In its heydays in the 16th century, Batavia was known as “The Queen of the East” and “the Jewel ofAsia”. Its Sunda Kelapa harbour was abuzz with merchant vessels from Europe, China, India and from throughout the Indonesian archipelago, loading in and sailing away with precious nutmegs, pepper, tea, coffee, ceramics, cloths and other exotic products of the time. The warehouses were stacked with spices, tin and copper. The successful trade in Batavia filled the coffers of the Netherland’s Treasury.

Center of the VOC Dutch East India Company’s administration was the Stadthuis with its wide front plaza, around which were the Court of Justice, banks and other important buildings.

Later the city expanded to the west bank of the Ciliwung river, where the Dutch built a fortress, a city wall and canals, outside which was Chinatown and the homes of the indigenous people.

This entire area, covering 1.3 square kilometers is today called the Old Batavia Jakarta, present day part of North and West Jakarta.

 Before this, in 1526, Prince Fatahillah of Banten invaded the harbour of Sunda Kelapa of the West Javanese kingdom of Pajajaran, On 22 June 1527 he renamed the town Jayakarta meaning victorious city.  Until today, Jakarta bases its founding on this date.

In 1619, however, Dutch Governor Jan Pieterszoon Coen destroyed the town, upon which he built the new town of Batavia – naming it to the ancestors of the Dutch, the Batavieren.

Today many of the original buildings are still intact, The government has designated the Old Batavia as conservation area and plans are afoot to revive the entire neighbourhood into a tourst destination.

Today, the Sunda Kelapa Harbour is an inter-island harbour, where one can mostly find Bugis phinisi schooners at anchor. Nearly are the old warehouses, which are now converted into a Maritime Museum.

This museum houses models of old Dutch ships and the many types of boats used in the archipelago.

Center of the Old Batavia is the former municipal building or Stadthuis, which is now a Museum depicting Jakarta’s long history, called Museum Fatahillah, while the square is called the Fatahillah Square.

The Fatahillah Museum is built in classical baroque architecture consisting of a main building with two wings on its east and west, acomplementary building used as an office, a court room, and an underground prison. These frightening prison cells contain heavy iron balls used to shackle prisoners and slaves.

Around the square are the Fine Art and Ceramic Museum, one time Court of Justice, which houses splendid paintings of the romantic maestro Raden Saleh, and expressionist Affandi.There is also a collection of ceramics from many parts of Asia.

There is also the Wayang Museum, the Bank Indonesia and Bank Mandiri Museums, housing artefacts related to the banking world.

In the vicinity are the Sion Protestant Church, built in 1695 and still in use until today, the Pasar Ikan – or Fish market, the Kota Intan Drawbridge – a reminder of canals and bridges in Holland, and the old Jakarta Kota Station, also still operational today.

The Café Batavia has been restored and now offers authentic Dutch cuisine, pastries, coffee and tea, in relaxing retro atmosphere with high ceilings, large windows, ceiling fans and wooden beams.

To Eat

When you get hungry from wandering around, there are a number of new eateries around the Square, among which are:    Handel’s Food Palace Jalan Kopi no. 18 A Roa Malaka,  Tambora, Jakarta Barat  Phone. no. : +6221 690080i8, +6221 6900909   Kedai Seni Djakarta Jalan Pintu Besar Utara 17  Kelurahan Pinangsia, Jakarta Barat Mobile phone no.: +62  813 2377 2128   Rumah Makan Batavia Minang Jalan Kali Besar Barat 36  (on the corner of Jalan Kopi)

Get There

In Old Batavia, the Fatahillah museum is still a favorite site for culture lovers, photographers, local tourists and international tourists (particularly Dutch and other Europeans) and is open from Tuesday through Sunday, from 09:00-16:00 West Indonesia Time. The museum is closed every Monday and public holidays.

Old Batavia is easiest reached via the toll road to Tanjung Priok harbour or the old road via Gunung Sahari past Mangga Dua, but this road is usually congested. Take a taxi or car. Once at the Fatahillah Square there are old-fashioned bikes for rent to cycle around and see the many attractions in this area.

Starting to work on boosting a website’s online presence? Looking for some helpto drive arelatively good amount of trafficfrom the search engines to your website?

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2. Google Analytics.

This tool can be used to better understand and monitor the performance of your organic traffic.It gives you historical, collected as well as aggregated data about the website, what the visitors did on the site, and how they got there.

3. Ahrefs’ Backlink Checker and Site Explorer.

It gives an informative and rich dashboards for inbound links and referring pages.

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If you have a penchant for traveling, chances are you’ll have some idea of how you want to navigate a foreign country you want to visit. You may more or less get a feel of the area as a pedestrian and try various forms of transportation which, while appealing in on itself, may have some risks. Before you decide on your transportation allowance, try to consider some legal factors if ever you do have a pedestrian accident abroad.

