Monday, October 27, 2008

Jakarta, oh Jakarta

Jakarta is the capital city of Indonesia, it is the most advance city, a metropolitan city. due to the center of economics, Jakarta has been the place to do business from other city and even other countries who want to invest or just visiting. you can find almost anything at Jakarta, from the most branded stuff to the things that require bidding. many malls are provided, there are also traditional markets.

For places that provide entertainment, Jakarta is the place, pubs, karaokes, billiard, you name it Jakarta has it. it is 24 hour of entertainment provided to people who enjoy the city style living.
Family entertainment can also be found at Jakarta, from monas a monument that has a pure gold for its roof, Taman mini the summary of Indonesian Culture, Ancol the advance water entertainment. and also numerous museum that provide the history of places and industries of Indonesian.

Ancol, provide an entertainment supported by the most advance technology such as water boom, wave pool, and others. such as disneyland, ancol also has the rollercoaster that thrill you like no other. and games that dares you beyond your wildest imagination. it also provide the water sport, such as jetski, fishing, banana boat and many other water activity. it also provide a museum of sea called sea world where you can see the under water lives.

Taman Mini Indonesia Indah (TMII), are the summery of Indonesian culture, you can find all of the culture Indonesia have. all in one place, the traditional houses, dances, songs, traditions and other things, just by visiting TMII. It also have several museum of technology and arts of indonesian. all in a theme park, all in Taman Mini indonesia Indah.

The capital city of Jakarta retains much from the colonial Dutch and British periods, with many fine colonial-style buildings and the recently restored old quarter. You can visit at The National Monument towers, Merdeka Square, The Central Museum, Portuguese Church, Istiqlal Mosque etc. If you want to shop, then antiques market on Jalan Surabaya and batik factories in the Karet are the perfect place for you. Throughout the island, puppet shows are staged in which traditional wayang golak and wayang kulit marionettes act out stories based on well-known legends; performances can sometimes last all night.

Jakarta are also the city of international events, lots of international events were held at Jakarta. such as, Jakarta International Java Jazz, the largest jazz shows in Asia. Independent film festival, blues festival, soul nations, and many other festival held trough out the year.

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