Train ride

Jakarta

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March 20th 2010
My flight to Jakarta was funny I was the only English person on the flight with no other speaking English apart from the studdess. The emergency crash procedure was not repeated in English either which was a realisation that I was far away from home. The imagration cards were in English though which was'nt helpful to the rest of the people on the plane. As soon as one Indonesian waved her card and ... 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