With a fresh night’s sleep we felt rejuvenated and ready to
brave the streets. We'd heard rumours of an infamous street market in an area
called Glodok, which was said to sell tropical pets, such as monkeys and all
other kinds of strange goods. Armed with a map of Jakarta we took to the streets
by foot in hope of finding our own way there.
Leaving the main roads to find shortcuts through the labyrinth
of alleyways, from all directions we was greeted with cheers of "Halo
mister, how are you?". We stumbled down alleys of open sewers, mountain rubbish
piles and countless street cats, both alive and dead, hurrying through the
intimidating alleyways of the slums, an extremely friendly welcome from all we
met on the way.
We didn't manage to find the market in the end. Although we
entered a warehouse in which seemed to be the headquarters of international DVD
pirating. Unfortunately we were sternly advised not to take pictures at the
door. We ended the day with a hearty meal from what seemed to be a pretty
classy restaurant, paying about 42,000rp (£7) each for starters, main and
alcohol, frequent thunder claps as a flash storm graced the busy streets
outside.
City wildlife
Slum adventures
More city life
Happy shopper
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