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posted August 19, 2008 by Robyn Eckhardt
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[Googlers: if you got here with 'Jakarta wet t-shirt contest' you're in the wrong place. Move on.] One night in Jakarta we, an American journalist friend, and a few of her Jakarta-resident buddies hired two taxis and headed out to Muara Angke, an amazing seafood market somewhere in the northern reaches of the city. Rather than a 'market' Muara Angke might more accurately be called a seafood neighborhood, because though it's anchored in a large building the market itself leaches into all surrounding streets and lanes. We seemed to drive past blocks and blocks of 'market' before we even reached the market. And it is not for ... read more