Jogja.. It excites me. It has a great energy. Riding a taxi at night the place feels alive. Tricked up scooters gather around you in swarms at red lights, LEDs flashing, carrying anything from trendy teens, granddads, entire families. The curbs are painted black & white like a race track. There is a combination of the familiar from home, films & computer games in the passing scenery intermingled with the alien: a horse drawn cart perhaps or a noodle vendor wearing his Vietnamese hat & pushing his cart.
Computer games. That's it, that's the feeling. I feel as if I'm watching the demo of a street track from Gran Tourismo or Need for Speed slowly rolling by, the console waiting patiently for me to hit the button & start the race. Its exilerating, I think I'll be back.