Rain Clouds over the Rajamandala Mountain Range

As we climbed further up (see previous posts), dark, rain clouds began to form in the northwestern direction of the Rajamandala mountain range. It was a bit of disappointment because one of the purposes of our climb to the stone garden at the top of Gunung Masigit was to see the sunset, which our guides said would be marvelous.

This view is in the opposite direction of the view I posted in yesterday's picture.

Awan hujan yang kami lihat di atas pegunungan Rajamandala di Bandung Barat dalam perjalanan ke Taman Bebatuan (Stone Garden) di atas Gunung Masigit.

Double Track Sunset

Sunset near Stasiun Gadobangkong (Gadobangkong railway station) in Cimareme area in the west of Bandung.

The double track you see in this picture connect Bandung and Jakarta. Only until recently, there used to be paddy fields here. Now they are gone and have been replaced by a housing complex called the Amani.

This post is Bandung Daily Photo's participation for Season 6, Episode 22 of Skywatch Friday meme.

Billboard and Windmill

This is my Instagram photo of an early evening sky with a tall billboard and a windmill on Setiabudhi Street in the north of Bandung.

This post is my participation in the Skywatch Friday meme. The regular post will follow later.

If you are a follower or a regular visitor of this blog, you will know that the windmill is of course not a real one. It's a store-front deco of a popular bakery here. I posted about it a few years ago here.

Marhaban Ramadan Kareem! (Welcome the Holy Month of Ramadan)

As the sun sets today, Moslems in this part of the world is entering the holy month of Ramadan. Beginning tomorrow morning, we are going to observe daily fasting from dawn to dusk for the whole month. So, let me wish my fellow Moslems around the world, happy Ramadan. May the God's blessing be upon us all.

Sunset at Gunung Masigit

Two weeks ago, I went on a short hiking and climbing trip to Gunung Masigit (lit. Mt. Mosque, 2078 meters above sea level), a limestone mountain near Padalarang in West Bandung Regency. The trip was part of a one-day tracking tour of pre-historic Bandung organized by our friends at Mahanagari (I'm going to write a complete story about it later).

It was near sunset when we got to the top, and rainy, which was quite a disappointment because we had wanted to enjoy the beauty of the sunset from there. So, while waiting for the rain to stop, we took shelter in a makeshift hut prepared by some previous climbers. Some twenty minutes later, the rain subsided and the sun began to appear again on the horizon. This is one of the photos I could manage to take from the hut before the rain completely stopped.

This post is Bandung Daily Photo's participation in this week's Skywatch Friday. Please follow the link to check other participating blogs' posts.

Vila Isola Obelisk Against the Sky

This is one of the two obelisk-shaped structures at the southern garden of Vila Isola. They are placed on either side of the building, one on the west and one on the east of it. I don't know what they were originally for. But today they are used as lighting post.

This post is Bandung Daily Photo's participation in this week's Skywatch Friday meme. Please check other participating blogs' posts from around the world here.

Purplish Pink Evening Sky

I took this photo some time ago at Setiabudhi street in the north of Bandung on my way home from work. The sky that day was magnificently purplish pink. I stopped by a nearby supermarket and tried to capture the light of the sky from different angles. I think this one (with the supermarket's neon sign and the silhouette of a tree as the frame) works best. It enhances the color and light of the sky.

This post is Bandung Daily Photo's participation in this week's Skywatch Friday. Please check out other paricipants' posts here.

The Sky of Yesterday

This is what the sky looked like over the north of Bandung as I got out of my office to go home late afternoon yesterday, January 13, 2011.

Other skywatchers from all over the world are also posting the pictures of their skies this week as they do every Friday. Please check them out here.

A Navajo-an Head Sky

The moment I saw this - on my way home one late afternoon and just a few seconds before I decided to stop my car and took the picture - it's the feather-adorning head of the Navajo Native American Indian that came into my imagination. You may have a different imagination about the image shaped by these clouds and the sun rays, but I think we can all agree that the shapes of clouds in the sky can indeed become a source of different imaginations and stories.

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More of Villa Isola

I took this photo yesterday afternoon from the UPI's Faculty of Language and Art building with my mobile device. It was exceptionally sunny after a lot of rainy days this year and the clouds looked interesting.

