Contradictory Jakarta - rubbish, slums, and a beautiful towering mosque

Sleepless in Surabaya

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May 19th 2016
After a great month in Australia it was time to get back on the road. We started our Indonesian adventure with a week in Java, with our first stop in Jakarta. Jakarta has a bit of a bad reputation, which on initial impressions seemed a little unfair. On the first day we just wandered around the area of our hotel, which seemed pretty nice, and had a couple of tasty and super-cheap meals (although p ... read more

Asia » Indonesia

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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