Asia - 1999


	Asia (1999)

Photos per year (number): 1995 (70) 1998 (302) 1999 (775) 2001 (50) 2002 (429) 2004 (235) 2005 (396) 2006 (584) 2007 (472) 2008 (327)


Barren hills of Nusa Penida	The southern cliffs of Nusa Penida	The family awaiting the fisherman's return on the beach	The channel between Nusa Ceningan and Lembongan	Southern beach on the Indian Ocean	Waves of Nusa Lembongan	Seaweed collection boats	Me in traditional praying dress	Kerta Gosa fresco	Private shrine

Statue and lilies	Kerta Gosa fresco	Me wearing a typical prayer outfit	Beach near Padang	My friend Mella and her sister	Aerial view of Padang	Masks in a Solo palace	Main Solo palace	Theater in Solo	Mangkunegara palace, Solo

Male dancers at the palace	View from the top of the Gunung Pengsong temple	Kids all over me	Sasak village	Tanjung Aan beach	Boy on a hot beach	Waterfall of Jeruk Manis	View of the Rinjani	My uncle on an eastern Gili island beach	Paddy fields

Burning coconut leftovers	Town hall of Saigon	Cathedral of Saigon	Inside the post office	Fruit magnets on sale	The former palace	A newly wedded couple	Fruit market	The famous Rex hotel	At the market

Dried squid for sale	Temple	Bats near a temple	Relaxing on the Mekong	The dinner table	A brick factory	Woven baskets being transported	Life along the Mekong	My family's house in the plantation	Sunset in the Mekong delta

Motorcycle	Taking care of ducks	A last snapshot of my great grandfather's tomb	The mekong delta vegetation	Market	Market	Good luck scripts for the new year	Elegant women wearing the traditional ao dai	The beach of Nha Trang	Civil gardeners

Sunset in Nha Trang	The beach of Nha Trang	A small street of Nha Trang	Khmer temple	Khmer temple	Old women at the Khmer temples	An island near Nha Trang	The harbour of Nha Trang	The harbour of Nha Trang	The harbour of Nha Trang

View of Nha Trang	Buddhist statue in Nha Trang	Fruit market	At the market	Fish sellers	An island near Nha Trang	A fish farm in an island off Nha Trang	Fishermen	Jakarta at night	Ancol ride

Yelling in an Ancol ride	Arrival on Pulau Bira	Jakarta at sunset	Mosque of Samarinda	Mosque of Samarinda	Rooftops in Samarinda	The great freshwater shrimps	Nice crab for dinner	Nice chicken being prepared	River banks in Samarinda

Fish put out to dry	Houses in Muara Muntai	Drying fish	Children playing in the river	Living on the river	Tanjung Isuy long house	Tanjung Isuy long house	Crafts in the long house of Tanjung Isuy	Tanjung Isuy long house	Kids waving in front of the long house

Houses in Mancong	Mancong village	Mancong lamin entrance	Statue in front of the lamin	An idea of the lamin's length	The front of the lamin	Statue in front of the lamin	Statue in front of the lamin	Our solid car to Mancong	Sunset on the jungle near Mancong

Sunset on the jungle near Mancong	Sunset on the jungle near Mancong	Sunset on the jungle near Mancong	Boat we got stuck in during the night	Flowers at the market	Back from negotiating for a boat	Fishing eagle perched at Lake Jempang	Life on the river	Mosque by Lake Jempang	Scene along the river

A fish trap	Boat passing along	Kid laughing aboard a boat	Small house on Lake Jempang	Lake Jempang's immensity	Inside of our car to Mancong	Nice house in Muara Muntai	Main street of Muara Muntai	Market in Muara Muntai	Mosque of Jantur

Stilts beneath a village	Proboscis monkey	Street in Muara Muntai	Male proboscis monkey	Dances in Bigung	Traditional dances	Music accompanying the dances	Dances in Bigung	Pitcher plant	Black orchid

Black orchid	The lamin of Eheng	The lamin of Eheng	Crafts in the long house of Eheng	Buffalo horns adorn the inside	Baskets and mandaus	An impressive mask	Ritual objects in the common room	Music in the main room	Kid looking at the drums

Dayak woman and her baby	Ritual objects in the common room	Life in the common room	Statue	Boat back to Samarinda	Street in the Bugi neighbourhood	Bugi neighbourhood	Bugi village in Balikpapan	Bugis amused by us	Kids enjoying the camera

Children playing in front of a refinery	Bugi kids in Balikpapan	Pangandaran	Entrance of the green canyon	A rock in the green canyon	A rock in the green canyon	The grand green canyon	Quiet beach	Nice beach	The rugged south coast

