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US President Barack Obama will Visit Indonesia this March

Obama childhood in Indonesia
The Us President, Barrack Obama, is planned to visit Indonesia on the 4th week of March, 2010. According to Robert Gibbs, the spoke person of White House, via twitter says The president is scheduled to depart on 21 March 2010.Obama had spent 4 years of his childhood in the capital of Indonesia, [...]

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The Beauty of Sunda Kelapa Port

Ships at Sunda Kelapa Harbor Jakarta photo rikaji
Sunda Kelapa Harbor 1527, that what is written at the entrance to the Jakarta’s oldest port of . At the age of more than eight centuries, the port which is also the origin of the Jakarta is trying to survive. To get here, visitors can use [...]

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Djarum Super Jakarta International Blues Festival 2009

Jan Akkerman photo by Gus Hertzog
Djarum Super Jakarta International Blues Festival 2009 will be held at Istora Senayan Jakarta on Saturday, September 7, 2009. The theme taken for this year is “Back To The Roots of All Music”.

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Kerak Telor Jakarta

Photo credit: Deka ~ Discover-Indonesia.com
Great, Indonesia is rich of traditional culinary. Every province has its own food so that tourism in Indonesia is not merely visiting places but also taste the local food. Beside Ketoprak, Jakarta has a classic traditional food called Kerak Telor (Egg Crust). This kind of food exists from many years ago [...]

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Ketoprak Jakarta

Photo credit: Deka
Jakarta has many specific foods like Kerak Telor and Ketoprak. Those foods are today can be found in many places in Indonesia.
In Central Java and Yogyakarta, Ketoprak is not the name of a food, it is a performance art like drama. It uses Javanese language in the dialog and song. The Gamelan is [...]

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