Park in central Jakarta

Jakarta

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July 30th 2010
1st night - Jakarta Hellooo, I survived the crappy long flight and am here safe. A bit of a worry when I got into Jakarta airport at midnight and couldn't find an internet cafe to read my friends e-mail. Dan flew in 5hrs before me from East Timor and found somewhere to stay in Jakarta and the only way of knowing where he was was by checking my e-mail, I found one in the end ... read more

Asia » Indonesia » Java

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The Dutch began to colonize Indonesia in the early 17th century; the islands were occupied by Japan from 1942 to 1945. Indonesia declared its independence after Japan's surrender, but it required four years of intermittent negotiations, recurring hos... ... read more