….are still vital to inter-island trade in Indonesia.
Not coincidentally, Indonesia has more inhabited islands than does any other nation, and many of them do not have deep-water ports.
Jakarta, of course, has a modern, deep-water port.
Tanjung Priok – that “new” port – is not merely a replacement for the “old” port.
Sunda Kelapa is still a working port; if I had pointed my camera in another direction, I could have taken a photo that included very many more wooden-hulled boats, plus a huge number of lorries…
…I did in fact also point my camera in other directions, as will become evident in future, multi-image posts.
(photo is ©️ Doug Spencer, taken in Sunda Kelapa at 9.27 am on 16 October, 2024)
Jakarta’s “old port” and nearby “old Batavia” are remarkably unlike what a newcomer would reasonably expect to find in a colossal 21st century Asian metropolis.
This is particularly so when one remembers that Jakarta is the hub of a nation whose European coloniser was only persuaded to “let go” (reluctantly, post WW II) after much blood had been shed.
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