{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Jef le Saltimbanque","provider_url":"https:\/\/jef-le-saltimbanque.com\/en\/","author_name":"JJ ANEYOTA alias Jef le Saltimbanque","author_url":"https:\/\/jef-le-saltimbanque.com\/en\/author\/lesaltimbanque\/","title":"The Runabout - Jef le Saltimbanque","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"4bRzzJKRRv\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jef-le-saltimbanque.com\/en\/2026\/01\/16\/the-runabout\/\">The Runabout<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/jef-le-saltimbanque.com\/en\/2026\/01\/16\/the-runabout\/embed\/#?secret=4bRzzJKRRv\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;The Runabout&#8221; &#8212; Jef le Saltimbanque\" data-secret=\"4bRzzJKRRv\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/jef-le-saltimbanque.com\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/jef-le-saltimbanque.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/20251230_144111.jpg","thumbnail_width":1024,"thumbnail_height":768,"description":"On arriving in Ngaparou, there is a roundabout. Wide, open, uncluttered.A clean circle bordered by recent buildings, where balconies project outward, bay windows gleam, and modern air-conditioning units cling to the fa\u00e7ades like afterthoughts. With its flawless asphalt, the roundabout is an anachronism in itself. Several eras converge here, overlap, sometimes collide.Brand-new SUVs brush past old wooden carts drawn by emaciated horses, while countless&nbsp;Jakartas&nbsp;\u2014 those ubiquitous motorcycle taxis \u2014 weave endlessly through the gaps.At the center of this restless choreography, imperial and unbothered, the zebus impose their own law of the road. They alone have right of way. Everyone else waits. This point that claims to be round is also a threshold: the crossing of two worlds that overlap without ever truly meeting. Should you choose to continue straight ahead, the road leads you to the old fishing village by the sea.You move slowly there \u2014 not out of courtesy, but because the road leaves no alternative. Eroded by use and by time, it quickly disintegrates; fragments of asphalt surrender to naked sand.The houses are old, the stalls wooden, the electrical wires hanging loose. Nothing is aligned; everything seems to stand by grace alone. Allah is never far. The ancient [&hellip;]"}