At work in Indonesia

 This sunset happened not 45 minutes after that "road to Dieng" photo. Incredible. One of the technicians on hand said to us, "It's like this every day."

 Find the people standing to the bottom right side of the structure. This is the largest Buddhist temple on the planet. Once buried under volcanic ash and sinking on an unstable foundation, Borobudur was restored by the Dutch in a ten-year effort.

 Ah. Check this one out if no other. The detail came out just fab, eh. This is, as I recall, the parents of Siddhartha [sp?], hanging out and moving their hands all funny. You can see the divisions of the stones comprising this frieze. The Dutch restoration folk had to be *very* careful, as this is just one of hundreds (thousands?) of scenes along the route to Nirvana, around Borobudur.

 On the road to Dieng. Fabulous Fogbreaks. Oh yeah, the residents in and around the Dieng Plateau are mostly farmers. They terrace EVERYTHING IN SIGHT, and this photo is something of an example. These folk make the most of their land. Although you couldn't tell from this picture, Java had indeed just had an unusually dry season, and so they had to give up on some crops and try to work other crops altogether. I recall someone telling me that the normally flourishing and lucrative tobacco plant was replaced with corn, in this region.

 A view from somewhere in Nirvana on Borobudur. Okay, so I didn't have much time to take pictures until I was on the road to Yogyakarta, and had a chance to visit the temple. So, most of the decent-looking shots that I took on this trip are of Borobudor, although had I more time and courage and spontaneity, I'd have taken photographs of the people who lived and worked in Wonosobo. Fascinating as ancient architecture is, people are more so. Anyway, point is I had only a week in Indonesia, and it being a business trip, I had not much opportunity to take photographs. On, then. This photo also displays the result of changing the "slide/negative/print" mode of an HP Photosmart Scanner while a negative is in there. See those scratches to the top right? Be careful. Nice product, otherwise.

 This is an image of the Buddha. Each hand position means something different. I forget the details, but I have it all in a book that I bought for 35,000 rupiah.

 Part of the geothermal power plant which is to be maintained by the folk I was teaching in January. This plant is located in the "Dieng Plateau" (to the southwest part of the Plateau, I *think*, although I'm not entirely sure, what with all those twisty roads to get there from Wonosobo). There is a bunch of volcanic activity in the area, and a geothermal plant uses hot, underground wells to its advantage. This, in particular, is a startup plant: Just about ready to go into production.

 BUNCHES of children crossed the street, here. This shows just the start of it. They're cute. Oh yeah, this is in Wonosobo, Java, Indonesia.

 Me in Nirvana.

 My Class. Armand, Hermes, Budhi, Anung, Indra, and Bambang in front of the PC's (Bambang is about as common a name as "Dave", "Mike", or "Steve" in the US) and Chris from Omaha and myself grinning behind them. The class is learning how to use our maintenance management software.

 Just a fly-by shot. There were many horse-drawn passengers in Indonesia. There were even more bus-transported people in Indonesia. There were a helluvalot of motorbikes there, and the motorbikes were all limited to 200cc unless you paid some sort of "big engine" tax: a tax large enough that one simply doesn't see anything bigger than, basically, a Nighthawk 250. Same with automobiles (4-wheel vehicles.) They're limited to 1800cc, as I recall.