Jakarta-architecture at a quick-pace

Driving through Jakarta on work days could be a nightmare, luckily it went smoothly for us that particular morning. Well, it's a smooth-ride for Jakarta standard of traffic flow which notably known for its horrific traffic congestion, so don't get to impressed of it. tsk tsk!  These photos might be just a few of interesting architecture landmark that I could snap on the go. Perhaps I would need another shot touring Jakarta on its own just to have a feel of how living in a heavy populated city feels like and experience its architecture.

this would be one of Jakarta notable landmark

there seems to be numbers of skyscrapers facing the  landmark roundabout

simple building there is

Thamrin City - the shopping complex

I wonder what's the detailing behind those glass wall

It's okay to spot such traditional emphasize on buildings here as it's part of their tropical architecture

Soekarno-Hatta International Airport

There ain't much of an airport feeling at this particular airport. Perhaps I was exposed to a more modern KL International Airport or the Changi Airport or the Zurich Airport, so having to walk through this particular terminal gives such impression of a museum rather than an airport.  :)

the international arrival corridor

the international departure waiting lounge

KLM counter 

Traffic congestion-Jakarta style

Google Map indicates the Jakarta-Bandung journey would only takes 1hr 29mins. However, it took us more than 2 hours just to leave Jakarta city centre and into the hiway that would lead us to Bandung, and at 22:29pm  we were just barely 1/3 of the journey. And to what seems to be an 1 hr later, we still got 1/3 of the journey to reach Bandung. We finally reach our hotel at 1.30am Bandung time. Owh , just so you know, we arrived in Jakarta at 630pm (KLM was fast - it took only 1hr 40mins from KLIA to Jakarta)

these are among those jams!! the idling allow street people to make a quick sales from car to car and they are selling everything that you could think off

the journey - 1 of 3

the journey - 2 of 3