Soekarno “We shake the heavens and rock the earth, that we may live not only on ¢2.50 a day.”

SBY “You may read of small radical groups. But mainstream Indo will always be moderate and tolerant.”

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Touchdown Jakarta

Touchdown Jakarta

Can one judge a country by its capital?
Yes and no.
In Managua, Nicaragua for example, you immediately get a feeling of being in a country that does not care about its people. A government only interested in its own members rather than people as a whole.
A communist government not interested in fixing major traffic lights or [...]

Presenting to the World: The Real Indonesia!

Presenting to the World: The Real Indonesia!

The past few weeks I have been bombarded by my friend’s questions and worries about coming to Indonesia. This European-American friend of mine is counting down the days to his arrival in Indo. Some of his American friends are worried more than anything in the world and have been trying to talk him out of [...]