Java Facts Major City: Jakarta Main Industries: Manufacturing, textiles, rice production & Fags...billions of them! Population: 120 MILLION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! A venture into the unknown Within Indonesia's vast collection of 17,000 Islands, Java is the main man. It's home to about 60% of Indonesians, and although it doesn't look like it, has more money, power and privilege than the rest of Indonesia combined. Despite its rapid modernization, smelly streets, massive over-population, sanity problems, disease, etc...('what have the Romans given us"?)...it is an Island of stunning natural beauty with rice fields, barren beaches, lots of beautiful (active) volcanoes, and is home to major Buddhist and Hindu temples. We started our Indonesian adventure its turbulent capital, Jakarta. Like any other typical Asian city is over populated, polluted big time, and poli
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