Jakarta Seminar 2010 - Part 2, the field trip

The field trip was to Panimbang again, western tip of Java. I wasn't keen initially but changed my mind when I heard Pak Hen was going to show us his revamped bird house. That would be an eye opener.

The two large tour buses were in full capacity for a 3 hr ride.














A routine stop for toilet break & refreshments, nothing fancy.





















Just few steps behind, the scenery in the backdrop was beautiful.




























See the crowd gathered in front of Pak Hen's bird house, waiting for their turn to enter.














A small group of five at a time... notice the bazooka beside entrance pointing towards a neighbor.





















I can't take the heat waiting in the yard, so I wandered off to check the neighborhood.





















When the internal tour was over, we visited another part of the town with cluster of bird houses. A re-visit I would say.





















This looks like a fortress!















Bird house, bird house & more bird houses!





















To local residents, it seem like an invasion of camera wielding aliens.















An alley fronted by bird houses both sides.






















Row of bird houses along the road. Residential houses are amply overshadowed.















The village money changer sells LPG gas too!














This is supposed the 70Kg (probably per harvest) bird house. Local residents said the sight of birds is awesome on rainy weather. We all decide to wait.















Boredom sets in as everybody idled to kill time waiting for the swiftlets to return.















It was a bit of anti-climax as not many birds as expected. Maybe we set our expectations too high in the first place. By then it wasn't bright to take good pictures so I gave it a miss.