Jakarta. A voyage to Jakarta, Indonesia, Asia.

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float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="193" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim-t2zG7oFnef2Zu17o30rqKzyywLFOmIwyeIqcLGVT_g3VEqS-IjLmQ-j0uASB2G1xNmxTCeijwWhn28iyhKrA-F7qozHdCrnHvRbrYBeRziFinJhgJcZU3gTJqmU9yaDYxZwh73iTk1f/s320/Jakarta+Indonesia+6.jpg" width="320" /></a>Whether you love it or hate it, there is no escaping Jakarta, <a href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinationRedirector?atlasId=356546">Indonesia</a>’s overweight capital. This ‘Big Durian’ is filled with all the good and bad of Indonesian life. <br /><div class="mpuWrapper " id="mpuInContent"><div class="mpuInner"><div class="adContainer" id="adContainer_mpuInContent"><noscript> &lt;div&gt; &lt;a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/2009.lonelyplanet/rest-of-site;dcopt=ist;ctt=asia;cnty=indonesia;dest=jakarta;thm=big-trips;tnm=overview;sz=300x250;ord=123456789?"&gt; &lt;img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/2009.lonelyplanet/rest-of-site;dcopt=ist;ctt=asia;cnty=indonesia;dest=jakarta;thm=big-trips;tnm=overview;sz=300x250;ord=123456789?" alt="Advertising" width="300" height="250"/&gt; &lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt; </noscript> </div></div></div>At first glance, this hot, smoggy city, which sprawls for miles over a featureless plain, feels like nothing more than a waiting lounge for the millions queuing up to make their fortune. Jakarta’s infamous <i>macet </i>chokes its freeways, town planning is anathema and all attempts to forge a central focal point for the city have stuttered and ultimately failed. The first – or only – thought on most travellers’ minds is how quickly the city and its polluted streets can be left behind.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHa-vWbYM9fLVyey1jc2HhIuwBuTits0suWOSqakKgZ_l7GMfNaqIP2sI0eRS8-knF4ktvMnW39HHrbJWr1vzcIsxEyGui3o5Gvu46LIJ5WrReLzDQ_cwR4g9tCSa9_831JK7bnwWVyjtw/s1600/Jakarta+Indonesia+19.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHa-vWbYM9fLVyey1jc2HhIuwBuTits0suWOSqakKgZ_l7GMfNaqIP2sI0eRS8-knF4ktvMnW39HHrbJWr1vzcIsxEyGui3o5Gvu46LIJ5WrReLzDQ_cwR4g9tCSa9_831JK7bnwWVyjtw/s320/Jakarta+Indonesia+19.jpg" width="204" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihkenyDpe5W2i396LB3ZZ65vaxsWM9zDTfswiRJ41m2L2EYTvS4Co2EZVq1VNJF-mmgUS8NJAACOuBAPLLdfIOPA8fctQ5XpSLj9CuDHrHbtDqfv6iye_S34JVP73Ua6hjv6do5HJIyJZo/s1600/Jakarta+Indonesia+8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihkenyDpe5W2i396LB3ZZ65vaxsWM9zDTfswiRJ41m2L2EYTvS4Co2EZVq1VNJF-mmgUS8NJAACOuBAPLLdfIOPA8fctQ5XpSLj9CuDHrHbtDqfv6iye_S34JVP73Ua6hjv6do5HJIyJZo/s200/Jakarta+Indonesia+8.jpg" width="200" /></a>Beneath the veneer of glass fascias, concrete slabs and shabby slums, however, this is a city of surprises and a city of many faces. From the steamy, richly scented streets of Chinatown to the city’s thumping, decadent nightlife, Jakarta is a Pandora’s box, filled with unexpected gems. Here it’s possible to rub shoulders with <a href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinationRedirector?atlasId=356546">Indonesia</a>’s future leaders, artists, thinkers, movers and shakers, and to see first hand the deep-seated desire so many Indonesians have to rise above the poverty they were born into. Populated by Bataks from <a href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinationRedirector?atlasId=356618">Sumatra</a>, Ambonese from Maluku, Balinese, Madurese and Timorese, Jakarta is also a vast cultural melting pot in which the larger Indones­ian identity is forged; it is <a href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinationRedirector?atlasId=356546">Indonesia</a> in a nutshell.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCI4-NbMzmjle0-xZq9K6rmhBD_qx2cvO5P1m6CizpREDB3uZy52J2Tlpr3BkWWLUVSglaC3jQYksQsawQPb1p07enBmNwaTMkKATPi7DJ9jH1a752S43ZnKelhAr70tM5YTihnq28QG6o/s1600/Jakarta+Indonesia+9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="131" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCI4-NbMzmjle0-xZq9K6rmhBD_qx2cvO5P1m6CizpREDB3uZy52J2Tlpr3BkWWLUVSglaC3jQYksQsawQPb1p07enBmNwaTMkKATPi7DJ9jH1a752S43ZnKelhAr70tM5YTihnq28QG6o/s200/Jakarta+Indonesia+9.jpg" width="200" /></a>Jakarta certainly isn’t a primary tourist destination, but parts of the old city (<a href="http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinationRedirector?atlasId=356460">Kota</a>) offer an interesting insight into the capital’s long history, and there are a handful of good museums scattered about. 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