Obama Making Nostalgic Visit to City of His Childhood, Jakarta
30 June 2017 13:06 WIB
TEMPO.CO, Bogor - Former President Barack Obama and his family are set to visit his childhood home city of Jakarta at the end of their 10-day vacation to Indonesia.
Obama and family previously went whitewater rafting in Bali and visited the ancient Borobudur and Prambanan temples in Yogyakarta, Central Java.
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Indonesian President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo will host Obama on Friday at the Bogor Palace in West Java, a grand Dutch colonial building famous for its 200-hectare botanical gardens and the herd of spotted deer that roam the grounds.
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Obama was incredibly popular in Indonesia during his presidency, and many here saw him as a symbol of hope and religious tolerance because of his years living in the Muslim country. A statue of the kid still remembered as "Barry" by childhood friends was erected outside the elementary school he attended in Jakarta.
AP