Do you remember when you were a kid and you used to get those toys where you assembled the car/truck/whatever it was then carefully studied all the stickers supplied to work out where each one should go?! Fun wasn't it?! Sticking stripes down the side or a red cross on the back doors...
Well, let us tell you the sticker craze is alive and well in Indonesian Java, on a large scale! As we made our way the short distance, taking a long time at an excruciatingly slow speed, from Surabaya to Probolinggo we passed endless rows of shacks selling all kinds of necessities, and every so often we passed a sticker shack. On first glance they almost look like a saree shop from India, with shelf upon shelf of rolls of brightly coloured material. I took in the bright and often luminous colours and the men sitting out front with scissors in hand. Then i saw the vans with macho drivers carefully applying something to the side of their truck above the clothed version of a page 3 girl on their massive mudflap...and I realised THEY ARE STICKER SHOPS!!
It appears it's quite the rage to have your sticker made to order and applied to your vehicle...that and whatever flashing neon concoction your local neon dealer can do for you, keeps the roads looking lively I guess!
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