From Passer Baroe to Kopi Semawis

Todays youngsters enjoy guided tours to old buildings. It is another way to get to know history.

March 16, 2004

CALL him Adep. Well, his full name is Ade Purnama. This 28 year-old bachelor has lured Jakarta with an offer of a new lifestyle: trips to old buildings and historical sites. "To feel again the aroma of the past in a funky manner," he said.

True, Adep has his own special formula. Forget rigid and dull history lessons. Through Sahabat Museum (Friends of the Museum), an association of young people who love history, Adep presents th

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