The National Monument - Dusk

The National Monument in the centre of Jakarta was the biggest architectural extravagence of dictator Soekarno's rule. These people had just been to the top of the 132m tower.

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Indonesia: a bit of a bargain.

July 15th 2005
We went to Jakarta... it was rubbish. That's possibly a little unfair; like all big SE Asian cities it was hot and crowded and smelly and fast and really just a bit too much when you've been on a plane for million hours and don't quite know what day it is. We stayed in Jarkarta for two nights and then, on the advice of a Welsh school teacher (why not!?), jumped on the train to Bogor. Bogor's ma ... read more

Asia » Indonesia

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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