Looking up 5 stories

Jakarta, Indonesia - Day 2

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December 9th 2012
Although I spent most of the day in the hotel relaxing, I did walk out with one of the other conference attendees to a mall not far from our hotel. The mall has just recently opened and in fact tomorrow is the grand opening and many of the shops are not yet completed/open. It is a very cool, modern mall which is five stories high. I love the summetry of looking up five stories of a circular patter ... read more

Asia » Indonesia » Java » Jakarta » Kepulauan Seribu

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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