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Jakarta
Java, Indonesia

 

Jakarta city centre, high view, Java, Indonesia

Jakarta centre, Java, Indonesia

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And finally a look at the Indonesia capital city of Jakarta, where...

 

Jakarta traffic, Java, Indonesia

...the streets hum with modern transport systems and are...
Photo by Hullie

 

Jakarta, flooded streets during monsoon season, Java, Indonesia

...auto-cooled during the monsoon season.
Photo by Hullie

 

Jakarta slum housing, Java, Indonesia

Some Indonesians live in waterside townhouses...
Photo by J. McIntosh

 

Jakarta shopping mall, Java, Indonesia

...while others go shopping in glittering malls for their...
Photo by J. Berthold

 

Jakarta rubbish dump searching boy, Java, Indonesia

...toys, clothes and pets,...
Photo by J. McIntosh

 

Jakarta ongol-ongol amusement trishaw, Java, Indonesia

...and every neighbourhood has its own amusement rides.
Photo by J. McIntosh

 

 

Festival beach, Ancol, Jakarta Bay, Java, Indonesia

While down in Jakarta Bay, Ancol Dreamland makes every day a holiday.
Photo by Midori

But seriously, it is possible to find some things to do in this horribly overcrowded, desperately poor, chaotic, stinking, hot, muggy and deeply unpleasant city.
There's the Indonesia Museum in Taman Mini Indonesia Indah, Jakarta Old Town, Ancol Dreamland resort complex, some pretty good cuisine and many lovely people side-by-side with the mega-rich (who tend to splash their wealth in South Jakarta), thieves and con artists.

 

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