Dining Room, Street, Jakarta

Indonesian Arrival

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July 30th 2016
Arrived in Jakarta after a delay and one of those amazing small-world coincidences that happen sometimes while traveling. I expected to have a fairly short Shanghai-Manila-Jakarta connection. Delayed in Shanghai, I missed my connection in Manila with the only option a brief overnight followed by an early flight to Singapore connecting to an onward flight to Jakarta. On arriving back at the ... 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