Thursday, August 21, 2008

Jakarta

This is one crazy city!!! The traffic is beyond comprehension... Think the MRR2 jams are bad? Then go to Jakarta and experience those there. OMG and the Indonesian definition of a 'maintaining a safe distance' can so totally induce a collapse in the faint-hearted.

But I am still loving it. It was fun despite the scorching hot sun and near-death experiences crossing the road to the other side. Think Pavilion is cool? Wait till you visit Plaza Indonesia... okay, maybe only slightly better la.


The Indonesian National Monument (Monas), otherwise affectionately known as "Soekarno's Final Erection"

Snapshot from the Monas viewing gallery

Another?


Look closer at the statue lady's left hand... hehe

Very snazzy museum - The Jakarta History Museum


Random wall paintings.


Some thing of historical importance I presume.


This majorly famous and uberly old antique boutique cafe in Taman Fatahillah


Err...

Motorised trishaws a.k.a. Bajai... so cute right?

7 comments:

Kihu said...

Any souvenirs for ME ? :P

Anonymous said...

i trust that there are more pics/posts to come.............?

(i used this nick because i have run of things to call myself *eyeroll*)

Medie007 said...

tak ada gambar plaza indonesia pon?? i'm interested in the shopping malls only lo okeh. :P

William said...

PI not better than Pavilion la...

joshua said...

famez, lol if u want batik stuffs? i do.

barong, hahaha this means u are willing to be referred to as a barong hor?

bong, lol the building sucks but the inside is cool.

william, probably we were too worn out by the elements outside in Jakarta that we were captivated by PI. It does have Krispy Kreme and some other cool stuffs that I can actually afford within walkable distance.

savante said...

Seriously, I'm still wondering why that statue has her finger out like that!

Glog said...

Yes... Me too.. Look like contemp art...