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Five Reasons Why AYANA Offers the Most Unique Vacay with your Family in Indonesia
From Bali to the lesser-known Komodo Island, Indonesian luxury hospitality brand AYANA offers options for next family getaway. At Bali’s AYANA Estate, nature is the number one guest. Here, the earth, sky, jungle and sea flourish in their own ecosystem. Located amidst a majestic jungle on the pristine shoreline of Jimbaran, this 90-hectare resort is home to four luxury hotels…
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Rishi Sunak Refers To Narendra Modi ‘President’ In Linkedin post Goof-up
image credit – Rishi Sunak Linkedin New Delhi : In the latest gaffe by United Kingdom Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, he referred to Prime Minister Narendra Modi as “President Modi” in a linkedin post on Wednesday. During the world leaders G 20 summit at the holiday island of Bali, Indonesia , Rishi referred to Indian Prime Minister as the President…
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Indonesia : ‘unity in diversity’;Travelogue Day 18
Jakarta : Jakarta is a city of skyscrapers, LED billboards, toll roads, flyovers, foot over bridges, museums, shopping malls, food courts, cafés, food streets, restaurants, colourful mosques and tree-lined verdant avenues. It is also the capital of Indonesian, Japanese, Korean and Chinese cuisine. Rain washed trees, skyscrapers, red-tiled roofs of homes, buildings, avenues, litter free pavements, roads, canals and rivers…
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Indonesia : ‘unity in diversity’;Travelogue Day 17
Melting pot of multiculturalism Jakarta : I visited a mosque and a church facing each other separated by a busy road in Jakarta. These two were being connected by an underground tunnel for a trouble free movement of devotees since they have a history of sharing their parking facilities on special occasions like Eid and Christmas. I went to a…
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Indonesia : ‘unity in diversity’;Travelogue Day 16
Jakarta’s Dutch Connection Jakarta : For centuries Pelabuhan Sunda Kelapa has been a busy harbour of Jakarta. Once it was a favourite port of merchant vessels from Europe and India. Its role as an international port of importance is over in the 21st century. Now it is playing an important role in the country’s march to progress by managing inter-island…
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Indonesia : ‘unity in diversity’ ;Travelogue Day 15
Jakarta’s mini-China Jakarta : With my son and daughter-in-law busy with their offices from Monday to Friday, I had come prepared to Indonesia to be on my own during the weekdays. After my arrival in Indonesia I realised that in this nation English is only the script of Bahasa. It is not a part of verbal communication in the country.…
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Indonesia : ‘unity in diversity’ ; Travelogue Day 14
Of Shiva, Ganesha & Mt Bromo Jakarta : Indonesia is the only Muslim majority nation with motto of Unity in Diversity enshrined in its constitution. After spending nearly a month in Java, where more than fifty percent of the country’s population lives, I can say that this motto is not a mere slogan. It is an intrinsic part of the…
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Indonesia : ‘unity in diversity’ ; Travelogue Day 12
Jakarta : July 8 was my birthday and I was doing what I enjoy doing the most. Travelling. That too with my son Shashank, daughter-in-law Arsh and grand daughter Mehar. We decided to head out for a three-day weekend to visit Mount Bromo (2329 meters), Java’s most popular and accessible live volcano. We reached Surabaya, capital of East Java, after…
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Indonesia : ‘unity in diversity’ ; Travelogue Day 11
Milk consumption trends Jakarta : Indonesians believe in an early start. I have been watching construction labour walking in for work at a nearby site every day at 7 in the morning. When I step out for a walk roads are choc a block with two-wheelers and cars. Local vegetable, meat and grocery market (Prasar) is bustling with shoppers much…
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Indonesia : ‘unity in diversity’ ; Travelogue Day 10
Jakarta : For four hours I was lost in the maze of lanes of Pasar Burung, the famous bird market behind Pasar Pramuka in Jakarta Timur (East). Its more than 150 shops were not only home to lakhs of birds held in cages of all sizes, it also had a number of them selling bird feed—from insects dead and alive,…
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