Dunkin Donuts!

Arrival in Jakarta!

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June 6th 2008
Note -- photos will be added in the next few days! All the stories are true: flying in to Indonesia, the smog is truly remarkable. It is a thick brown cloud covering the entire city. But I arrived with my 40kg of luggage with no problems. Except that I was 20kg over the limit and had to pay a huge fee to bring it all onboard. The woman at the check-in counter seemed quite embarrassed fo ... read more

Asia » Indonesia » Java » Jakarta

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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