To be stuck in Jakarta’s horrific jam is not my idea of a great sight-seeing tour. Although I was totally worn out after getting stuck for hours, I did managed to go on a shooting spree with Stanley.

Jakarta is actually quite a friendly place; busy but friendly for sure. Everywhere you go you see people rushing here and there. They are willing to wait patiently in their vehicles during the busy city jam just to get to their destination, wherever it is.

We managed to check out a few landmarks in Jakarta.

A hazy view of Tugu Monas. The Tugu Monas is Jakarta’s version of Merdeka Square. The Monumen Nasional (the National Monument tower) is a 450 ft (137 m) tall tower in Central Jakarta, symbolizing the fight for Indonesia’s Independence.

Jakarta Cathedral (Indonesian: Gereja Katedral Jakarta) is a Roman Catholic Cathedral in Jakarta, Indonesia, which is also the seat of the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Jakarta, Currently Julius Riyadi Cardinal Darmaatmadja. Its official name is Gereja Santa Maria Pelindung Diangkat Ke Surga (from Dutch, De Kerk van Onze Lieve Vrouwe ten Hemelopneming, in English: The Church of our Lady of Assumption). This cathedral was officiated in 1901 and built in the neo-gothic style, a common architectural style to build churches at that time.

Kids playing football in the city. The recent performance from PSSI (Persatuan SepakBola Seluruh Indonesia) in the AFC Asian Cup 2007 sparked the fire throughout the nation. PSSI performed well despite being in the same group with 2 World Cup teams from Asia.

A black and white version of the building from the above photo.

Besides seeing lots of cars and bikes on the highway, street hawker like this is a common sight everywhere in Jakarta.

Although I’ve spent more than a week here. I haven’t really been around Jakarta. There’s plenty more places to visit in Jakarta but the traffic condition there making it impossible to plan my schedule.

I have plenty more photos to post here but will probably have to do it after I get back to KL.

I also posted 2 photos at ShutterAsia on how I salvaged over-exposed images to creative artworks in Photoshop. These are the photos.

An old worn out building.

Kids playing street soccer near Tugu Monas.