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ACCOMPANYING PERSON PROGRAM Site Seeing Jakarta Jakarta, the capital city of the Republic of Indonesia, sprawls over 25km from the docks to t he suburbs of South Jakarta. The city center fans out from around Merdeka Square, a grand, barren field, which contains the central gold-tipped landmark of the National Monument (Monas). Jakarta is a capital city of contrasts - the traditional and modern, the sacred and the worldly stand side by side in this thriving metropolis. Preserved its past and is developing for the future. Skyscrapers in the center of the city are part of new look. Modern luxury hotels today cater to the discerning visitors and public transport within the city is plentiful. The 'Old' Jakarta The Taman Fatahillah Restoration Project, begun in the early 1970's, has restored one of the oldest sections of Jakarta, also known as Old Batavia - to approximately its former look. The Old Portuguese Church and warehouses have been restored into a museum. The old Supreme Court building is now a museum of fine art, which also houses a Chinese porcelain collection. The old Town Hall has become the Jakarta Museum and displays such items as Indonesia's old historical documents and Dutch period furniture. Its tower clock was returned to England to be repaired under its lifetime guarantee a lifetime, which up to now has already well exceeded one hundred years. Taman Mini Indonesia Indah In the South-East of the city is a huge park, conceived by Madame Tien Soeharto in 1971 and opened in 1975. The idea - to represent the traditional cultures of Indonesia''s 27 provinces - promised to be a landmark to tackiness on a monumental and expensive scale. As it turns out, however, the 100-hectare (250-acre) park is pretty impressive, and is Jakarta''s most visited attraction. The display of 27 full-scale houses features regional handicrafts and clothing. The houses are dotted around a lagoon, and can be reached by small boat or viewed from a cable car. Taman Mini also houses museums, theatres, restaurants, an orchid garden and a bird park. BOGOR Botanical Garden Bogor botanical garden covers an area of 111 hectares and was built in 1817. It is situated next to Bogor Palace. There are 20,000 species of plants from Indonesia or from abroad, including orchids and cacti. This garden is completed with a library, laboratory and zoology museum. It is one of the famous research centers in the world and often visited by foreign botanist. There is a huge flower or carcass flowers. Amorphpophalus Titanum Beccari, which was planted in this garden, originating from the rain forest of Sumatra, and found by an Italian botanist, Beccari. This flower has a diameter of five centimeters and height of 2,5 meters and a purple and yellow color. |
