Jakarta Travel Blogs - Page 8

Danau Toba (Lake Toba) is the largest fresh water lake in Southeast Asia and is the largest crater lake in the world. The town of Tuk-tuk on Samosir Island in the middle of the lake is where most western travelers go.

On the 2nd of August 2008 Kira and I celebrated our marriage with lots of friends,and soon we'll be setting off, overland and water, back to Australia.

A BEAUTIFUL PARADISE IN THE SOUTH, WORTHWHILE PLACE TO EXPLORE. GREAT FOR A WEEKEND GETAWAY..PRICES NOT A PROBLEM...UR INSTANTLY A MILLIONAIRE IN THEIR DENOMINATION.HAD A GREAT TIME INDEED. ENJOYED THEIR FOOD AND ACCOMMODATIONS. A UNIQUE CHARM..TRULY INDONESIAN. AT ITS GLOBAL BEST YET OFFERS A HUMBLE WELCOME TO ALL.SELAMAT DETANG.

2005 and the past

So here's the thing. (as usual) One of my company's vendor invites us, the client, for a leisure trip. This time the destination is Manado, North Sulawesi (Celebes), a beautiful city really famous for it's underwater park, Bunaken. The invitation is for one person. By invitation it means you don't …

Ok cheesy title, but Jakarta (where we only spent a day) is the second city to enjoy the roll out of the clean and green project. Just to give you an idea of how effective this project is, here are some statistics. In Surabaya and Jakarta combined, the projects have expanded to cover ov…

Finally, visiting the land where I was born.... Finding the roots in Pekalongan and getting to know the people & a way of living. Discovering treasures I never thought I would find. Now I can say; Though I've had a Western upbringing, I'll always be Indonesian.

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Wedding of me and Arinta in Jakarta, Indonesia 03-06-09

CHRISTMAS '04: I was at my computer, safe, warm at my Kansas home when the following initial news came across the wire. It had little impact on me at the moment, knowing the frequency of SE Asian quakes and how so often, they're quickly forgotten. I write this to share the contrast between the initial report and what would soon be confirmed as the worst natural disaster of our time. I wondered, later, how an initial report from Pompeii would have have sounded to the rest of the world?

An adventure to remember

We travelled from Yogyakarta after 5 nights there to Jakarta on a fairly decent train.The train journey to Jakarta passed through the slums on the outskirts and it was slightly disturbing seeing children just playing on the railway line.Where are the parents? Do they even have any? Fuck knows. It …

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Theres definitely more to explore

i went to Thousand island in jakarta around july 2009 with my fellow friend,there are many public boat from Muara angke harbor cost Rp 60.000 around 6 USD ,all boat boarding not more than 7 in the morning so u better work it,otherwise you can get to Marina Ancol harbour to ride speed boat but that…