)

The North Side

...of Sumatra, Indonesia:


The Taman Raya Mosque in the city of Medan. The folks here are really friendly, and the food - halal or not - is to die for :)

Worn Out

Just like this flower:


Things do get battered, beaten and bruised. But the survivors - oh man the survivors - I salute you :)

Pole Dancers at the Esplanade

A traditional lion dance troupe opens the Huayi Festival of Chinese Arts at the Esplanade. One of the highlights was this semi-acrobatic sequence on top of some iron poles:



Cheeky bastard. What the hell were you thinking!?!?

Shot for Time Out Singapore magazine.

at the museum

Seen at the National Museum of Singapore:



Photographed with a Sony-Ericsson K790i