Jakarta. Indonesia's capitol city. It is an asian metropolis and megacity of almost 11 million people. It is one of the oldest cities in Southeast Asia and has one of the hottest luxury property markets in the world. The urban poor live in “kampong’s’ next to the social elite living in exclusive high-rise apartments. The city is growing upwards and outwards at astonishing speed. Jakarta now covers an area of more than 400 square km’s of what was once lush coastal plains and forested hills.