{"id":901,"date":"2010-01-19T11:37:26","date_gmt":"2010-01-19T04:37:26","guid":{"rendered":"\/?p=901"},"modified":"2010-01-20T08:54:16","modified_gmt":"2010-01-20T01:54:16","slug":"a-modification-to-the-panama-hats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiawheeling.com\/?p=901","title":{"rendered":"A Modification to the Panama Hats"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img id=\"greasedLightboxPrefetch\" alt=\"\"><img id=\"greasedLightboxPreload\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"greasedLightbox\"><img id=\"greasedLightboxImage\" alt=\"\"><\/div>\n<p>We allowed ourselves to sleep in a little after the intense wheel to Borobudur, and AsiaWheeling indulged in a prolonged breakfast on the sunny patio of the Setia Kawan.  Slowly but surely the Indonesian fishy crackers were growing on me, though from time to time it seemed, I got a bite which tasted like some of the more ruddy parts of Providence, Rhode Island. Rome wasn\u2019t built in a day either.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-982\" title=\"Breakfast\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/IMG_4895.jpg\" alt=\"Breakfast\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asiawheeling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/IMG_4895.jpg 700w, https:\/\/asiawheeling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/IMG_4895-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left\">Today was to be a day of missions and waypoints. The first of which was the post office for some project K9 business.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-994   aligncenter\" title=\"Project K9\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/P1142043.jpg\" alt=\"Project K9\" width=\"525\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asiawheeling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/P1142043.jpg 525w, https:\/\/asiawheeling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/P1142043-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><iframe class=\"aw-video\" loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Travel video\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/AIcEF8O_OLw\" allow=\"fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/P1142049.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-995 aligncenter\" title=\"Project K9 Stamps on Package\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/P1142049.jpg\" alt=\"Project K9 Stamps on Package\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asiawheeling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/P1142049.jpg 700w, https:\/\/asiawheeling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/P1142049-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left\">We found the Indonesian post to be efficient, fast, and cheap, providing a diversity of services and materials. We were in and out in no time.<\/p>\n<p>Next stop was the train station, where we were to buy tickets to Surabaya.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/IMG_4908.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-985\" title=\"Train Tickets\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/IMG_4908.jpg\" alt=\"Train Tickets\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asiawheeling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/IMG_4908.jpg 700w, https:\/\/asiawheeling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/IMG_4908-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This also proved painless, cheap, and fast. Everyone in this country seemed interested in helping us, and we took to the streets feeling like kings.<\/p>\n<p>The next mission was a little less straightforward. One issue that we had been experiencing with the <a title=\"Panama Hats\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hornetshats.com\/f_hatview.php?link=Panamas\" rel=\"noopener\">Panama hats<\/a>, so far, had been a propensity to get caught up in the wind and depart our heads, usually heading for some foul sewage-filled gutter or yawning crevasse.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left\">Our solution to this problem was to engineer a strap that might be applied to the hats in order to attach them more securely to your humble correspondents&#8217; noggins. When we returned to stash the tickets in the safety of our room, the fine staff at the Setia Kawan directed us to a street that was rumored to contain nothing but tailors, and as the sky oscillated between looking like rain, and brutal sunshine, we worked our way up the street.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><iframe class=\"aw-video\" loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Travel video\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/0l33OnUdCos\" allow=\"fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left\">The first fellow we talked to quickly understood the issue and indicated to us that he would be happy to attach a length of what looked like seatbelt to the hats. When we expressed that this was not exactly optimal, he frowned and and produced a kind of lacy material, which might have gone well on a pair of ladies unmentionables.<\/p>\n<p>When this also proved to be not exactly in line with the AsiaWheeling aesthetic, he tried once more with the seatbelt, and eventually flagged us on down the road.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/IMG_4912.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-987\" title=\"Pointing to Accessories Store\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/IMG_4912.jpg\" alt=\"Pointing to Accessories Store\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asiawheeling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/IMG_4912.jpg 700w, https:\/\/asiawheeling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/IMG_4912-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We were refining our own ideas about the design as we went, and our interactions with the next fellow were even better. I indicated to him where to attach buttons and used Scott\u2019s sunglass strap as an example of the kind of cord we needed. He frowned and consulted his team before finally shaking his head as well and sending us on down the road.