Couchfish Day 347: Straddle The Cannon At Your Peril

As I wrote the other day, there are two main quarters of Jakarta that feature in the sightseeing checklists of most travellers. One is pretty much in the centre of town, while the other lies to the north, near the coast, and is known as Kota Tua. Literally “Old Town,” most shorten it to simply “Kota,” and it is well worth a day of wandering—today I’m lo…