This section is where a picture says a thousand words. It is difficult to explain what life is like out here in Indonesia, and somehow my photographs rarely do justice to the place. Others have been more successful, and so I have sought to display Indonesia in pictures...from the experts.
In 
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you can see pictures taken by people in Balikpapan, for the Balikpapan
Expatriate Womwn's Club 'Memories of Indonesia Photograph Competition'.
These are the winning entries, and were used to produce calendars for
2003 and 2004.
In 
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and
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you can see some panoramic images, taken by a British Expat (who liked Indonesia
so much, he quit his job and decided to stay as a photographer!) Some of the
images are traditional, others are more unusual and catch the essence of what
is Indonesia very well. If you like what you see, vist www.gambarpanjang.com
to find more of his work, and maybe you can get some yourself!
In 
, take a look at some old postcards from in and around Balikpapan, to
get an idea of what life was like around 100 years ago. These postcards form
part of a collection of historic bits and pieces, owned by Jack of 'Jack's
Place' - venue for much weekend lunching and drinking....
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Borobudur
Temple, Central Java
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Islamic
Script, Yogyakarta
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Javanese
Gamelan Orchestra, Yogyakarta
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Coconut
Palms, West Java
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Cisolok
Harbour, West Java
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Kubah
Masjid, West Java
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Batik, Solo, Central Java
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Stone
Frieze, Prambanan Temple, Java
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Blangkon,
Solo, Central Java
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Gunung
Gede & Salak from Jakarta
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Jakarta
Commuters, Pasar Minggu
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Becak
Drivers, Bintaro
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Oleh-Oleh
Stall, Puncak Pass
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Fish
Market at Dawn
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Kamal
Harbour
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"Tassels"
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Bejaj,
Kemang Seletan
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Kampung
Kumuh, Banjir Kanal
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Carved
Cats, Keliki
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Padi
Fields, near Amlapura
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Balinese
Gamelan Orchestra
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Beaded
Bags, Kuta
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Wooden
Mobiles
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Hindu
Temple, Ubud
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Hindu
Temple Door, Ubud
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Hindu Offerings |
T-Shirt Shop, Kuta | |
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Dutch map of Balikpapan from 1901, which was also used during the Second World War. |
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Oil
wells and storage tanks in Samboja.
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Pertamina's
refinery from the East side, in 1916.
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Old
Balikpapan port in 1903.
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Trucks,
transporting workers to Samboja in 1903.
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The
old Shell housing complex in 1912 - now Pertamina's housing complex.
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Downtown
Balikpapan, also known as Klandasan, in 1897.
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A
group of Dayak headhunters from the Mahakam river. In 1906 they
signed a treaty with the Dutch to take no more heads.
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The
old kampung in the late 1800's, where Pertamina's refinery is now
located.
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A
ship, leaving the port of Balikpapan for Samarinda in 1926 - the
only transportation available to Samarinda during those days.
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People
waiting for a trolley to transfer them to the Dutch barraks, in
1918.
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The
first gas station in Balikpapan in 1920, operated by the Dutch.
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Three
Dayak warriers posed before going to the battlefield in 1910.
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