Fisherman's fishing station on a river	Colorful rice fields	A baby turtle	Baby turtles	Beach with hatched turtle nests	Adult turtle waiting to mate	Sunset near the turtle beach	Sunset near the turtle beach	Cilacap fort	Cilacap fort

Kids playing	Kid bringing back his ball	Frigate bird	Storm coming on Anak Krakatau	Vegetation reconquering the volcano	The Krakatau's top	Me on the Krakatau	Plants growing back	Steaming Anak Krakatau	Storm coming on Anak Krakatau

A nearby boat	Storm coming on Anak Krakatau	Me on the boat to the Krakatau	Storm at the Krakatau	Storm at the Krakatau	Me on the fresh lava	Top of the Krakatau	Pointing out the most recent lava flow	Fresh lava trail	Extrajoss advert

Cutting the nasi kuning for my leaving due	My basketball friends	My motorcycle and I	Pinisi in Sunda Kelapa	Here comes the Barong !	Dancers at the royal palace	Barong dancers	Men fighting the evil witch	Close view of a perahu	Nusa Lembongan and Ceningan

The famous 3 Gili islands	Mount Rinjani from the sky	3 small eastern Gili islands	Komodo Island seen from the sky	Voting is taking place	Observing the vote	Waecicu beach	Lake	Village children	The cooking place in a small house

Traditional alcohol making	Bena village overshadowed by a volcano	The beautiful houses of Bena	Surroundings of Bena	Bena's splendour	Rooftop of a house	Center of Bena	A lovely girl	Coco beans put to dry in front of a house	Close-up on coco beans

Stone steps	Volcano near Bena	The beautiful village of Bena	The hot springs of Soa	Bajau village of Riung	Bats from the colony	Bat colony flying off	A beautiful place off Riung	Peekaboo on an island	A typical man from Flores

Village of Wogo	Small hut in Wogo	Our presence draws the crowds in Wogo	Dog and pups	Blue pebbles on the beach for which they are famous	Fresh produce in the hills	Beautiful fruits and vegetables	Traditional dances	Sunrise near the Kelimutu	Sunrise near the Kelimutu

Sunrise near the Kelimutu	Me at the Kelimutu	Me at the Kelimutu	The black lake	The turquoise lake	Me at the window of our Moni room	Maumere market	Local salt	Women at the market	Men selling pigs

This young girl enjoys her meal	Sunset from Waecicu	Kupang seen from the sky	Bougainville flowers at the airport	Beach near Seba	Local boat near Seba	Ferry terminal of Seba	Crowd at the ferry arrival	Small houses near Seba	Sunset in Waecicu

Lanscape in Flores	Bena village	View of Bena	Hot water source of Soa	Bajau village in Riung	Beach in Flores	Sunrise from Kelimutu	Sunrise from Kelimutu	Sunrise from Kelimutu	Sunrise from Kelimutu

The most colorful of the 3 Kelimutu lakes	Sunrise from Kelimutu	Local school on Sabu	A remote house near Seba	Remote village of Namata	Quiet village of Namata	Remote village of Namata	Place for sacrifices	Collecting coconut tree sap	At the top of Sabu

The barren landscape of Sabu	Couple of local kids	Probably the central point for village meetings	Local school on Sabu	Contrasting colors of fields	Corn put out to dry	Kid playing with a puppy	Chilling out in the shade	The sea at dusk	Beautiful sunset in the making

The sky is fading to pink	The sea flares up with red	Main street of Seba	Loading goods on the ferry	Emptiness of East Sumba	Barren eastern Sumba	Typical Sumbanese ikat	Kids playing	Path up to Kampung Prai Klembung	Typical landscape with grazing herds

Impressive tomb at Gallubakul	Gallubakul village	Funny kid	A huge tomb	A kid on a horse to watch over his animals	Buffaloes cooling off in the water	Colorful fruits and flowers	Coco beans put to dry on a tomb	Old Sumbanese man in traditional outfit	Old abandoned house

View of a Lai Tarung village from the hill	Interesting fruit	A well loaded truck !	Another huge tomb at Pasunga village	Musicians at Kori market	Crowd at the market	Superb house in the very well laid out village of Paranabaroro	Inside a traditional house	Main living area	A private room

Curious zebus	Entrance of a Rangabaki village	Typical Sumbanese house	Rangabaki village chief	Beautiful location for Ratenggaro village	Ratenggaro village houses	A tomb in the village	Estuary with the Wainyapu village in the far distance	Our guide at Tosi village entrance	Typical village of Tosi

