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Travel Blogs from Jakarta
Traffic jams,Museums and Monuments.
... the Japanese at the end of WW2. It is a huge obelisk with a golden flame at the top, literally 20 tons of gold used in making it.We were taken from the car park to the entrance in a little train and then entered through an underground tunnel to emerge on the other side of the road. The entrance was at the base and in a large marble covered room there were dioramas along the walls depicting the history from Paeolithic times to the present. Disappointingly the lift to the top had already ...
Arrival into Jakarta
... the belt and successfully paid my $25 visa related debts..I was thankful that I was sitting near the front of the plane and made the effort to get off first, thus avoiding the circa. 1 hour queue which formed swiftly afterwards. There was only one operational desk and much to the dismay of those queuing, at least 5 border staff seemed to be lazily watching from a distance. The airport was busy with Muslim women who had arrived fresh off a flight from Doha ...
Crossing the Street in Jakarta
... be so frickin difficult. Luckily a group of school girls were crossing the street that we wanted to cross, so we basically followed their lead to the Kota Tua Square. After arriving at the square, Kristen and I were so elated that it appeared as if we won the Amazing Race. The square itself was the calmest place in all of Jakarta that we experienced and we felt at ease because the only mode of transportation allowed here at the square were colorful ...
Jakarta
... so bad but when you have no expectations...
The hostel is like a proper youth hostel. The entire downstairs is kitted out with a pool table, darts, bar, cinema, laptops. Our room is small and the showers are shared but it's habitable and clean so it's all good. The owner is from Harrogate, we didn't meet him but his Indo wife and her twin sister are incredibly friendly.
It was getting on and so seeing the city would have ...
Dealing with street children
... come to KDM would be like leaving your family behind as their fellow street kids was all they had. Therefore many of them were not willing to come to organisations such as KDM. They also dont know any better and that there is another life out there.
On the other hand, the train station (block M) had many cheap as shops which was nice to have a look at. We had diner at one of the shops where i got Mi Goreng (fried noodles) and Jamu juice. I ...
Location
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