Sights around Jakarta that appealed to us

This is the view of a mosque right across from the balcony of George and Shirley's apartment.

and below is the view on the other side of the balcony, of the fountain, below their apartment.  On Sunday the road was closed for a cycling extravaganza.  They look like ants from the 25th floor.

Fishing boats on the harbour.  The port has been one for over 1,000 years.  These are the small sampans and very inaccessible for the average person.  We had to look over the wall in the small, incredibly crowded, labyrinthine, dirty, smelly fishing village in order to get this glimpse of these boats.  The larger freight boats are at the more accessible but not at all picturesque harbour.



Below is the former Governor's office now a museum in Fatahilla Square in Batavia.  Batavia is the oldest part of Jakarta but not many of the old buildings have been kept or preserved.

 A tuk tuk.