Tuesday

Beautiful Indonesia in Miniature Park or "Taman Mini Indonesia Indah (TMII)"

Taman Mini Indonesia Indah Logo

Taman Mini Indonesia Indah (TMII) or "Indonesia Miniature Park" is a culture-based recreational area located in East Jakarta, Indonesia. It has an area of about 250 acres (1.0 km2). The park is a synopsis of Indonesian culture, with virtually all aspects of daily life in Indonesia's 26 (in 1975) provinces encapsulated in separate pavilions with the collections of architecture, clothing, dances and traditions are all depicted impeccably. Apart from that, there is a lake with a miniature of the archipelago in the middle of it, cable cars, museums, a theater called the Theatre of My Homeland (Theater Tanah Airku) and other recreational facilities which make TMII one of the most popular tourist destinations in the city.

Monday

Jakarta

Building of Old Government Center

Jakarta was first known as one of the port of Sunda kingdom called Sunda Kelapa, on 22 June 1527. Fatahillah change the name of the city into Jayakarta, meaning "city of victory". 

In 1619, the VOC was led by Jan Pieterszoon Coen's troops occupied the White Rose after defeating the Sultanate of Banten and then changed its name to Batavia. During the Dutch colonization, Batavia developed into a large and important city.