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Bangkok and Batavia

Bangkok is a city that has discovered its water. They use the water for commerce. For ceremonies. For transportation, parades, tourism, restaurants, markets and public gathering spaces. Previously I wrote about the Jakarta / Batavia harbor, Sunda Kelapa. Jakarta sits … Continue reading

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The Great Divide

Yesterday I went to Sunda Kelapa in North Jakarta, the old harbour that used to be a Dutch trading outpost. I was there under the pretext of taking photographs of the giant trade ships at sunrise, but I found myself … Continue reading

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