Ode to the Past
Sep 10, 2018
2 minutes
Text Elizabeth Pisani
Illustration
Naela Ali
The name Jakarta is enough to send you grinding to a halt if you’ve ever visited — and perhaps also if you haven’t. Indonesia’s chaotic first city is like an obese teenager with clogged arteries who continues to stuff in the Big Macs; indeed, the capital’s traffic jams threaten its very
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