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 Jakarta Previously it was called Sunda Kelapa, a harbour, sunda I don't know exactly the meaning of it, probably just a name. Sundanese are the ethnics of West Java, there is a Sunda Strait on the western part of West Java, between Java and Sumatra, exactly where the big volcano Krakatau used to be, kelapa means coconut. During the Dutch it was renamed to Batavia, and later to Jayakarta, derived from the name of Prince Jayakarta. At the end somehow it was called Jakarta. Anyway, I was bad in history, just find some reading materials easily using Google and type "VOC" or "East India" or add "Indonesia", you'll find many historians write stories about this country. VOC stands for Verenigde Oost Indische Compagnie, a union of Dutch traders that de-facto governed and controlled the Indonesian islands for more than 400 years until 1920. I repeat 400 (four hundred) years. I myself was born in Jakarta, and can't tell that the city is worth visiting, since it is now so crowded and chaotic, the air so polluted by cars, motorcycles, buses, bajaj (a nasty three wheeler) and last but not least, it's hot. |
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 Bajaj rules the streets |
Bajaj,
officially only for max two grown-ups in it, plus the driver, but for a
special price would carry more than that, or as a "pick-up"
transporting groceries, etc. They say, only its driver and the God who knows where the bajaj will turn to. The driver uses a blinking lamp sign (turn left/right) only when he pleases to. Actually very stable, and rarely heard of a bajaj turned upside down. Noisy, definitely ! |
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 24 hours restaurant |
A small restaurant - sells satay or barbeque, usually chicken or beef and some other spicy Indonesian dishes. Its not only the lower-classes who eats in such restaurants. If the food really tastes good, those upper-classes in their fancy BMW or Mercedes also enjoy hanging around in such places. |
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A mini market - cigarettes, coca cola, pepsi, drinking water, candies, toothpaste, toothbrush, soaps, coffee, tea, and many more. Next to it, bakso noodles, meatballs and noodles. |
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Stasiun Kota - Kota Railway Station, looks familiar ? Probably Dutch art-deco architecture. |
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Stasiun Kota - inside |
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Museum Sejarah - history museum, used to be Dutch Governor's mansion during the VOC time. Not much of a history in it. |
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