Jakarta, Java, Indonesia Feb. 20 Indonesia is the largest archipelago in the world, comprising 13,667 islands. Tanjun Priok is the port for Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia and our first stop in the storied archipelago. Historically dominated mostly by the Dutch trading empire, and during WWII, by the Japanese, it is known for its extensive shopping opportunities, so the unadventurous or materially needy filed off to the shuttle bus to be delivered to the many small shops, flea markets, supermarkets and department stores. Guide Jojo and driver "Mr. Harris" did well, getting us downtown and around central Jakarta on a Saturday.from 7:30am to about 1pm, getting us back in plenty of time. This happened in spite of pessimistic predictions of absolutely insane traffic and unpredictable gridlock. In the actual event it was bad, but no worse
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