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INTERESTING PLACES In 1962 the bay between Sunda Kelapa Port and Tanjung Priok, central Jakarta was built huge recreation park. This park consist of night clubs various sports, hotels, cafes and art market. The art market is an exhibition of crafts, and various shops with side ways walk cafes, and life music shows on Sunday and Saturday city there are various museums preserving the historical fact of the city and also the highlight of events during the development of the city. Beside the main national museum of Indonesia, specially dedicated museum such as to the maritime, wayang puppet, history of Jakarta and others.

The Museum National is located on the side of Merdeka Square or Lapangan Merdeka and was built in 1862 at that time Dutch colonial administration realized about the great treasure of Indonesian cultural heritages and long history of Indonesia. The biggest surprised for the Western historians was the fact that historical record in Indonesia showing tremendous level of similarities with those in India.

One of spectacular Jakarta's recreation and educational place is Taman Mini Indonesia Indah. The area covers 120 hectares in east Jakarta municipality. The concept of Mini Indonesia Indah is collecting and communicating the diversity of treasures of Indonesia. During the construction of this park Indonesia was still consisting of 27 provinces, so it was supposed to represent at least 27 highlight of Indonesian culture,
Taman Ismail Marzuki is Jakarta's showcase in culturalperformances. As it is well known Java island including west Java which is called Sunda had strongly influenced by the Hindu tradition in the past. The Hndu tradition, especially initiated by the palaces, were various entertainments,
When Java's history was disclosed starting 8th century West Java or more popular known as the land of Pasundan or Sunda in short had started also come to light. During the reign of Javanese king from both Cailendra dynasty who built Borobudur, and Sanjaya who built Prambanan temple, on west Java as the king of Galuh in 732 was also mentioned His Majesty king

Pekan Raya Jakarta or known as Jakarta Fair or Jakarta International Expo is one of the biggest fair ground in South East Asia built to boost the business life of Indonesia and regionally the countries of south east Asia. The organization of exhibition is held regularly for various line of products from traditional to modern hi-tec products that can be produced at the decades.

Stasiun Gambir The name of station Gambir is so popular in Jakarta city, especially for those prefer to travel by train. Train transport in Java and other parts of Indonesia is less developping despite the fact of long history of rail and train existence in the country. Meanwhile it is actually the cheapest way of traveling. Some trains are classified as good standard such as Argo Bromo and Executive, only the management less intensive in developing and maintain various aspects of this transporation which is state own company,
Jakarta Convention Center Jakarta Convention Center is one of Jakartas land mark on conference, exhibition and meeting business with international standard. Located at Jalan Gatot Subroto in the center of Jakarta city, quipped with the latest audio visual for the full function of business promotion and transaction,

Tanjung Priok Sea Port Tanjung Priok is one of the biggest seaport in Indonesia belong to Jakarta Spceial Province. Among the biggest sea port of Indonesia developped since 17th century are Tanjung Perak - Surabaya, Belawan - North Sumatra, and Soekarno - Hatta Sea port in Makassar, south Sulawesi, 

ANCOL RECREATION PARK In 1962 the bay between Sunda Kelapa Port and Tanjung Priok, central Jakarta was built huge recreation park. This park consist of night clubs various sports, hotels, cafes and art market. The art market is an exhibition of crafts, and various shops with side ways walk cafes, and life music shows on Sunday and Saturday nights. There are 2 aquariums, the sea world with it's walking tunnel through, various parks and sea life. Gelanggang Samudra is an aquarium with boat ride and dolphine shows. The Gelangang renang is a swimming pool complex consist of wave pool and slide pool. One spectacular place at Ancol is the Dunia Fantasi ( Fantasy World ) a fun park with theme and very good for children. The can see some mini world theme such as Asia, Europe, and others. A website of this place has been constructed with picture shows can be visited. If you visit the site you will leave www.jakarta-cityhotels.com. For swimming recreation in Jakarta Ancol is not the best one. Pulau Seribu or Thousand Islands with it's clear water is the best choices for water recreation beside they have bungalows and any water sports. From Jakarta's Marina at Ancol a boat can be hired to reach the thousand island resorts. Visit the site of Ancol Recreation park. As a recreational places of Jakarta and outside people Ancol has many international level accommodation such as Raddin Hotel, Mercure Convention Center which was before managed by Radisson, Grand Ancol Hotel, and Putri Duyung Hotel. It is a pity that lately Raddin Hotel and Grand Ancol have been closed for undefinite time, while Putri Duyung Hotel is too expensive for normal travelers. Yet a choice of approximating Ancol Recreation Park can be done from Mangga Dua Area where also available good middle category hotel such as Ibis Mangga Dua Hotel, Novotel Mangga Dua Hotel, and Le Grandeur Hotel ( previously : Dusit Mangga Dua Hotel ). A little bit furhter east one can still approximate Grand Ancol from Cempaka Putih and Kemayoran Area which are all located at North Jakarta or Jakarta Utara. At Mangga Dua there are many good hotels such as Ibis Mangga Dua Hotel, Novotel Mangga Dua Hotel, and Le Grandeur Hotel. From Cenmpaka Putih and Kemayoran Area one can choose to stay at Ibis Kemayoran, Grand Cempaka Hotel and Golden Boutique Hotel. All these hotels can be seen from the listing at left top side of this page