The aircraft landed me at Changi Airport. There, I had to stay overnight. While I was searching for where I should sleep, I found Changi Airport has departure hall and arrival hall on the same floor.
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Duty free shops were closed
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No one was in the immigration gate
Cactus Garden in the airport
I managed to sleep on a bench near departure lobby. Though a friend of mine advised me to play around the city, I didn't do that to save physical strength for activities in Indonesia.
In the morning, I woke up and boarded Valuair flight to Soekarno Hatta Airport in Jakarta.
At the airport, a taxi driver spoke to me "Where are you going?"
I "Where is the bus?"
He "To city centre?"
I "To Gambir"
He pointed out the place of boarding buses.
I went to the pick-up area of the buses for downtowns of Jakarta.
I took bus for Gambir. On the way to Gambir, I found a advertisement of a Japanese company, from which my friend got job offer.
Traffic jam to Gambir was so heavy that 90 mins brought me to Gambir.
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Gambir station
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Monas(Nationnal Monument) near the station
From Gambir, I intended to take KRL Jabotabek train to Kota. But, a staff in a ticket counter said no train runs from Gambir to Kota. So, I took transjakarta buses to Kota via Harmoni. Though Transjakarta has its bus lanes, my bus was involved in traffic jam around Kota.
At Kota, I found trains for various destinations.
Seri 6000
I chose a economy(ekonomi) train for Bogor, and alighted at Manggarai. What the train surprised me are
・Floors are totally dirty
・Motors were rattling with strange sound
・Streetchildren in the train pestered money
・Doors were open even when the train was running.
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Station nameplate Type1
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Station nameplate Type2
Seri 1000(Former Toyo Kousoku Railway 1000 series in Japan)
Seri 7000(Former Tokyo Metro 7000 series in Japan)
KL3 series
Seri 5000(Former Tokyo Metro 5000 series in Japan)
Tokyu8000(Former Tokyu 8000 series in Japan)
???? series train
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Indonesian AKB48?
After that, I boarded trains
Manggarai→Tanah Abang→Kampung Bandan
Diesel locomotive in Tanah Abang
Train connecting Kota and Kampung Bandan (At Kampung Bandan)
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The track from Kampung Bandan to Tanjung Priok was abandoned (At Kampung Bandan)
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To Tanjung Priok
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Trains seen from the abandoned platform
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Kampung Bandan was surrounded by shanty towns.
I headed for the nearby shopping mall.
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On my way to the mall, I crossed the track
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From the different angle
At nearby shopping mall, I drank Sprite. There, I found a Chinese woman singing Chinese songs.
I moved to China town?(I couldn't find any sign indicating it was China town), and ate dinner.
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On my way to Chinatown, there were many shops retailing electronics
What irritated me came next. I boarded a bus of Transjakarta from Blodok, which is the next bus stop to Kota. Traffic jam caused me to take 36 mins for Kota.
From Kota, I rode KRL Jabotabek trains
Kota→Kampung Bandan→Kramat
I walked to the hotel I was going to stay at. To my surprise, two problems happened at the hotel.
・The hotel couldn't confirm my booking→The hotel ensured the room for me.
・I couldn't open the door by using the card key that had been given me→I got another card key.
As is often the case with me in travelling, I was involved in many troubles.
