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The Orang Tua Visit Bogor

Jun 24th, 2009
by Gill.
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In Indonesia is it acceptable to call your parents “the old people”, “orang tua” in Indonesian. In June my orang tua spent a couple of weeks in Bogor seeing the sights. Mum and dad arrived the day before my birthday, bringing with them the required gifts from visitors of gin, marmite and proper English teabags. [...]

Jakarta Dining

Apr 16th, 2008
by Gill.
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One of the main attractions for us in Jakarta is the ready availability of both wine and cheese (compared with Bogor anyway), and as we are enjoying so much great Indonesian food at home, we feel justified to spend all our time eating Western food when in JK! No Tim Horton’s unfortunately but I am [...]

Jakarta Logistics

Mar 22nd, 2008
by Gill.
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We have been busy sampling the “delights” of Jakarta, a city which seems to have a terrible reputation as a dangerous place but really doesn’s strike us as being too different to any other big city. The main problem in Jakarta is getting around: you have to get used to a whole new way of [...]

The Mall

Mar 11th, 2008
by Gill.
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I never thought of myself as a mall person, but when is it so hot and polluted it is nice to go somewhere where you can do it all – relax, go to the movies, eat lunch and hang out. There are an abundance of malls in Jakarta, ranging from those with tiny stores piled [...]