According to the World Health Organization, at least 1.25 million people become casualties of road traffic accidents worldwide with nearly half the numbers coming from the “vulnerable road users” demographic, comprised of motorcycle and bicycle riders, as well as pedestrians. If not casualties, 20 to 30 million crash survivors end up with injuries and/or a disability as a result. Moreover, 90 percent of these crashes occur in countries with low to middle income, which means it’s important to be at least more than aware of your surroundings when traveling abroad. If you do end up in a pedestrian accident overseas, here are some legal factors:

Be Wary of Negligence: Establishing Who Was At Fault

If you’re a pedestrian and you’re injured by a property defect or a vehicle, chances are you’ll

likely be able to recover damages for the injuries you’ve suffered because of the accident. This is especially if your injury was caused by the negligence of someone else, as this means someone failed to do something they should’ve in a similar situation to protect others from risks that can be foreseen.

In a legal sense, proving negligence means being able to prove that the other party at fault:

• Was supposed to do perform a legal duty towards the plaintiff under these circumstances
• Hasn’t done the legal duty through inaction or action, which is legally known as a “breach”
• The breach has caused an injury or accident that involves the plaintiff
• This accident or injury has harmed or injured the plaintiff afterwards

Be Reminded of Duties of Care

Given that there are means to establish negligence above, perhaps the most important thing to consider in pedestrian accidents abroad is to see just who exactly is to blame for the accident in the first place before deciding on a legal action. It’s important to remember that both drivers and pedestrians have duties of care they should do in order to make roads safer for everyone.

• For instance, drivers have duties of care in relation to making sure they operate their vehicle properly to ensure the safety of others. Contributing factors to negligence include speeding, distracted driving, failing to use proper measures such as signals while turning, disregarding conditions of traffic, and even driving while under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs.
• Meanwhile, pedestrian duties of care include being able to take measures to help ensure they don’t cause distraction to drivers and that they follow proper traffic regulations. Things pedestrians do that contribute to their negligence include darting in front of vehicles, failing to use crosswalks, disrupting the flow of traffic, and ignoring signals.

Conclusion

Traveling is indeed a fun activity, especially if you’re going abroad to explore new places. However, it’s important to remember that keeping yourself safe overseas is also a big part of making sure your trip remains enjoyable all throughout. If you do get involved in a pedestrian accident, the above tips may hopefully help keep your head in the right direction to get matters solved immediately.

Every man has someone special in his life, the special someone can be his girlfriend and even his wife. In every relationship it is important to express, so whether that her in your life is a girlfriend or a wife it is important to express. Expressing is important because every girl wants to be with a person who makes her feel special and gives her importance. Women like attention and that is what is needed when you are in a relationship, whether the girl is mature or not ever woman or girl needs attention. One can express his feelings by sending gifts, by taking her out for dinners, by surprising her but more than all this one thing that would put a smile on her face is a text from you.

Good morning messages for her are the best way of expressing you love as these messages would remind her of you and your love early in the morning and would put a smile on her sleepy face. Good morning messages can be a one line message or one paragraph of message; it depends upon you as it is you who has to express your feeling to your special lady. A lot of times men don’t know what to type in a message or don’t have the time to compose a message so here we have some messages that one can use.

Messages for her

• Good morning baby, i just want you to know how much i love you. Have a great day.
• I love you and miss you throughout the day my love, good morning.
• You are the reason for my smile, have a great day.
• Each morning is beautiful because you are there with me today and always.
• Hey pretty girl, i miss you and long to seeing you soon. Good morning.
• Open your beautiful eyes my love and see how beautiful the morning is.
• Moring is the favourite part of the day because i get up with your thought. Good morning.
• Every day is a new day for me to love you even more, have a great day beautiful.
• I wish i could just give you a good morning kiss. Morning my love.
• It is time to get up my queen, good morning.
• Good morning, i hope you have a beautiful just like you.
• I hate waking up in the morning because you are not next to me, i miss you my world, good morning.
• Being in love with you makes everything so beautiful. Good morning.
• Wanted to wish my world a very happy morning.
• Just met you in my dreams love, good morning.
• Your name is enough to bring a smile n my face.
• Good morning my heart beat!!

If you have a special person in your life, then these beautiful messages can help you make their morning special, beautiful and full of love.

Some useful links from the web:

https://fogut.com/good-night-messages-for-her/

https://giphy.com/search/good-morning-love

https://alltes.com/good-morning-messages-for-her/

https://www.thequint.com/videos/india-good-morning-message-to-silicon-valley

White is a color of peace and tranquility. The white color is a great sleep inducer as also makes one calm after a busy day. There are different types of white colored bedding available on the market. As the summer is approaching, it is time to change your dark colored sheets to light colored ones. Certain types of bedding are available in the market that would provide you with a great sleep time as well as safe in your pockets. One of those types of bedding is called the doona or the duvet or the quilt.

The doona or the duvet or the quilt look is known to be derived from the same source. They are known to be the same, but they have certain distinctive features.

All the three are the bedding which varies drastically from blankets or bedspreads as they are made by stuffing in some spongy material like feather or cotton between two pieces of cloth that are stitched together.

