New normal: a peek into the shop window

Glamor and glitz for special occasions

Sundanese love sparkling clothing. Similar clothes are often custom-made for weddings.

A New Normal: Chicken, pre-market

Walking down a narrow street, we find out where raw chickens are chopped before being delivered to the food markets ... picking up handprints, flies, and other goodies on the way.

A New Normal Snack: dried cuttlefish

We find the oddest foods in the snack aisle. 

So far, we're not enthusiasts of every kind of dried seafood.

New Normal: an urban fishing hole

Can you fish in your city?

Fishing at a sidewalk access hatch in the middle of Jakarta, 

at MoNas (Monument Nasional). This fellow says he catches ikan (fish) here.

New Normal: the pony cart

Trotting along in Bandung

You can still catch a pony cart in many neighborhoods. It's a popular transportation option for locals as well as for Indonesian and foreign tourists, who flood the city on weekends to shop, eat, and enjoy the comfortable temperatures.

Climb like a monkey

Bamboo is lashed together and up they go

Workers scramble up bamboo scaffolding to pour concrete, build brick walls, and plaster over them. This is how they build most apartments in Bandung!

Portable pet shop

Shall we buy a fish?

Put a turtle in your tank ... or a guppy or a black molly.

Meet the guy in the corner of the market. His aquarium cart boasts baggies of fish, turtles, and snails.

Find one you like, then point and pay! The ambient temperature is perfect and no further packaging required.