IS INDONESIA A TERRIBLE AND DANGEROUS COUNTRY?

A few days ago I reported on Indonesia moving its capital to a jungle area.  When I first left Hawaii for the Mainland, my English teacher asked me what language was spoken in my country.  Something similar  recently from Quora:  Is Indonesia a terrible and dangerous country?  I can't seem to send you to this site, so here is the whole thing.

Immanuel Putranda

Studied Literature (Graduated 2021)Updated 1y

Is Indonesia a terrible and dangerous country?

Your question needs to be more specific 

but Indonesia is indeed a terrible country.

First thing you need to know, we 

Indonesians don't live in cities, we prefer 

to live in jungles.

Jakarta

Surabaya

Jayapura

Bandung

Unlike people all over the world, we Indonesians ride 

giant worms.  MRT Jakarta

KRL Commuterline Jabodetabek

LRT Jakarta

LRT Palembang

Railbus Solo

The intercity worms are just the worst

Agro trains

The worms are not even air-conditioned, so you need to bring 

your own fan.

We also made some modifications to our goats so we can 

drive them on our very small roads.

Bali Mandara toll road

Semanggi interchange

Jagorawi toll road (the first toll road in Indonesia, built 

in 1978)

Cows are also used as public transportation here.

Metrotrans Jakarta

Transjakarta

There are also double-decker cows

A double-decker bus in Semarang

To get around the country or go out the country, we travel 

by giant birds. We have hundreds of bird nests, our bird nests 

are small and dirty.  Soekarno - Hatta Intl' Airport, Jakarta.

I Gusti Ngurah Rai Intl Airport, Denpasar, Bali.

Kualanamu Intl' Airport, Medan, North Sumatra.

Sultan Hasanuddin Intl' Airport, Makassar, South Sulawesi.

Komodo Airport, Labuan Bajo, East Nusa Tenggara.

Then what about safety issues?

Look closer at “The State of Peace”

and look at this

Indonesia scored an overall global ranking of 41 in the world or the 3rd safest country in Southeast Asia after Singapore and Malaysia.

So, no. Indonesia is not that terrible and not that dangerous.

*EDIT: I changed the global peace index with the latest one (2019).

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Denis Stanislaus Toruan

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THANK YOU IMMANUEL.  WELL SAID!  Thought I'd add the 2021 list of Most Peaceful Countries, which remains about the same as above, with the USA at #122.

• Afghanistan is lowest at 163.
• 154  Russia
• 151  North Korea
• 143  Israel
• 142  Ukraine
• 140  Mexico
• 135  India
• 125  Saudi Arabia
• 122  USA
• 113  Thailand
• 100  China
•   87  Cuba
•   57  South Korea
•   55  France
•   42  Indonesia
•   34  Taiwan
•   33  UK
•   17  Germany
•   12  Japan
•     5  Slovenia
•     2  New Zealand
•     1  Iceland

Again, thank you Immanuel.  Well said!  Actually, just as I was about to post this blog, I happened to find a source you can access to the above.  You can better see his photo.  Also, you here can personally view some his other contributions, such as, Does Indonesia Have the Ugliest Women?  One example to the left.  I'll need to add a stop in Indonesia on my next global journey.

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