Slideshow – Markets of Indonesia – The Market Rules
Turtle eggs, medicines, woks, spices, crabs – you can find them all in the markets of Indonesia.
Turtle eggs, medicines, woks, spices, crabs – you can find them all in the markets of Indonesia.
Dari mana? Where are you from? It’s the first question most rural Indonesians ask. To simplify things, I just say England. Twenty years ago, there was only one response: Wah! Inggris! Lady Di! Now, there are two: Wah! Inggris! David Beckham! and Wah! Inggris! Manchester United!
After many months on the high seas and highways of Indonesia I’ve finally made it into the Javanese heartland, and I’m in shock. The cause of my shock is, principally, shock absorbers: those things that I had assumed had been rattled out of every bus in the archipelago….