<\/p>\n<p>The third team of tailors got it, and though I kept repeatedly banging my head into the jagged and rusted metal roof of his little tailor&#8217;s stall, he indicated to us that he would be able to to get the job done, but that we needed to go down the street and purchase some buttons and cords.<\/p>\n<p>Luckily no more than a half block away there was a great Mecca of buttons and cords. We were able to select from a plethora of choices.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/accessories.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1005 aligncenter\" title=\"Accessories Store\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/accessories.jpg\" alt=\"Accessories Store\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asiawheeling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/accessories.jpg 700w, https:\/\/asiawheeling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/accessories-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In the end we selected two stout crimson leather bands, and a pair of graphite buttons. The entire ensemble was finished off with a touch of class, when we opted to upgrade to the 30-cent brass clasp.<\/p>\n<p>Back at the tailor&#8217;s shack, I banged my head a few more times, as he worked on our hats.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/P1142066.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-998\" title=\"Raging on Hats\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/P1142066.jpg\" alt=\"Raging on Hats\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asiawheeling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/P1142066.jpg 700w, https:\/\/asiawheeling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/P1142066-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/IMG_4923.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-988\" title=\"Modified Christys Panama Hat\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/IMG_4923.jpg\" alt=\"Modified Christys Panama Hat\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asiawheeling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/IMG_4923.jpg 700w, https:\/\/asiawheeling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/IMG_4923-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The end result was fantastic, and when we asked him how much we owed, he said nothing. We decided to pay him anyway, and climbed back on the cycles, for the first time fearing not for our hats.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left\">The last waypoint was a shopping mall, where we\u00a0sought sustenance. \u00a0It was complete with a booth selling DVDs, VCDs, and CDs of Indonesian and foreign pop music. \u00a0Playing on the screen was Britney Spears&#8217; Womanizer music video. \u00a0Quite entrancing.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><iframe class=\"aw-video\" loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Travel video\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/Xew1lvy_VHY\" allow=\"fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left\">Also displayed at this mall were ornate\u00a0traditional\u00a0dresses burgeoning with\u00a0sequins\u00a0and silk, for all the peacocking needs of Yogjakarta&#8217;s female elite.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/P1142081.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1000\" title=\"Dresses\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/P1142081.jpg\" alt=\"Dresses\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asiawheeling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/P1142081.jpg 700w, https:\/\/asiawheeling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/P1142081-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left\">Dining at a Thai restaurant next to a bowling alley in the mall, we fell into the <a title=\"The Wikireader\" href=\"http:\/\/thewikireader.com\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikireader<\/a> once again, and then were sated.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><iframe class=\"aw-video\" loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Travel video\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/u__SgqqlsVs\" allow=\"fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left\">On our way home to the good old Setia Kawan, we stopped at another mall on which the ground floor was an expansive supermarket called &#8220;Hero.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/IMG_4951.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-992\" title=\"NFO Art\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/IMG_4951.jpg\" alt=\"NFO Art\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asiawheeling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/IMG_4951.jpg 700w, https:\/\/asiawheeling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/IMG_4951-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left\">We found it to be full of some very fascinating items, and laden with supplies. \u00a0Stocking up on nuts, crackers, and water proved to be an eye-opening waypoint.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/IMG_4939.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-991\" title=\"Hero Market\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/IMG_4939.jpg\" alt=\"Hero Market\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asiawheeling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/IMG_4939.jpg 700w, https:\/\/asiawheeling.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/IMG_4939-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left\">We wheeled back to the Setia Kawan just in time to avoid a howling downpour which wore on well onto the night.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We allowed ourselves to sleep in a little after the intense wheel to Borobudur, and AsiaWheeling indulged in a prolonged breakfast on the sunny patio of the Setia Kawan. 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