Joke: Which city are you in?

How to identify cities in Indonesia

Scenario 1
Two guys are fighting and a third guy comes along, then a fourth, and they start arguing about who's right.

You are in Jakarta.

Scenario 2
Two guys are fighting and a third guy comes along, sees them and walks on.

That's Solo.

Scenario 3
Two guys are fighting and a third guy comes along with a pack of cards. A card game starts.

That's Medan.

Scenario 4
Two guys are fighting and a third guy comes along & tries to make peace. The first two get together & beat him up.

That's Banda Aceh.

Scenario 5
Two guys are fighting. A crowd gathers to watch. A guy comes along and quietly starts selling bottled drinks.

That's Padang.

Scenario 6
Two guys are fighting and a third guy comes, starts promoting the fight and charges a fee to watch.

You're somewhere in Bali, most likely Kuta.

Scenario 7
Two guys are fighting. A crowd gathers to watch. A guy comes along and quietly says that the Sultan doesn't like all this nonsense. Peace reigns.

Unmistakably Yogjakarta.

Scenario 8
Two guys are fighting. Third guy comes along with a carton of beer. All sit together drinking beer and abusing each other and all go home being friends.

You are in Manado.

Scenario 9
Two guys are fighting and whole villages gather with bows and arrows. The police clear some space and watch.

That's Timika.

Scenario 10
Two guys are fighting. Both of them take time out and call their friends. Now 50 guys are fighting.

You're definitely in Makassar!
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This is something I built on my own inspired by a similar joke about cities in India. Shows how bored I am right now.

maps and i

maps tend to incite strong feelings in me. i was looking for one for a paper i'm working on, and came accross this one in a UNDP report.


or those of you seeing this for the first time, it's the indonesian new guinea (papua). i now have it tacked to my bedroom door, underneath the map of germany (which has had to be re-tacked onto 4 different bedroom doors over the last 10+ years). i glance at western nueva guinea (yep, named after the african guinea due to similarities in inhabitants' physical features) now and again today. wish i could get a bigger n better version of it, w/ topography, major cities, and roads. a few months ago i was reading a travel book that began as a map tacked to the ceiling, outlining all the world's ancient trade routes.

i know what i'll be dreaming of tonight.