Sunday, January 1, 2012

JAKARTA—New Year's Eve


From Jakarta I wish you all a very good, successful and prosperous 2012.

From the tenth floor of our new Brawijaya apartment on we had an unobstructed view to the south—the tall building in the video is Kemang Mansion (Kem Chicks).
The fireworks started the moment it got dark, that is, at 6pm, building up to the impressive finale around midnight.
I just read that the district government of Tana Toraja spent some Rp 2 billion (US$ 220,000) on a fireworks display. My guess is that private individuals in Jakarta will have spent at least ten times that amount. Why not, the economy is booming and the results were truly impressive.
I attach a short video of the display and once again wish you a very happy 2012.


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