My Scholarship Entry 2012 - Sunda Kelapa, Stench yet catchy Sunda Kelapa port, holds some stories and more.

My Scholarship entry - A 'place' I have visited

INDONESIA | Monday, 14 January 2013 | Views [603]

Family's hope is literally the meaning of the ship's name Harapan Keluarga. Conveying some hopes and opportunities that put the sailors and fisherman of North Jakarta port into the ocean everytime.

Tags: ship, traditional, jakarta, sundakelapa, indonesia

Traditional ship at Sunda Kelapa port North Jakarta. These ship mostly used for fishing on the ocean. A journey took weeks, sometimes months that would earn them all sorts of fishery product commodities. Though some ship also provide sea freighter to most areas throughout the Indonesian Islands. Fishing alone sometimes does not really the brightest commodities these days in order to provide to their family.

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A dock worker taking a break in port of Sunda Kelapa. Most of them are informal worker at the dock. Harsh environment conditions has become a day to day common thing. They working hours does not even better either. Some of them even started earlier than the Sunrise and the job does not even complete after the Sunset. Odd working hours at night is also part of their life.

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My Scholarship Entry 2012 - Sunda Kelapa, Stench yet catchy Sunda Kelapa port, holds some stories and more.

My Scholarship entry - A 'place' I have visited

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