Hotel Bumi Johar
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Arrive Java - and a day out in Jakarta
October 31st 2008 and I glided into Singapore on an Airbus 380, very smooth and luxurious - like riding a giant bar of Galaxy. It was supposed to be a boring old 747 so that's an experience I wasn't expecting, transited Changi seamlessly and landed at Jakarta airport on schedule ok around 10 PM that night (local time). Contrary to several travel …
A City of Contrasts
I flew across the equator for the first time in my life today and then landed myself in Java, Indonesia. Leaving the mainland was very sad for me. I felt like I was leaving South East Asia behind and everything that I had grown to absolutely love about it. So, when I touched down in Jakarta, stepped outside of the airport and was mobbed by a horde …
Jogja - Bandung - Jakarta !
... we were near the door at the back so they had taken room away for that. It was so funny. We coped well though I feel and I learnt that Abi looks hilarious when she is asleep !!
It was quite an interesting journey too as about an hour in we heard a noticable rustling and it was because the sun had set and the muslims could eat. We watched the people opposite expecting them to stuff their faces like we would but they casually took a sip of their water ...
Flight to Jakarta
... if any exist ? Funny thing was that regular people (not police) were trying to direct traffic at cross-points. Not that drivers were respecting them, but when trying to direct traffic with 4 or 5 at the same time without coordination, that isn't really helping either. So, after an hour of hectic traffic we reached ...
The Big Durian
... by the ubiquitous school groups who want to interview us... celebrities again.
Rama squeezes alot into his tour - we cruise back through the city, past the largest Mosque in SE Asia and the Jakatra Christian Cathedral across the road. He is proud of the religious tolerance that exists in his country, and for us, several myths are dispelled, although recently we read in the news that it is illegal to be an athiest in Indonesia. We stop at a local pasar (market) though ...
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