Time for another game! Listed below are products and things. For each of them classify them in 3 ways: Frequently seen in Indonesia, Rarely seen in Indonsesia, Never seen in Indonesia:

Products

Wine and Liquor

Beer

Hamburger

Bacon

Clothes dryer


American Brands:

Oreos

Buicks

Fords

Starbucks

Dell Computers


Household and Neighborhood things:

Stray dogs

Escalators

Vending Machines

Pianos and Keyboards



Answers

products

Wine and Liquor- Never (They are available at duty free shops in certain parts of Jakarta)

Beer- Always. Beer is sold in small quantities (as singles) almost every where (even street vendors). The Indonesian brand is Bintang (which was started by Dutch Heineken during colonial rule and is still owned by them)

Hamburger- Always. Almost every store carries hamburger

Bacon- In a Muslim country, Pork products are extremely rare. I know you can get them but haven’t seen it yet.

American Brands:

Oreos- Always. Every store carries Oreos

Buicks- haven’t seen one yet. Few Chevy’s are around.

Fords- Ford Everest (Explorer), Focus and Escape are quite common

Starbucks- Lots of them including the mall about 2 miles from our house. Their prices are as high as they are in the U.S.

Dell- haven’t seen any Dell computers. Other computer names (canon, HP, ect….) are common.

Household and Neighborhood things:

Stray dogs- Muslims consider dogs to be dirty. Dogs are owned by Chinese and Western Expats. Road kill consists of goats.

Escalators- Escalators are everywhere.

Vending Machines- Never. With labor costs so low, for the price of a machine you can employ someone to sell the same products for 2 years.

Pianos and Keyboards- Every mall has many different piano and keyboard dealers.

I could go on with many other things but won’t. If you are interested in other products, please post the question in the comments or in an email and I will reply. As always, I enjoy emails.

Have a great week.