AIS Concert at TIM

Off we headed to TIM in Jakarta Pusat for the Australian International School Concert…… I got the perfect seating position and ….. Doh!!!!! I FORGOT MY CAMERA BATTERY!!!!  Thanks to Tri for loaning his camera to me and saving me…. Sorry Treen!!!! xx Share on Facebook Read more »

Ogoh-Ogoh Parade for New Year Nyepi Saka 1933

I made a quick visit again this year to Monas for the Balinese Hindu ritual ogoh-ogoh parade.  Ogoh-ogoh are demonic statues made of bamboo and paper symbolizing negative elements or malevolent spirits, and after the ogoh-ogoh have been paraded around the Ngrupuk ritual takes place, which involves burning the ogoh-ogoh.  This event is held annually […] Read more »

Kampung Tugu

Kampung Tugu is located in Semper Barat Village in Cilincing District, Jakarta, and is a community of Portugese descendants. In 1641 the VOC captured the port city on the Malay Peninsula from the hands of the Portuguese and the Dutch took the Portuguese to Indonesia as prisoners of war. The prisoners were placed in the […] Read more »