Neighborhood construction Plus

So, construction continues. We now have two projects in the works. The larger one is a hotel maybe, hotel with nightclub-- we have no idea yet. This one is on our bedroom side of the apartment building. You can see on the map we are surrounded. The little one is a tear down/rebuild.

The teardown/rebuild is on the opposite side of the apartment. We have no idea what will replace the building they are tearing down but here's the progress so far:

December 13, 2017

 December 31, 2017

February 7, 2018

February 22, 2018. A large below ground hole is exposed. And it's got water in it from the rains. It is still rainy season here.

Wait a second! February 27, 2018-- there is another hole beneath the hole!

The green machinery is a HUGE jackhammer. Ibu Tin and I have endured the daily non-stop hammering. Once in a while they work on weekends so B gets a taste of the noise. For the most part, this work stops at night. We'll see what happens when re-build starts.

In thinking about the construction, I thought it was time to do another side-by-side comparison from when we landed in August 2014 to the current time. The red arrows mark the newly built skyscrapers that are the most obvious. There are probably more. These are views to the north and northwest/west. It's not your imagination that the red arrows on the left are a lot smaller than the ones on the right.

So much construction!

One evening we did have a terrific sunset.

Of course this is still rainy season, so one night I got to see this as the sun set. B and I were Skyping and he Whatsapp'd me his view. This was mine.

B was in Cilegon so his view was quite different.

Hmmm. Note the pointy island is really a cone volcano named .... Anak Krakatao or Krakatao Child!