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travels with a guidebook writer

Thursday, October 19, 2006

Yogyakarta, Java


A becak driver catches a quick nap on Jalan Malioboro. The city's becak drivers often come from the villages looking for work and find themselves living in their becaks.



Homes in central Yogyakarta cling to the riverbank. My Bahasa Indonesia language school was a five-minute walk from here.