willedoo Posted January 21, 2022 Share Posted January 21, 2022 (edited) 3 hours ago, onetrack said: They'll all have to do like the Indonesians are going to do with Jakarta - abandon it as the capital, and move to the hills of Borneo! What I find amazing, is that nowhere in their planning, does there appear to be any arrangement for a port for the "new Jakarta". Perhaps they're expecting the predicted sea level rise, to bring the port to their new location! https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-60037163 I was lucky to be there one day when there was a heap of Macassan schooners in port (Jakarta, that is). I estimated about eighty of them, tied up side by side, loading and unloading freight. At that time, it would have been about a third of the fleet. I don't know if many of them are still sailing these days. Back then they carted a lot of the cheaper freight like timber and sugar. Edited January 21, 2022 by willedoo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Koreelah Posted January 21, 2022 Share Posted January 21, 2022 I was in Jakarta 45 years ago; locals approached me concerned that there’d been a train disaster in Australia. Granville was front page news in Indonesia, even though the death toll from flooding in their capital was far worse. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willedoo Posted January 22, 2022 Share Posted January 22, 2022 4 hours ago, Old Koreelah said: I was in Jakarta 45 years ago; locals approached me concerned that there’d been a train disaster in Australia. Granville was front page news in Indonesia, even though the death toll from flooding in their capital was far worse. Just for a bit of nostalgia, the National Monument in Jakarta. The one they call Sukarno's last erection. He sure put up a lot of monuments during his time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted January 22, 2022 Share Posted January 22, 2022 Trump's got some project going with a 4 lane highway leading to it from Jakarta. When the Capital is relocated that will devalue the Resort. It's in a contentious place near some shrine so maybe his last resort in Indonesia.. Nev 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Koreelah Posted January 22, 2022 Share Posted January 22, 2022 The last thing needed in a crowded developing nation: golf courses and luxury resorts for the obscenely corrupt. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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