Hutan Kota GBK
Shaded urban forest on a former golf driving range, with lawns, rare trees and a garden restaurant.
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This guide to Hutan Kota GBK in Jakarta follows Yozua Makes, a corporate finance lawyer with no background in tourism, and the December day in twenty nineteen when he opened a park that was still being built. It reaches back to a golf driving range on state land, an unpaid tax bill, and a governor who sided with the trees. Best heard on the shaded paths, near the signs that carry his company's name.
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