On the road to Ijen

Road to Ijen

“Not yet so beau­ti­ful
Just like a beau­ti­ful prayer”

The guy that you don’t rec­og­nize is Indone­sian hero Prince Dipone­goro (1785 — 1855) who opposed Dutch Colo­nial rule and “believed that he had been cho­sen by divine pow­ers to lead a rebel­lion against the Chris­t­ian colonials.”

As dusk set in, we also saw a num­ber of men rid­ing on the backs of mopeds wield­ing rifles.  Most likely unrelated.

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  1. annette writes:

    Seems to me as though hero Prince Digone­goro was ahead of his time, looks like it took his “poster-pal” a few 100+) years to catch up!

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