{"id":901,"date":"2013-01-25T14:19:42","date_gmt":"2013-01-25T09:49:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bamiyan.us\/wordpress\/?p=901"},"modified":"2013-01-26T11:04:01","modified_gmt":"2013-01-26T06:34:01","slug":"jakarta-skyline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bamiyan.us\/wordpress\/?p=901","title":{"rendered":"Jakarta Skyline"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sixteen years can bring a lot of change to the look of a city. Only a few familiar buildings could be seen from the vantage point of the sixth floor deck where we were staying.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_902\" style=\"width: 594px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bamiyan.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Jakarta-04-Jan-13-61.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-902\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-902\" alt=\"Cell phones were a new thing when I left Indonesia in 1996. They are everywhere now with good service from a number of competitors.\" src=\"http:\/\/bamiyan.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Jakarta-04-Jan-13-61-1024x767.jpg\" width=\"584\" height=\"437\" srcset=\"http:\/\/bamiyan.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Jakarta-04-Jan-13-61-1024x767.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/bamiyan.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Jakarta-04-Jan-13-61-300x224.jpg 300w, http:\/\/bamiyan.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Jakarta-04-Jan-13-61-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-902\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cell phones were a new thing when I left Indonesia in 1997. They are everywhere now with good service from a number of competitors.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_903\" style=\"width: 594px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bamiyan.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Jakarta-04-Jan-13-71.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-903\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-903\" alt=\"Most of the buildings along Thamrin and Sudirman are new and taller than the buildings we remembered which are hidden behind them.\" src=\"http:\/\/bamiyan.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Jakarta-04-Jan-13-71-1024x767.jpg\" width=\"584\" height=\"437\" srcset=\"http:\/\/bamiyan.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Jakarta-04-Jan-13-71-1024x767.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/bamiyan.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Jakarta-04-Jan-13-71-300x224.jpg 300w, http:\/\/bamiyan.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Jakarta-04-Jan-13-71-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-903\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Most of the buildings along Thamrin and Sudirman are new and taller than the buildings we remembered. The buildings we recalled are hidden behind the new buildings.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_904\" style=\"width: 594px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bamiyan.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Jakarta-04-Jan-13-74.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-904\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-904\" alt=\"This city view shows that Jakarta dries its laundry in an ecologically friendly manner.\" src=\"http:\/\/bamiyan.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Jakarta-04-Jan-13-74-768x1024.jpg\" width=\"584\" height=\"778\" srcset=\"http:\/\/bamiyan.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Jakarta-04-Jan-13-74-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/bamiyan.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Jakarta-04-Jan-13-74-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/bamiyan.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Jakarta-04-Jan-13-74.jpg 1566w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-904\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This city view shows that Jakarta still dries its laundry in an ecologically friendly manner.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_905\" style=\"width: 594px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bamiyan.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Jakarta-05-Jan-13-354.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-905\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-905\" alt=\"We got to see wedding preparations down the street with the landmarks Monas and Mesjid Istiqlal visible in the background.\" src=\"http:\/\/bamiyan.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Jakarta-05-Jan-13-354-1024x768.jpg\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"http:\/\/bamiyan.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Jakarta-05-Jan-13-354-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/bamiyan.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Jakarta-05-Jan-13-354-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/bamiyan.us\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Jakarta-05-Jan-13-354-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-905\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">We got to see wedding preparations down the street with the landmarks Monas and Mesjid Istiqlal visible in the background.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sixteen years can bring a lot of change to the look of a city. 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