Children gathering around our car	The famous skull tree	Center of a Prairamei village	Stilts of a house	Funny pose for me	Tombs at the bottom of Praijing village	The welcoming committee in Praijing village	The children follow us along	Skull tree in the village centre	Skull tree in the village centre

Praijing village life	A nutmeg	Colorful fruits	Papaya flowers at the market	Betel nuts for sale	The central market	Sumbanese burial stone	Sumbanese burial stone	Sumbanese burial stone	Sumbanese burial stone

Roosters for sale	Watubela village where a funeral is taking place	Pig sacrificed	Preparing the pig	Cutting up the pig	Village sorcerer	Women and children	Men preparing the pork meat	Tomb in Watubela village	View of the surroundings

Strange fruits	Banana flower and fruits	Landscape of West Sumba	Paddy fields from the sky	Typical villages of West Sumba	Typical villages of West Sumba	Typical villages of West Sumba	House of a local sultan	House of a local sultan	Market stall

Busy market of Baun	Selling cows	Young cows at the market	Typical house from Timor	View of Timor's barren landscape	Me at Lasiana Beach	Sunset	Sunset	Sunset	Sunset

Dili harbor's emptiness	A rare boat at Kupang	Emptiness of Dili harbour	Dili city	Becaks in Ambon	A mosque near Ambon	Ferry boat to cross Ambon's bay	Boats near Ambon	Sea eagle soaring above the waters	The 'pizzaman' statue

Walls ice cream seller	Dromadaries peeking into cars	A tiger near our car	Curious tiger	The famous white tiger	Tiger cubs at play	A calaos and its keeper	A shy attempt with an elephant	Le penseur de Rodin 5000 years ago	Deer in the Bogor palace gardens

The presidential Bogor palace	Me in Bogor (echo of my arrival !)	Sunset illuminating the bay of Ujung Pandang	Ice crushing machine of a drink seller on the side of the long sea front road of Ujung Pandang	Splendid orchids in a private garden	Splendid orchids in a private garden	This painted cloth is typical of Indonesian street restaurants, and describes the food served quite well	Short pause for us during the ten hours of bus between Ujung Pandang and Toraja land	In the middle of the summer, rice is harvested and put out to dry in all the villages of Toraja land	First house typical of the region that we see

with the house hosting the body of the deceased	The owners of the buffaloes are waiting to know if their animal will be bought for the sacrifices	The owners of the buffaloes are waiting to know if their animal will be bought for the sacrifices	Overwhelming agony, so passive and yet so certain. The buffalo does not seem to realize anything	In vain the buffalo will seek to get up again, in vain it will try to resist. We watch passively	In vain the buffalo will seek to get up again, in vain it will try to resist. We watch passively	The fatal blow is dealt with rapidity and precision without leaving the animal time to react	Overwhelming agony, so passive and yet so certain. The buffalo does not seem to realize anything	The men move a buffalo to make it easier to take the meat and the hide off	The buffalo is perfectly domesticated and awaits its execution without even moving

until the violence of the low makes it leap, and provokes its slow death	The fatal blow is dealt with rapidity and precision without leaving the animal time to react	All the men start to collect the blood of the buffaloes which will be used to elaborate dishes	All the men start to collect the blood of the buffaloes which will be used to elaborate dishes	These children stick the bamboo poles in the throat between two moves of the head by the buffalo	These children stick the bamboo poles in the throat between two moves of the head by the buffalo	Calm is back after the massacre, because the cockfights have begun. The cutting up continues	Aside from the fights, money games are also set up to satisfy the players	Methodically, everything is taken off with a lot of skill by the men	The men move a buffalo to make it easier to take the meat and the hide off

The cocks judge and impress each other before leaping into a quick fight watched with intensity	The heavy hides are dragged to the entrance of the village	where they are cleaned	the hides are put to dry	Methodically, everything is taken off with a lot of skill by the men	The stomach is emptied of all the grass with still as much serenity and skill	The stomach is emptied of all the grass with still as much serenity and skill	Promoting the quality of the local cloths	The cocks judge and impress each other before leaping into a quick fight watched with intensity	Presentation of the two protagonists a few seconds before the beginning of the fight to death

Entrance of the village	The cutting up continues	The last pieces of meat are being removed	In the middle of the summer, rice is harvested and put out to dry in all the villages of Toraja land	Woman and children at a crossing point	Charming stream very close to the capital	Universality of childhood: in Indonesia like elsewhere, children know how to play with everything	Big plains typical of the country, where not one place is not used for the crops or the animals	It's time for lunch for all those who work to prepare the funeral ceremony	It's time for lunch for all those who work to prepare the funeral ceremony

