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We’re Liz and Jo! Thanks for joining us at a journey bespoke, our Jakarta-based blog that we started back in 2014 and continued to write until the end of 2019.

Vibrant Jakarta Life : A Photomontage

Vibrant Jakarta Life : A Photomontage

I'm writing this week's blog post from Woodpecker Cafe, a favourite Jakarta spot to watch the world go by. Looking out the window, the roads (that have been virtually deserted due to millions of 'Jakartans' taking leave from the city for the Lebaran holiday) are now HUMMING again. We are happy about that... because for us, Jakarta wouldn't be Jakarta without the energy and buzz of its streets and street life. It's the local people, their innovative transport and delivery methods, food, culture and natural environment we love to observe (often from our car windows). Window scenes in particular make us ever curious, continually wondering and invariably wanting to know more.

So for today's post, Jo and I are sharing a collection of images we've held in our 'always expanding', 'our hard drives are bursting' photo collection ...but haven't shown you before. There's not much that slips past our camera lens on any given Jakarta day; iCloud keeps reminding us of that! and of course it's not always possible to share everything we've 'captured' with you every week.

But today, direct from our hard drives straight to you, we present...Our Jakarta experience to date...in pictures.

Local-ladies.jpeg
Gojek-driver-and-passenger.jpeg
Do-not-poop-in-here.jpeg
Bajaj-washing.jpeg
Gojek-Driver.jpeg
Green-wall-best.jpeg
coconuts-copy.jpg
Banana-harvest.jpeg
clipped-hedge.jpeg
Beans-on-bike.jpeg
Sayur-lady-on-Terogong-Raya.jpeg
Yellow-frangipani.jpeg
Nasi-campur.jpeg
Pak-Yono-Mangga-bagged-copy.jpg
Blue-bajaj-and-eldery-man.jpeg
Jakarta-flooding.jpeg
man-pulling-cart-with-tyres.jpeg
Recycling-carts1.jpeg
Fridgeonabike1.jpeg
Dustman.jpeg
Sayur-Pak-Danny.jpeg
Cafe-Batavia.jpeg
Kota-tua-shutters.jpeg
Barack-Obama.jpeg
Kota-tua-and-flag.jpeg
Kue-and-kopi.jpeg
jamu.jpeg
Martabak.jpeg
Jacqui-Lee.jpeg
Subu-and-Susana.jpeg
Mobile-food-cart.jpeg
Bajaj.jpg
Jait-near-my-house.jpeg
Ice-in-a-cart.jpeg
riding-in-a-bajaj.jpeg
Balloons.jpeg
Pembantu-buying-lunch.jpeg
Roadside-food-stalls.jpeg
Jakarta-street.jpeg
jl-terogong-raya-sayur-ibu3.jpeg
Frangipani.jpeg
orchidintree-copy.jpg
pinkfrangipani-copy.jpg
Metro-Mini.jpeg
Motorcycle-life.jpeg
No-bikes-allowed.jpeg
Bendera-in-a-yard.jpeg
boardbasketresize.jpg
Indonesian-spices.jpeg
Pekundenpotteryresize.jpg
Monas.jpeg
Boy-and-ice-crop.jpeg
View-from-PIM.jpeg
gado2nasilotong.jpeg
goreng-goreng.jpeg
gadogado.jpeg
Fruit-stall.jpeg
Pak-Rifzkys-florist.jpeg
Yellow-bird.jpeg
Rubbish-disposal.jpeg
Taksi.jpeg
Cheese-and-chicken-cart.jpeg
Young-boy-with-a-crate-on-his-bike.jpeg
Batik-making.jpeg
Finished-Batik-cloth.jpeg

Interested in keeping up with us daily, rather than waiting for your ajb New Post each Friday?
We post an image of 'Our experience of Jakarta' every day on Instagram. If you're not already following us on Instagram (it's as simple as clicking on the words 'Follow Us'). There's also a sneak peak of our daily Instagram images here, at the bottom of the page.

Are you on our 'a journey bespoke' subscriber list? That too is easy, and means you won't miss a post. We deliver to your 'inbox' every Friday, covering our favourite Jakarta topics: People, Food, Lifestyle and Home & Design.

We also both 'love to chat', and enjoy receiving mail at hello@ajourneybespoke.com as well as reading and responding to your comments and feedback in the reply section after each post. So keep the messages coming!

Were there any photos you found particularly interesting, or you were curious to know more about in today's post? We would love to know what you think?

But for now, signing off until next Friday, when we will introduce you to the heavenly world of Indonesian Martabak! You don't want to miss it!

Words: Liz McClean  Photography: a journey bespoke

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