Spa Hotel room

Jakarta

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July 4th 2011
Jakarta After a total travel time of 28 hours from cheltenham to my hotel in Jakarta (which I might add was pure luxury) I managed to grab a few hours sleep before getting out into the big city of Jakarta which was where the culture shock really began! After sitting in about an hour and a half of traffic with people walking down the middle of the road begging and selling water, food and, stran ... read more

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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