Since we're moving soon, we wanted to squeeze in one more Car Free Day bike ride here in Jakarta. Car Free Day has been one of our favorite things to do. You can't go wrong a little exercise and a lot of amazing people watching. I just love looking at all of the people on their bikes, the various lima kaki (which means five legs: the nickname for street carts, three legs on the cart, two on the guy pushing it), etc.:
But I also love that Car Free Day never fails to produce someone doing something kooky or interesting, whether for my entertainment or their own. This week was no exception, as we stumbled upon a group of civet cat enthusiasts parading their animals around near Bundaran HI amidst the chaos of hundreds of bikers/rollerbladers/pedestrians as well as an ondel-ondel performance.
Remember civets? The raccoon-like creatures that literally shit out the world's most expensive coffee? Yeah. (Also, please take note of the guy's civet cat t-shirt.):
And remember ondel-ondel, the big sparkly-haired street-performing puppet guys? Yup.
I'll miss you, Car Free Day!
Seems like moving to Thailand is the thing to do these days (just went to Maggie's going away last night) and I'm so very excited for you, but I just have my doubts that Bangkok will be able to produce delights like civets on parade and haunted trees.
ReplyDeleteHa- sometimes I feel like Indonesia can be hard to beat in the kooky department, but I feel like Thailand will put on a good show, too!
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