Children intrigued by my presence deep inside a small village nested in the heart of the valley	The rice put to dry, then stocked in the granaries guarantees the Torajan prosperity, under the protection of their ancestors	Bori hosts many kinds of funerary constructions, including megaliths	Tombs carved in very hard stones	and baby graves	and decorated with much care	The rice put to dry, then stocked in the granaries guarantees the Torajan prosperity, under the protection of their ancestors	Mountains and cultivated lands which are the scene for any landscape of Toraja land	My little improvised guide climbing	Seen from above, this village reveals the typical disposition of the Torajan houses and granaries

Seen from the valley, it's not as impressive and tiring	A few hours after lunch, things have been well done to welcome the hosts of the deceased	Big plains typical of the country, where not one place is not used for the crops or the animals	The owners take pretty close care of the most valuable buffaloes	All the buffaloes are brought once every 6 days to the market of Rantepao	Here is a pig who has just been bought	and which is freed in the truck, but - my - how it squeals !	The owners take pretty close care of the most valuable buffaloes	Fascination of the young for the grinding of the beans	just like I do also

Stand of a coffee seller	Duck eggs	Pigs are just a good like any other, tied and exposed with no feeling to a whole day at the market	Pigs are just a good like any other, tied and exposed with no feeling to a whole day at the market	Young fish sellers confronted with quite curious and amusing tourists	The mass of fish takes shapes which Claire spots out	Young fish sellers confronted with quite curious and amusing tourists	Amongst all these objects, Claire notices a baby sleeping	and a young girl	Other shops have kitchen tools almost solely bought by the local people

The assembling of the richest colors does not go without being caught by Claire's artistic talent	The assembling of the richest colors does not go without being caught by Claire's artistic talent	Close-up on the beans	and bottles can be seen in the same way	who grinds the beans himself with the help of his machine	and this buffalo cooling off represent the basis of the richness of Toraja land	All the buffaloes are brought once every 6 days to the market of Rantepao	In the heart of landscapes with fabulous colors, we see the peaceful Indonesians live their life	Without especially expecting to, we fall upon our first tau-tau and graves in these cliffs	Without especially expecting to, we fall upon our first tau-tau and graves in these cliffs

Statuette of an ancestor contemplating the valley	The buffalo is a working tool, a source of food and a symbol. One finds them everywhere in Indonesia, but especially here	Coffin and bones at the bottom of the cliff	A few days later, one can see the work that has been done from a far away viewpoint	In the heart of landscapes with fabulous colors, we see the peaceful Indonesians live their life	Women with their best dresses to welcome	The space beneath the granaries hosts the guests	These women strike the beat to announce to all that the wedding ceremony will take place	These women strike the beat to announce to all that the wedding ceremony will take place	Young dancers performing to the rhythm of the drums played by the boys, in front of the married couple and its hosts

Young dancers performing to the rhythm of the drums played by the boys, in front of the married couple and its hosts	enjoy themselves somewhat more than the young bride's maids	Beautiful young woman	These grains of rice left to dry	The buffalo is a working tool, a source of food and a symbol. One finds them everywhere in Indonesia, but especially here	View of the villages surrounded by trees and rice fields	The married couple and the parents	It is here that one can find the largest number of statuettes, protected by the height of the steep cliff	This tree hosts the corpses of babies having died before they were weaned, exceptional tradition of the Torajas



			In front of the famous Lemo cliff, no tourist can resist to get his camera out at once	It is here that one can find the largest number of statuettes, protected by the height of the steep cliff	In front of the famous Lemo cliff, no tourist can resist to get his camera out at once	This tree hosts the corpses of babies having died before they were weaned, exceptional tradition of the Torajas	In Kambira, there is a forest of huge bamboos, giving a mystical aura to this place where the dead rest	In Kambira, there is a forest of huge bamboos, giving a mystical aura to this place where the dead rest	One of the rare houses painted in green

Richness of nature and richness of all these colors which melt into their environment anywhere we go	which is yet in any landscape typical of the country	Richness of nature and richness of all these colors which melt into their environment anywhere we go						Funny music	Girls performing a ritual dance

Three yound dancers							Toraja decoration

	Datura flowers		Car decorated in a very stylish manner by our driver in Toraja land	Children demonstrating fighting

	Impressive cliff of Pona	Impressive cliff of Pona		View on Lake Poso	Crossing Lake Poso	A boat on Lake Poso	Boat on a Bancea beach	Pineapple	Palm tree fruit

