Okay.
Yay.
-Yay!
-Bye, Miss Renata. -Bye.
-Thank you, Miss. -Sama-sama (you're welcome).
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Hello again from Jakarta, Indonesia.
Terima kasih (thank you)
Today let's head to the most beautifully preserved historical area here,
the Old Town.
Wow, the entire area here around the square is closed to traffic.
That is so nice.
Kota Tua is one of the places you have to visit
when you come to Jakarta
And the name means Old Town.
It's exactly that.
The original downtown of Jakarta
when Jakarta was not even called Jakarta yet.
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Indonesia, despite having so much history,
is a very young country.
They only got independent after World War II.
Before that, Indonesia was called Dutch East Indies
as it was a Dutch colony,
and Jakarta was called Batavia.
That's why you see this word "Batavia" in lots of places here.
The political and economic center of Batavia was Kota Tua,
this area right here,
and more specifically, this square, today called Fatahillah.
-Olá (hello) -Enjoying Fatahillah Square?
-Fatahillah? -Fatahillah.
-Fatchulia? -Fatahillah.
-Fatchulla?
-[laughs]
Will you ever learn how to say foreign words?
-No, never (in German and Portuguese)
Guess what's the main thing to do here?
Rent one of these bikes.
They come with a matching hat.
Everyone here is riding these bikes.
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Hi. How much for the bike?
-Rp 20,000, 30 minutes.
-Rp 20,000. -Rp 20,000, 30 minutes.
-30 minutes. -One bicycle.
-And it comes with the hat? -Yeah. See?
-Good to know. Okay. -Okay.
Terima kasih (thank you).
Rp 20,000 for 30 minutes
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There are still lots of Dutch style structures here
mostly from the 17th century
which makes everything so, so charming.
When you Google Kota Tua or Fatahillah Square,
this is the exact image that you see.
It's exactly this.
It is so nice to be here and see.
This building was a former City Hall build in 1710.
Today is the Jakarta History Museum.
Rp 5,000?
Okay. It doesn't look like there's a different price for foreigners.
There's a huge internal area here.
So beautiful.
The museum itself is in this building here. It faces the square.
And over there, there's a different exhibition.
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This building here has already been the City Hall,
a court council, and a prison.
This celebrates an agreements between the kingdoms of Portugal and Sunda
that existed here in the 1500s.
In exchange for military support that Portugal would give them,
they allowed the Portuguese into the pepper trade.
The Portuguese ended up being expulsed later.
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The various areas where they found pottery.
Here in this region, they found this language from the fifth century.
This is the front of the building.
There's this area here like an indoor balcony.
The structure of the building is well-maintained,
and the museum today shows the history of Jakarta
and the various cultures that lived here throughout the centuries.
All original furniture here from the 18th and 19th centuries.
Let's see if you're a good learner.
What is Batavia?
-It's a chocolate. -[laughs]
You're so right.
And look at how interesting. This building here,
as a City Hall,
has a lot of similarities with the City Hall in Amsterdam.
-Bye. -Bye.
-Bye, Renata. -Bye.
-Bye. -Bye.
Interesting, how many school groups here.
Look at Gordon over there. Huge conversation.
I saw that you made a new friend.
-Yeah. -Yes.
-I make friends everywhere. -You make friends everywhere.
-Yes. -[laughs]
-Medan -He's from Medan?
-Medan, Indonesia. -Uh-huh. That's...
-I got friends all the way in Medan
-Yeah. -I got friends in Medan
-Hello.
It's a small museum. You can see everything in about an hour or so.
And for the price, 0.35 cents, it's worth a visit.
From one colonial building to the next.
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This building here inside is so beautiful.
I'm just afraid I'm not gonna be able to show you much
because there's a sign saying "no pictures."
This building here, these were the offices of the Dutch East India Company,
the colonizers.
Indonesia was colonized by the Dutch.
Look at this cocktail.
Marry Me.
Please say yes. [laughs]
Hey, hey. Cheers. Cheers first. No?
Cheers.
Mmm.
Wow.
This is so interesting.
I asked for a strawberry tea
and you can really taste the strawberry here.
It's more like a strawberry juice.
This is so good. It even comes with strawberries here.
Good, isn't it?
Yeah.
It looks good. You're happy, happy.
You found someone you know?
-Yeah.
Gus Van Sant
The problem is it's not him
-Waiter: Good-bye.
-Terima kasih (thank you).
That was nice, huh? -Yeah, it was great.
-So beautiful. -Yeah, yeah, yeah.
I totally thought it would be a tourist trap.
You know, a place like this right by the square
But no, food was actually really, really good.
Atmosphere is good.
You felt like in a really traditional place there.
It was just expensive,
more than what I'd expect to pay in Indonesia.
35 dollars in total.
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There are colonial buildings all over Kota Tua,
not only at the square.
And this one right here is one of the oldest, from 1730.
It's called Toko Merah which means red shop.
This was the residence of the governor-general
of the Dutch East Indies at the time
And then it continued serving as the residence
for future governors-general.
By the way, it's important not to confuse Dutch East Indies
with Dutch East India Company.
Dutch East Indies is how Indonesia was called as a Dutch colony
and Dutch East India Company were the Dutch colonizers.
How many times did I say Dutch?
I don't know. Too many, that's all I know.
This is Gordon on camera.
Dutch, Dutch, Dutch, Dutch, Dutch,
Dutch, Dutch, Dutch, Dutch, Dutch.
You don't even know how to hold the camera.
I talent. Big! (trying to speak Portuguese)
Look at his building right here.
