If you ever want to visit Jakarta, you'd better be careful since corruption was once high in this city and the traffic's a killer, to boot. I remember when I first got out of the plane, the first thing that hit me when I exited the airport was the traffic jam. Right outside the airport. Not a good welcome, I can assure you. The small of exhaust and smog plus the putrid humidity hit my nostrils. And I wanted to go home straightaway. Next, I tried buing a phone card, and the guy who tries to sell it to poor unknowing tourists charges almost 3 times the price stated on the phonecard. Even when I confronted him, he said it was a "special" price. Right. And cows can jump over the moon. As I was leaving, he reduced the price in a bid to get us to buy it from him, but still about double the stated price. Sigh. No chance. And this is why it's not a good city to visit. Ever.
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Jul 13th, 2000
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