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Bali Indonesia 29th June 1981

nobody@ipernity.com (Loose_Grip/Pete) — Tue, 27 May 2025 08:15:52 +0000

The wind was blowing like crazy & the monsoon downpour had just stopped but these minor things didn't slow this farmer down as he planted out his rice.

Lingga North Sumatra Indonesia March 1981

nobody@ipernity.com (Loose_Grip/Pete) — Mon, 18 Nov 2024 20:41:50 +0000

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Lingga is a Batak village in the Barisan highlands southwest of Medan in North Sumatra. In 1981 families still lived in traditional longhouses but on a second visit in 1993 many seemed to be derelict and others open just for visitors.

Hong Kong China

nobody@ipernity.com (Loose_Grip/Pete) — Thu, 04 Jul 2024 07:13:43 +0000

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Bright lights. Big City.

New Delhi India 7th June 1981

nobody@ipernity.com (Loose_Grip/Pete) — Thu, 16 May 2024 06:27:41 +0000

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Safdarjung Tomb is a sandstone and marble mausoleum built in 1754 in the late Mughal Empire style for Nawab Safdarjung.

Agra Uttar Pradesh India 9th June 1981

nobody@ipernity.com (Loose_Grip/Pete) — Wed, 24 Apr 2024 07:17:51 +0000

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One of the marble minarets of the Taj Mahal.

Sibayak Berastagi Sumatra Indonesia 18th January 1981

nobody@ipernity.com (Loose_Grip/Pete) — Wed, 17 Apr 2024 22:12:13 +0000

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Mount Sibayak is a fairly dormant volcano near Berastagi south of Medan. It is more than 100 years since it last erupted - very recently in geological time - but the Barisan Mountains are definitely still active. Mt Sinabung a few kilometres from here did erupt in 2010.

Puncak West Java Indonesia June 1981

nobody@ipernity.com (Loose_Grip/Pete) — Thu, 21 Mar 2024 10:00:11 +0000

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We were staying in the Mobil guesthouse in Puncak in the mountains south of Jakarta. This was the view looking west towards Mount Pangrango (3,019 m/ 9,905 ft) a dormant volcanic peak, one of many on the Sunda Arc.

HWW Bali Indonesia 29th June 1981

nobody@ipernity.com (Loose_Grip/Pete) — Tue, 19 Mar 2024 17:28:42 +0000

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In the tropics it can be very hot and humid but when you dress for the weather it's not so bad especially in the rain... :-)

Happy Wet Wall Wednesday to everyone!

Jakarta Java Indonesia 12th May 1981

nobody@ipernity.com (Loose_Grip/Pete) — Sun, 10 Mar 2024 07:48:03 +0000

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We had been in Jakarta for a meeting with Pertamina and were now at the airport waiting for our Garuda flight back to Medan.

We got a beer while we waited and as the doors to the departure lounge opened straight out onto the airstrip Ken took a stroll in the heat outside. I'm not sure where the barefoot little Indonesian girl came from but I thought the two of them made a nice composition.

HFF Fatipur Sikri Uttar Pradesh India June 1981

nobody@ipernity.com (Loose_Grip/Pete) — Fri, 16 Feb 2024 09:02:14 +0000

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Located 39km west of Agra the city of Fatipur Sikri was founded as the capital of the Mughal Empire in 1571 by Emperor Akbar but only served in this role from 1571 to 1585, when Akbar abandoned it due to a campaign in Punjab. Given its condition today it seems incredible that it was completely abandoned in 1610.

We rented a car and driver in Agra and drove out here for the day. Presumably it can get busy but on this day we were the only tourists in the whole complex! A very atmospheric place. It was overcast but it was very hot!

Happy Stone Fence Friday! Enjoy the weekend.

Borobudur Central Java Indonesia 28th June 1981

nobody@ipernity.com (Loose_Grip/Pete) — Thu, 08 Feb 2024 14:28:58 +0000

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Borobudur is a Buddhist stupa and temple complex in Central Java, Indonesia dating from the 8th century, and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. This is one of world's great ancient monuments, the single largest Buddhist structure anywhere on earth.

This is the upper level of three. Inside every bell-shaped stupa is a statue of Buddha; the top has been taken off this one to reveal the content.

I thought it was crowded in 1981 but since it became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1991 it has become the most popular tourist attraction in modern day Indonesia and a major international attraction.

India Ajhai 7th June 1981

nobody@ipernity.com (Loose_Grip/Pete) — Sat, 04 Mar 2023 08:20:09 +0000

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Indian Railways broad gauge Pacific WP 7656, built 1965 at Chittaranjan Locomotive Works West Bengal, & train stopped at Ajhai en route from Delhi to Agra Cantt with the Taj Express.

We waited 9-10 minutes here for the Toofan (?) Express to pass pulled by a diesel. Departing at 09.08 we arrived at the main intermediate stop at Mathura at 09.34.

Our return journey two days later was on the same train pulled by the same WP.

Old Delhi India 7th June 1980

nobody@ipernity.com (Loose_Grip/Pete) — Sat, 04 Mar 2023 08:20:11 +0000

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A morning visit to Old Delhi, or Delhi Junction, station and broad gauge 4-6-2 WP 7569 departs eastwards with a passenger train. Note the last minute passenger jumping aboard the second coach!

Based on a 1947 design by Baldwin Locomotive Works in the U.S.A more than half of the 755 5ft 6in gauge WPs were imported from North America but the last 289 were built at Chittaranjan works in India. This particular engine was built by the Canadian Locomotive Company in 1955.

Indonesia Pulau Seribu 1981

nobody@ipernity.com (Loose_Grip/Pete) — Tue, 03 May 2022 16:55:58 +0000

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The second time I visited was as a tourist with my wife & this time we flew from Jakarta to the Pulau Seribu (the aptly-named Thousand Islands) in the Java Sea by light aircraft.

The Pulau Seribu are actually a string of 105 coral reef-fringed islands stretching 45 kilometres north into the Java Sea.

Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park East Java Indonesia July 1981

nobody@ipernity.com (Loose_Grip/Pete) — Sun, 08 Nov 2020 19:12:22 +0000

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In 1981 I was working in Medan, North Sumatra but as I was about to transfer to The Hague we decided to take vacation and travel around some other parts of Indonesia before leaving. We had just spent a few days in Yogyakarta and were now flying east to Bali over East Java and the Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park.

The islands of Sumatra and Java lie on a long volcanic arc above a subduction zone where the Indo-Australia plate is moving beneath the Eurasia plate making it very volcanically active.

Sibayak Berastagi Sumatra Indonesia 18th January 1981

nobody@ipernity.com (Loose_Grip/Pete) — Sat, 20 Jun 2020 06:31:17 +0000

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We climbed Mount Sibayak a fairly dormant volcano near Berastagi south of Medan. It is more than 100 years since it last erupted - very recently in geological time - but the Barisan Mountains are definitely still active. Mt Sinabung a few kilometres from here did erupt in 2010. Steam from the fumeroles can be seen on the mountain.

The walk starts in these rice padi fields but climbs quite steeply through forest and then onto open rock. The crest is at 2,212 m (7,257 ft) and in the clouds it gets chilly when you're wearing shorts!.

Indonesia D1411a Siantar shed 1981

nobody@ipernity.com (Loose_Grip/Pete) — Fri, 13 Sep 2013 07:50:56 +0000

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Indonesia D1411b Siantar shed 1981

nobody@ipernity.com (Loose_Grip/Pete) — Fri, 13 Sep 2013 07:50:53 +0000

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