Category Archives: Jakarta
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, Jakarta.
Gary Locke, US Secretary of Commerce, explained the US intends to increase trading between those two countries. Uncertainty of obligation and unresolved infestation conflict have made US manufacturers to stop doing business in Indonesia.
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”.
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 since Jakarta was named Batavia.
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 escorting the play.
