In Search of the Heart of Indonesia

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With provinces ripped asunder by the tsunami and terrorist bombings still looming large on the national psyche, Indonesia has risen victoriously after it has attained democracy, New Era reports.

By Catherine Sasman

INDONESIA – Walking out of the Soekamo-Hatta International Airport at Jakarta after a 19-hour long stretch of airplanes and transit halls, an overwhelming and unfamiliar hot air takes your breath away as the last cool air from the air-conditioned arrival lounge is greedily sucked in as the sliding doors close behind you.

Temperatures are known to rise to 27 or more than 30 degrees Celsius, but it is the 80 to 90 percent humidity that envelopes the tropical archipelago of 17ǟ