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A Day Trip to Bogor Posted by on Oct 13, 2014

Get out of the heat and traffic of Jakarta and take a day trip to Bogor. While this is also a big city, it’s much cooler due to its elevation, and here you can visit the beautiful Bogor Botanical Gardens.

A Trip to Bogor Botanical Gardens Posted by on Sep 29, 2014

Just 60 km and an hour’s train ride south from Jakarta you’ll find Bogor, the “bo” in the massive Jabodetabekjur urban conglomeration of Java. Way back when, it was the capital of the Sunda Kingdom (669-1579 AD) and was calledĀ Pakuan Pajajaran. Later known as Buitenzorg (“free of care”) to the Dutch colonizers, this was their…

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