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Mosque

One of the many many many in the small city that play the Calling of prayer over the loud speaker starting at 4:30am!
Where are all the tourists?

March 19th 2008
The trains are quite nice from Jakarta 3 hours to the city of Bogor. I opted for the air conditioned business class train so I could avoid the desperatly packed ekonomi (economy) trains. "Welcome to City of Rain" someone greeted me as I arrived in Bogor. He's right, I've read that Bogor is credited with 320 thunderstorms per years making it the rainiest city in Indonesia. He wanted to lead me into ... read more
Asia » Indonesia » Java

Indonesian Flag 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
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