The infamous railway tracks
I remember visiting there once late at night. I was asked where I came from and I could point to Shangri-La nearby where I was staying. The place could get dangerous if you strayed into the areas haunted by warias (trannies). The story went that the railway tracks denizens were not only homeless, they were "refugees" from the rural areas who had no right to be in Jakarta according to a Jakarta city law aimed at preventing overcrowding in the capital. The railway tracks however were federal property where Jakarta city law didn't obtain. What I found extraordinary is that I could mosey round in such a dump in such a big metropolis and still be safe.