This is also my first posting from my mobile device. Let's see how it turns out. If it looks good, then I can probably post/report life from anywhere.

Have as good Friday everyone!

A Withering Tree (A Skywatch Post)

If I remember it correctly, this huge tree on Ranggamalela Park (now Flexi Park) used to be green all-year round. (I know it because used to work at an office that was located just across the street from this park.) Even in the dry season, this tree was never as bald as this. I don't know what has made it this bald. The unusually wet summer may have played a part or the worsening air pollution level.

It's Friday and time for the Skywatch Friday meme. Please check out what the participating blogs have here.

Creative Clay Lamp Cases/Lanterns

I don't know what to call them, lamp case or lanterns? But hanged up there against the clear blue sky, they certainly look cute.

This is a Skywatch Friday post. Please check what other participating blogs have here.

Skywatch: Above The Clouds of Bromo

Being located in the path of The Ring of Fire, Indonesia has a lot of active and dormant volcanoes. Although they can become a source of disastrous volcanic eruptions and earthquakes, many of these mountains are also stunningly beautiful, like this Mount Bromo in East Java.

My family and I went there sometime ago. This is one of the photos I took there. The mountain protruding from the clouds in the foreground is Gunung Batok (lit. "coconut shell mountain," named so because of its shape and color) and the white fumes at the background are the crater steam (?) emanating from Mt. Bromo.

It's Friday, time for photobloggers from around the world who are participating in The Skywatch Friday meme to show the photos of their skies. Please visit their blogs and check out what they have.

A Skywatch Post: A Wet Summer

It's been an extremely wet and 'chilly' summer (or dry season) here. Rains have been falling at an unusually higher rate for the month of June, which usually sees a lot of blue sky and sunshine here. I don't know what causes it. Perhaps it has something to do with the global warming (?)

This is the railway track near where I live one late afternoon last week.

Please visit other skywatchers here and see if these somewhat erratic weather patterns are also experienced elsewhere.

Heaven Can't Be That Far

The beach, the sunset, and a lover next to you. Heaven can't be that far ...

One of the photos I took at Pangandaran beach the other day.

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Skywatch: Signature in the Air

An old telephone pole whose cables had been cut off near Stasiun Hall (Bandung main railway station).

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Skywatch: High Altitude Worker

Working in high altitude without a helmet and a safety rope is absolutely dangerous. But this worker and the company he is working with did not seem to care about it. Sigh.

It's Friday, and time for the skywatchers to post a photo of the heaven. Check what they have here.

Sky: January 27, 2010

This is what the sky looked like in the west of Bandung at about 3:25 PM on Wednesday, January 27, 2010. I was facing east towards the direction of the city.

About three minutes after I took this photo, the rain begin to fall. Heavily!

More photographs of the sky from different parts of the world from the participating photo blogs at The Skywatch Friday. Please do check them out.

Skywatch: Noah's Ark Landing Site

I often jokingly ask this question to my friends, "Where did Noah land his ark?" Or "Do you know where Noah's ark landing site is?"

When everybody is getting serious about the answer (many would say it was Mount Ararat in the eastern Turkey), I'd say, "Nah ..., it's much closer than you think. It's in this city."

They'd be confused of course. Then I'd say, "it's on Cihampelas street." And they would all laugh. They of course know what I mean. It's the Perahu Jeans shop facade.

Have fun with Skywatch Friday, everyone!

Skywatch: A Hotel for Shoppers

Hotel Anggrek on Jalan LLRE Martadinata (Jalan Riau) No 15 calls itself a shopping hotel probably because of its proximity to Bandung's prime shopping locations such as Jalan LLRE Martadinata (where many factory outlets and boutiques are), Jalan Merdeka (where Bandung Indah Plaza or BIP and Gramedia book store are), Jalan Purnawarman (where Bandung Electronic Center or BEC is) and Jalan Ir H. Djuanda or Dago (where many good rertaurants are located).

Today's post is Bandung Daily Photo's participation in the weekly meme Skywatch Friday. Please visit other participanting blogs by clicking the link.