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Jakarta Built A Surburban Village On Top Of A City Mall (6 photo)

Depending who you ask, Cosmo Park is an ingenious urban oasis or an ill-conceived dystopia. It is a surreal urban bubble, where normal life unfolds at an abnormal altitude. To access ground level, resident drive their cars down a ramp. A tall metal fence runs around the perimeter to make sure no one falls or drives off. Peer beyond the fence and you can spot the city’s landmarks below.

Depending who you ask, Cosmo Park is an ingenious urban oasis or an ill-conceived dystopia. It is a surreal urban bubble, where normal life unfolds at an abnormal altitude.

Brothels of Jakarta (16 photo)

Prostitution is illegal in Indonesia but because it is one of the main tourist attractions, the local police doesn't care much about it. The girls, 30% of whom are underage, are working in terrible conditions. A photographer Ed Wray visited Jakarta's red light district.

Prostitution is illegal in Indonesia but because it is one of the main tourist attractions, the local police doesn't care much about it.