Indonesia – 1997

PCS — Thu, 03 Jul 1997 19:00:51 +0000

In 1997, I worked my ass off at two jobs and saved every penny that I could so that I could take a two month trip through Indonesia with a friend of mine. It was well worth it. I was 29 and it was my first trip overseas. In those two months, we visited six islands; Bali, Lombok, Gili Air, Flores, Komodo and Sumbawa.
Here are some B & W’s…

On the third day, I was finally returning to a normal physical state. I was sitting on the porch of our rented room with Matt when we heard a strange commotion. We would hear loud shouts for a minute or two and then silence for a few more minutes following. Then the shouting would start all over again. Matt asked what I thought it was and - I swear to God - I said it sounded like a game of Tug-O-War. Matt asked if I felt up to going down to check it out and, since I was feeling better, I said yes and grabbed my camera.

Lo and behold, it was a freaking Tug-O-War match down in this huge field. It looked as if the whole town was there and Matt, speaking wonderful Indonesian, concluded that it was TWO towns. When the locals spotted us, they begged for us to join in. I was still not 100% so I said no thank you and started taking photos of the competition. Man oh man, they all cheated like crazy! Who knew!?!

Most of my photos from this event were pretty dull but as soon as I pulled the trigger on this photo, I knew it was going to be good and I am very pleased with the way it came out.

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…and here are a few color slides…

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Indonesia – 1997