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The Java leg of our trip. Started from Jakarta to Yogyakarta by train, to Mt. Bromo and from there to Surabaya
A Java Sparrow, also a native of Bali, can be found in various locations around the world due to escaped pets.
* Soerabaia Sayangku *
Surabaya / East Java / Indonesia
January 2012
Rainy Season / "Musim Hujan"
Exploring Surabaya -- by "ojek" (motorcycle taxi) & "becak" (pedicab). The elaborate, art-deco Hotel Majapahit, a Dutch-era masterpeice and the Sampoerna Museum, celebrating Indonesia's famed clove-cigarette heyday, add color to the grit and texture of Indonesia's raucous & beguiling "Second City" (pop: c 10,000,000)
Pictures taken on Java-Eiland in Amsterdam, which underwent major renovation and residential buildings have been erected.
I really wonder about the purpose of the chair in this rather disorderly scene...