From Gunther to Jakarta
Tuesday, January 30, 2001
For almost 30 years Gunther W. Holtorf has labored at the task of mapping Jakarta. Many see Gunther himself as a `living map'.
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EVERY inch of Jakarta is written on his body. The man with a firm frame and white hair is a 64-year-old German by the name of Gunther Holtorf. He is the legendary map-maker of Jakarta and he literally knows Jakarta like the back of his own hand.
One night, for example, when Hermien Y. Kleden from TEMPO drove Gunther in her old blue Kijang through the streets of Proklamasi, Diponegoro, Rasuna Said and then to the Grand Melia Hotel in the Kun
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