The Independent - London, May 8th, 1999
You can't beat the excitement of an arrival: the new smells, faces, and images. And Jakarta airport was no exception. Sleek and bright last May, it bore little evidence of the economic chaos or impending civil unrest.
Two miles out from the centre of the city, though, there was hardly any electricity. Later I learnt there was a similar shortage of fresh water and waste disposal. After a couple of days of breathing smog, enduring traffic and shuttling from ministry to ministry, it was time to leave the capital and its problems behind. It was time finally to head to my real destination, Borobud...
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