Wow. It is very close to Toko Merah and the square.
The square is right over there.
This is a museum, Bank Indonesia Museum.
Next time we go visit, because it closes at 3:30 pm,
we wouldn't have the time to properly see it now.
-We're here? -Yeah.
So, instead, we came to check out Chinatown.
-Seller: Hello. -Hello. Terima kasih (thanks).
Chinatown is also in Kota Tua.
Man: How do you do? Where do you come from?
-Canada. -Canada.
-Ottawa? Toronto?
-Vancouver. -Vancouver.
-Good. Okay, nice to meet you.
-Nice to meet you.
-You're from Vancouver now? -Yes.
It's easier. Nobody knows Calgary.
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I think we arrived here in the middle of a celebration.
This looks like a party today.
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This is Jin De Yuan Temple.
-Do you speak English?
[in Indonesian]
-We're fine. We just ate.
-Yes. Thank you so much. Terima kasih.
It was so nice. She came here to offer us food.
So kind of her.
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What a coincidence, arriving here on a very important occasion.
I just don't know what they're celebrating.
No one I approached speaks English.
-Ready to go back to the square? -I'll follow you to the square.
All right.
Come on, it's that way.
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Jakarta is a huge city.
A lot of people, a lot of traffic everywhere.
But transport here is pretty easy
Very easy to call a car or motorbike via Grab, like Uber.
And here, they even have free buses.
I showed one of these free buses in my first video here.
Air-conditioned bus, super comfortable and free.
And I just discovered that they even have a free tourist bus,
one of these double-decker buses.
That is so nice.
For tomorrow we already have plans,
but if we had one extra day here, I'd certainly get up there
just to take pictures all over.
If you've been watching this channel for a while,
you know how much I enjoy doing that.
Despite the Dutch presence here for almost 350 years,
the Dutch language has never worked here.
Almost no one speaks Dutch.
Not that I speak Dutch,
I just find it curious, a country not picking up the language
of their colonizers.
Why do you think they never picked up Dutch here?
-Because they didn't want to speak it.
-Yeah. They were rebels.
[laughs]
Maybe they were just independent.
Independence since the beginning, yeah
After the Independence, Indonesia nationalized all the names here.
Before that, everything was in Dutch, including the name of the square here.
And they chose Fatahillah because he was a national hero.
He liberated the port here from the Portuguese,
who tried to settle in Jakarta even before the Dutch.
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You are always so shy, giving all kinds of interviews.
-Yes. -[laughs]
What are the interviews about?
I can't tell. It's secret.
Oh, come on! I was interviewed, too.
-No, it was all secret. -Yes, I was interviewed, too.
It's so nice, they're all doing school projects here, right?
-No, they're secret interviews.
-Oh, come on. -I can't tell.
[laughs]
I gave three interviews for school projects.
-It is so nice. -I gave four.
[laughs]
-I'm more popular.
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We've been here now for an hour, an hour and a half just people watching.
And it is so interesting how the square comes alive as it gets dark.
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Street artists set up their spaces here with backdrops and everything.
They're sophisticated here.
-Hello! Different!
-Vendor: Yes.
As it gets dark, this street right next to the square
becomes a huge market.
It's a huge...
It's a huge market.
Trump says that. [laughs]
Look at this.
Lots of food and shopping.
Look at how hard it is for the bus to get through.
They set up this market in the exclusive lane
for the Bus Rapid Transit.
-Terima kasih (thank you) -Yes, sama-sama.
I love coconuts, so delicious.
Interesting thing is that it's warm.
Just like the coconut is hanging like this.
That's what they serve you.
It's not cold at all. [laughs]
But it's still good.
-Time to go home? Yes.
-Who knows by the way... tomorrow?
-We met him like five times today.
On one, two, three..
Words. What?
Aren't you loving Indonesia?
-Isn't Indonesia great? -Yeah!
-[laughs]
-And hot. -And hot and fun.
-And lovely. -I'm sweaty.
-Yes, you are, and so am I.
Look at how sweaty I am even in the evening.
So, if you're coming to Jakarta, get ready.
We still have one more day here in Jakarta, so stay tuned for the next vlog.
It's going to be in a totally different area here in the city.
-Three, two, one. Go!
You know what? I take over and she's speechless.
She's got nothing to say because I'm all the talent
Been here for an hour, an hour and a half now
sitting here, just people watching.
-Ready to go back to the square? -You betcha!
[laughs]
Why is all this excitement?
Because we're going back to the square.
-Photo, photo! -Okay.
-Okay. Thank you very much.
-Sama-sama (your're welcome). -Thank you.
-Thank you!
-Bye. -Bye!
So what would you say is the most important place
everyone should visit when they come here?
-Oh, when you come here,
you've got to show... probably to go to Kota Tua here.
-Kota Tua.
Museum Fatahillah,
Masjid Istiqlal, there's the culture,
Monas, and also...
-Ancol, Dufan -Ancol, Dufan
-Ancol! Yeah! -Yes!
-Have you ever visited there? -Is that far?
-No, I'm planning to go tomorrow. -Oh, not yet.
-Oh, good. -Yeah.
In Dufan also they have really good view there.
-Uh-huh. -Cute view like a...
There are so many dolls there.
-How nice! Yeah. -Yeah, that's really...
Instagramable for you to take photos, really.
-Oh, okay. -Really.
-That's so nice.
They are so nice and so lovely.
They were interviewing me here.
-Yeah. Thank you so much.
-It's really... -Thank you very much.
-It's such a good time.