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Day 2: Shopping & Makan-ing in Jakarta
... to go to Bandar Djakarta Restaurant for seafood. Other family members will be waiting for us there but we were too early that we spent out time chatting and catching up the old times.
I love the atmosphere. Cozy and there was life band. The waitresses are all very friendly. We ordered the seafood and enjoyed the nite.
When we reached our hotel at nite, we were so exhausted but were delighted to see our laundry was done and iron. They were lay nicely on the bed.
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The Big Durian
... a bookshop in Kemang, first stopping for a western lunch in Eastern Promise, an authentic English pub that serves Indian and British tucker and is habituated by the classic ex-pat - middle-aged men dressed in button down shirts and slacks, all looking the same and all talking business expansion and development; the food is good though. We finally locate a small bookstall in a massive, brand new apartment and shopping mall complex that is still very much under-construction. I buy a book ...
Ça se cultive à Java !
... Bakar Ba’Asyir, a été arrêté tout près d’ici. Un autre, responsable des attentats de Bali en 2002 (plus de 200 morts) a été tué dans une fusillade il y a quelques années... Mais la plupart de ces pratiquants d’un islam radical ne sont pas violents pour un sous et Pinto, philosophe, explique simplement qu’ils ne partagent pas le même point de vue. Il est lui-même musulman très pratiquant mais d’un islam très javanais, beaucoup ...
Last but not least!
... van de vorige post). Nadat we een soort van uitgebuikt waren, gingen we het beroemde pubstreet in en zochten we Angkor What? Bar. Kom op, die naam alleen laat je toch voelen dat je sowieso de plek even moet bekijken als je daar bent. En omdat heel veel andere backpackers shirts van die bar dragen, en wij als mede-backpackers de duty hebben om even te exploren. And we’re glad we did. We kwamen aan voordat de straat bomvol was, dus we wisten niet wat we konden verwachten. ...
Jakarta
As planned I gave myself a good portion
of sleep, updated the blog and sorted all outstanding things then,
early afternoon I hit the road. Right after I had packed and wanted
to leave it started raining, so I knew I have another day roting in
wet gear.
On the map I saw they have motorways,
to capital centre and far to east side. My plan was to use them, even
if they are not free, just to avoid heavy traffic and explore ...