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Friday, January 20, 2012

Think the school run is bad? Children face Indiana Jones-style river crossing EVERY day after floods cut off their community .


At first glance, it looks like an action sequence from Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom.
But, in reality, it is the daily commute to and from work and school for of adults and children in Lebak, Indonesia.

Clinging for dear life on a disintegrating wood-and-wire suspension bridge, children as young as five take their lives into their hands fowarding the Ciberang River every day.

Perilous crossing: Students, some as young as five, hold on to the side steel bars of a collapsed bridge as they cross a river to get to school at Sanghiang Tanjung village in Lebak, Indonesia
Perilous crossing: Students, some as young as five, hold on to the side steel bars of a collapsed bridge as they cross a river to get to school at Sanghiang Tanjung village in Lebak, Indonesia
Sofiah, a student, holds on to the steel bars
Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom
Life imitating art: Student Sofiah, above left, says she would rather risk the bridge than walk an hour and a half to the next river crossing. Above right: A scene from Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom