From the Frenzy of Jakarta to the Calm of Bogor’s Botanical Gardens – in Photos

Children at the Istiqlal Mosque – Indonesia’s largest mosque and the third largest in the world.

Jakarta is huge.

Having only spent two days here I can’t claim to know the city well but I can say that it shows its population of over 10 million in the traffic, frenzy of people everywhere and the pollution. I am not fond of any of these things. However, there is also beauty in this city. Despite the number of tourists and expats this city attracts I was received with welcoming smiles from the loc...