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**(中文, Bahasa Indonesia, English) | Explorer of Hidden History and Culture**

Let's do Historical/Culinary/Cultural/Business local Jakarta Walking Tour / Join Nature Open Trip Together 😎

I can show you a lot of things that even locals don't know or realize and you can teach me about what you know but the locals from your country don't know 😁

When you understand the context or connection between historical places, it makes you appreciate the travel more 😊 and really satisfied with how life works.

Interestingly, I got these two books recommendation from CS here which become my main motivation to travel:

- “The Changing World Order” by Ray Dalio, a renowned investor and founder of Bridgewater Associates, (largest hedge fund in the world) explores the cycles of rise and fall that empires and economies undergo throughout history. Dalio uses his research on history, economics, and finance to explain why nations rise to power, how they decline, and what lessons we can learn from these patterns.

- "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind", Yuval Noah Harari explains how humans evolved from small tribes into great civilizations through shared beliefs and cooperation. After the Agricultural Revolution, farming enabled permanent settlements like Mesopotamia, Ancient Egypt, the Indus Valley, and China. These societies built cities, writing systems, and hierarchies founded on imagined orders—religion, kingship, and law. Harari shows that these collective myths allowed millions of strangers to work together, forming the foundation of human civilization and the empires that followed.

It is interesting how we can predict what's on the future from learning the past by traveling around.

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And from my inner view about Indonesia, what I learned is actually astonishing.

Fun fact about Indonesia:

The country with the largest Muslim population in the world — but not an Islamic state. Why?

Indonesia is a blend of multiple influences and cultures – from its Austronesian ancestors, Chinese communities (mainly Hokkien, Hakka, and even Muslim influences in Java), Indian heritage (especially from the south, with Hindu-Buddhist and Sanskrit traditions), as well as Dutch / Netherlands and others.

🔅0–5th century: Early Indonesian societies practiced animism and ancestor worship, believing spirits resided in nature.
🔆5th–14th century: Hinduism and Buddhism spread through trade with India. Powerful kingdoms like Srivijaya (Buddhist) and Majapahit (Hindu-Buddhist) flourished, blending Indian beliefs with local traditions
🔅13th–16th century: Islam arrived via Arab, Indian, and Chinese (who started Islam in Java) traders. It spread peacefully through trade ports like Aceh, Demak, and Malacca, gradually replacing Hindu-Buddhist influence.
🔆16th–20th century: Christianity was introduced by Portuguese, Spanish, and later Dutch colonizers—mainly in Eastern Indonesia.
🔆Modern era: Today, Indonesia officially recognizes six religions (Islam, Protestantism, Catholicism, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Confucianism), reflecting its long history of religious diversity and cultural fusion

The story of how all these elements have blended from the very beginning is what inspires me to travel so much.

Another interesting facts about Indonesia:

- The 4th most populous country in the world

- The 2nd largest in number of tribes in the world

- The 2nd largest in number of languages in the world

- The country with the most islands in the world

- The country with the most volcanic mountains in the world

- The 1st largest colony of richest company of all-time: VOC

- Home to the world’s most populated island: Java

- Home to the world’s best food (Rendang)

- The only country that recognizes Confucianism as an official religion

- The country with the largest Chinese population outside mainland China

- The country with the largest Buddhist and Christian populations in ASEAN

- The 4th largest Hindu population in the world

- Home to the largest Buddhist temple in the world: Borobudur

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Make new friends and language / cultural exchanges

Interests

• culture
• books
• movies
• traveling
• hiking
• backpacking
• business
• history
• business travel
• budget travel
• cinema
• gaming

Music, Movies, and Books

Nolan movies, Breaking Bad series, Ozark, Sandman, Wednesday and a lot heavy western series. Included good anime or manga too.

I love controversial books on telling the economic system or political system.

Musics are more like 80s vibe - 2000 vibe. Muse mr big broadway-based music green day my chemical romance panic at the disco lady gaga taylor swift michael jackson etc.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

If one, ~> Visited 15++ China cities with only single taxi & all bus / metro

Visited 10++ Japan cities
Visited All Universal / DisneylandTheme Parks in Asia : USJ USB USS Disneyland Shanghai Tokyo HK Disneysea
Do overland from Vietnam to Thailand, Thailand to Malaysia, Malaysia to SG
Do overland from Bali to Surabaya with multiple bus
Visited national museum Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines, Cambodia, Malaysia, Singapore, Japan, China
Visited Bali during Covid -19 especially Nusa Penida without people around 😁

Teach, Learn, Share

Let me show some Jakarta secret gem or Indonesia hidden secret
How local people especially Chinese live in Jakarta
How business works in Indonesia

What I Can Share with Hosts

Insight on Jakarta hidden gem / Indonesia hidden gem or stories, ASEAN stories, history of East Asian - ASEAN (as I visited every national museum & local museum)

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Macao, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Indonesia