At the train station - part 2

July 2008 was a sad month. My lovely Pentax MX and Olympus E-500 were stolen. So I bought K1000 to replace the MX, and Pentax K200D to replace E-500.

Good thing from Pentax is that I can use my old lenses on K200D.
Following photos were taken with K200D + Pentax 28/2.8. Enjoy.




I think this one looks better in color than BW

At the train station - part 1

susah

- i've got a strong urge to fly
but i've got nowhere to fly to - pink floyd

memang susah
kalau terlalu banyak
yang ingin diungkapkan

untuk mengurai satu persatu
tak tahu harus mulai dari mana
serasa semua mendesak untuk dibuka

kadang terfikir
untuk mengumpulkan semua jadi satu
lalu menuangkannya dalam sepatah dua kata singkat

seringkas peluit kereta api :
kereta segera berangkat, pengantar silakan turun,
mohon mundur dari jalur rel ......

namun ternyata itu juga tidak sederhana

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This was on Lawang Station, about 15km from Malang, East Java.







Next 4 photos was taken in Gambir Station, when I went to Jakarta on December 2007.




More about Indonesian Railway and the state railway operator PT Kereta Api Indonesia.
Thanks to Wikipedia.

Night Train - part 2

Between Malang and Jakarta, Gajayana Express stopped at several station.

The first stop was on Blitar station, about 90 minutes from Malang

This was in Kediri, 18:30 PM
After Kediri, Gajayana Express stopped at Madiun

It was almost midnight when the train arrived at Jogjakarta

Night Train- part 1

Last month I had a business trip to Jakarta.

Jakarta is the capital city of Indonesia, located on west side of Java island. While Malang, a small town where I live, is on the East Java province.

There are several transportation available, such as bus, train, or by air. One way train ticket from Malang to Jakarta cost at about IDR 200,000 (US$ 22). Cheap enough to compare with airfare of IDR 700,000 (US$ 76). By bus is slightly more expensive than train.

I chose to go by train. The Gajayana Express leaving Malang at 04:00 pm, and scheduled to arrive at Jakarta at 08:00 am the next day. It's a quite long journey, about 16 hours on the railway.

So I also packed my Pentax MX with Pentax 50mm / f1.7, loaded with Ilford HP5 Plus rated at ASA 1600.

These are some snapshot on the train. Enjoy.