Doonas – in different parts of the world

The Doonas is the name that is referred to in Australia. The Doonas are known as Duvets in the countries of Northern Europe and Scandinavia. The quilt is the name that is used commonly in other parts of the world. In Australia, the tradition of making Doonas is by stuffing in the feathers of a bird that is native to the country. The white doona cover increases the look of the White Doona.

White Colored Bedding in Australia

One can easily get White colored bedding for king-sized, Queen Sized, and super king sized beds in Australia.

There are various types of bedding like white quilts, white doona, and white quilt set.

These white quilts or the white doonas or the white quilt set can be bought according to the size of the cot at home. The white quilts go great with king sized beds, the white doonas go well for the queen-sized beds, and the white quilt set goes well for the super king-sized beds. One might wonder how one could relate these bedding materials to the cot. There is a standard size for the cots as well as for the quilts and doonas. This helps us to link the bedding with the cot approximately. This is not the exact method. One needs to measure the cot at home to check if the bedding is right for the cot or not.

Covers for the quilts and doonas

It is not just enough if one buys the quilts and doonas that fit the cot well, one should also make sure that they buy the covers that fit the doonas right. One could do a search for the covers online, be it in google or any of the e-commerce sites using the following keywords for white colored bedding covers; white quilt cover set (or) white duvet cover(or) duvet cover white(or) white quilt covers(or) white quilt cover(or) white doona cover(or) white quilt cover set(or) white duvet cover(or) duvet cover white (or) plain white quilt cover (or) white quilt covers online(or) plain white quilt cover set(or) white doona covers online(or) white bed quilt covers.

What is so special about Waffle Bedding Sets?

This waffle white bedding set come in pure cotton. This comes as a whole set, from the pillows to the covers; the waffle set covers it all. The Waffle Bedding is also the best for the modern households as they give a unique look to the homes and it stands apart due to the soft texture provided by cotton. Most of the waffle sets come with an advantage that, one need not give it for a compulsory dry clean. Even machine wash would help. Thus, the waffle bedding sets are also the right choice for the middle-class families.

How to maintain these white bedding?

The idea of maintaining the white bedding in good condition is in itself, a huge task as even a speck of dirt in it would make it look bad. Here are some of the tips to maintain it in good condition.

• Even though you don’t have to give for dry clean every time you wash it, prefer for a dry clean at least once a month.
• Wash the white bedding separately and never mix it with other clothes which give out the color.
• Always make sure you use a cover for the white doonas or quilts. The cover not only beautifies the bedding but also gives long life to your bed.

One could find these doonas anywhere in Australia. Indeed, Australia is one of the best makers of bed linen in the world. Prefer buying branded ones as they use good quality of cotton for the cover and good insulators are used within the bedding material. These are some of the ideas one could gather before deciding to buy white colored bedding.  

Have you just received an emergency call to head to work and when you are at the door you realize there is a heap of rubbish that also needs urgent attention? Do you endeavor to keep the environment clean at all time? Well, although you could be experiencing such challenges, there is no need to worry because there is local rubbish removal in Sydney companies and professionals ready to help you handle such issues. The paper will explain the various tips about local garbage elimination within Sydney which could be helpful to you in such situations. Human is to err, and everyone looks for an easy way out of the position, that is why hiring a local person to perform removal of certain wastes is not only good for you but also for the environment. When you need to avoid making errors, these tips on local rubbish removal Sydney will be helpful to you:

• You might need to do research locally to determine the materials that are toxic, items that you can recycle and those that do not require such kind of treatment purchasing commodities which cannot pollute the environment will save you the cost. You will kill the two birds with one stone such that you retain your atmosphere clean while also preserving your coins and using them for other purposes. Additionally, classifying the junk into different categories will help your local junk exclusion around Sydney company to remove the trash anytime you need it and thus enabling you to reduce your daily waste. Make sure you understand the policy and best ways to remove the rubbish even before you purchase it.

• Local waste removal in Sydney will also contribute and assist you in maintaining your area pollution free. It does no matter the activity you are undertaking, but hiring local professionals will save the money you would use in getting the services of outside professionals but still do the job for you. Local experts will respond to your call as urgently as you need them making them the first choice for you when you need to dispose of the junk. They will sort the rubbish for you into various categories and help you in determining the cheapest way to dispose of the waste. Local trash elimination in Sydney will be patient with you and the fact that you know them makes them obligated to give you quality service since they need to maintain the respect and trust you have for them.

• Do you love the environment such that any place you stay has got trees? It is normal for the branches to fall everywhere whether it is in the yard or your business area. You, therefore, feel the need to have a person that can take care of them regularly without having to wait until the scheduled visit of the professionals. Well, local rubbish exclusion in Sydney experts can handle this kind of activity for you as long, and you find the best person to do the job.

Summary

Nature has a way of taking back what is taken away from it. You, therefore need to know that environmental preservation and conservation is not a choice especially if you do not want to face the full anger of it. For the sake of yourself and the generation to come, local rubbish removal in Sydney could be what you need.