Orchid	Orchid	Orchid	Fooling around	The Bancea forest park	Arriving in Bancea park	Our guide in the orchid park of Bancea	Our shadows on the beach	A local transport in Palu	Boat on Tanjung Karang beach

Beautiful beach of Tanjung Karang	Frangipane flower	Sunset on Tanjung Karang	Inner lagoon of an island	Bajau family on an island	A rest after snorkeling	After a snorkeling outing	Near Kadidiri Island	The back of Kadidiri island	The back of Kadidiri island

Me in Kadidiri	Taipi beach	Taipi beach	Bajau people	Bajau house	Bajau family	Bajau house	Coconut crab pinned down	Coconut crab	Kitchen of our hotel

A typical boat	Village of Wakai	Village of Wakai	Wakai streets	Me at the end of the jetty	Me at the end of the jetty	Kadidiri beach seen from the end of the jetty	The jetty at Kadidiri	View from our bungalow	Kadidiri beach

The jetty at Kadidiri	Me in our bungalow	Crabs in the mangrove	Mudskippers	View of Kadidiri's beach	The ferry loading platform	Young men chilling out	Fish farms	Kids splashing around	Kids splashing around

Loading the ferry	Loading the ferry	Kids on our boat	Sunset as we depart	Sunset in the Togians	Arriving in North Sulawesi	Caged birds on the ferry	House on the side of the street	Bunaken beach	Bunaken beach

My diving buddies	Bunaken sunset	On Bunaken beach	Manado Tua volcano in the sunset light	Bunaken bay	Bunaken church	Bunaken beach at low tide	A man looks on as a boat approaches Bunaken	The dive shop on Bunaken beach	A dog seeked refuge in our bungalow

The nice and fun boatmen of our dive boat	Kris fooling around after a dive	Bunaken beauty	Children on Bunaken beach	Children on Bunaken beach	Strolling on the beach in front of our room	Manado beachfront	A kid climbs to get a mango	Tangkoko beach	Kids seeing us off

A flower on Tangkoko beach	Tangkoko beach	An intricate design	A spectacular vine	Tarsius	Tarsius	Local transport	Strangling fig tree	Inside the fig tree	A calaos flies above us

Endemic macaques	Endemic macaques	Monitor lizard	A macaque seen through the trees	Close-up on nature's beauty	A flower in the jungle	A leaf will soon unfold	Interesting fruits	A plant growing on a tree	Boats in Bitung waters

Festivities of Indepence Day	Manado street	In the streets of Manado	School kids saying hello	A very full vehicle speeding in front of us	Building houses in Woloan	Building houses in Woloan	Building houses in Woloan	Manado "beach" front	Small bananas on sale

Selling mangoes	Bright red jambus	Streets of Woloan	A rather bloody market stall	A wood rat sticking out of a woman's basket	Lake Tondano	Lake Tondano seen from a restaurant	Market of Tondano	Rice paddy	A man displays dog meat for sale

Dog meat for sale	Women sellers	A local transport	Lake Tondano	Lake Tondano	A baby in our bemo	Streets of Tomohon	Flowers in a field	Flowers for sale	Flowers for sale

Writing notes in the bungalow	A local market	Drying corn	View from Mahawu volcano	View from Mahawu volcano	View from Mahawu volcano	View from Mahawu volcano	Mahawu volcano crater	View of Manado and Bunaken from the Mahawu	A child parade in the streets

Children parade	Lahendong lake	Lahendong lake	Children in a parade	Mahawu slopes	Contrasting nature	Mahawu volcano crater	Cabbage on the slopes of the Mahawu	Vegetables for sale	Wedding dresses at the market

Colors at the market	Lahendong lake	Flowers	A girl sips her drink	Watching the parade	Watching the parade	The street parade	A kid looks on	A group of boys	Lahendong lake

Entrance of the botanic gardens	Water lilies	Orchid in the Botanic Gardens	Orchid	Orchid	Orchid plant	Orchid	Orchid	Orchid	Decorative statue

Orchids	Beautiful plant	Inside the Raffles Hotel	Inside the Raffles Hotel	Old perfume bottles	Famous perfume shop	Contrast in the streets	Mosque	Hindu street shrine	Hindu flower seller

Singapore's center	Raffles statue	European architecture	Bright facades in Chinatown	Hindu temple	Hindu prayers	Hindu street shrine	Shade and rest in a park	Contrast in Singapore	Flowery hat!

Bright colors in Chinatown	Hindu temple	The tallest building seen from beneath	Restaurants along the river	A small shop