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Thursday, December 21, 2023









Two layer of security at Grand Indonesia East Mall on 12-20-23---Jakarta copy







Two layer of security at Grand Indonesia East Mall on 12-20-23---Jakarta (detail) copy




Two layers of security just to enter Grand Indonesia Mall. Outside every government building, condo, church or fancier mall, there is at least one security guard. Visiting Istanbul in 2015, I saw similar measures, and Cairo in 2021 was even crazier. Worst was Beirut, a city always prepared against not just bombs but tanks!

I had try to photograph the second layer, but was politely told to cut it out.


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