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Jakarta Slideshow
Jakarta
Travel Blogs from Jakarta, Indonesia
Not exactly village life
Arrived on 9th at dusk. Huge city, traffic jams, polluted atmosphere, abnoxious smells, everyone smokes in restaraunts, no-one ever goes to sleep - there must be bad points as well but we've not found them yet. Checked in at the Ibis Tamarin hotel in ...
Tidung Island
Tidung Island is on the north of Jakarta, Indonesia. The beach is very beautiful with white sands. The icon of this island is the bridge which is connecting 2 islands, Big Tidung and Small ...
Jakarta
3 hour train journey back to Jakarta. What happens next? I don't know but I'm up for the ride. My body, my eyes, burning from sweat and the heat of the sun. I left this place being grey and overcast, now it's blue skies and sun. Happy to see me. The ...
Srecanje s komodskim zmajem
Lep pozdrav v Slovenijo! Prezivela sva srecanje s komodskim zmajem in sedaj sva spet tu v Padangbaiu. Torej, v soboto sva se odpravila iz zadnjega Gilija, kar nama je bilo kar malo zal, saj je imel ta zadnji Gili najlepso plazo. Tako se je pocasi ...
Jaga delfinov, rajske toplice, rizeva polja ...
Pozdravljeni! Zadnje case sva se kar precej potikala naokrog, ker so nama dnevi steti. Najina prva postojanka po Ubudu je bila Lovina, ki slovi po svoji lepi plazi. Tako sva se zelela takoj prepricat ce to drzi in bila vsa razocarana nad umazano vodo, ...
Jakarta: Trains and Tuks Tuks, full of adventure!
... and get on a bus to the city center, then my tuk tuk we get to our hostel early afternoon. My initial feeling is Indonesia reminds me a little of India, people will not leave you alone, but they are friendly and it will be an amazing country. The ...
You Have Brie in Your Beard ...
... uploads are horrendously slow. It may take a while before we find a suitable location to uploads the awesome pics of Indonesia we've got so far] Ultimately we arrived, Shaan rushed in, Katie crossed her fingers in the cab, and then... Shaan ...
Futuristic City!
... they knew where I wanted to go and dragging me 6 km out of the city. It was an adventure anyway! Whilst I was in Jakarta I visited one of the best ethnographic museums I've ever been to, I would have killed to come here when I was studying Indonesian ...
A New Hemisphere!!
ummm, Bali! Just dropped below the equator! I spent a week here- 4 days in the eastern side with a friend named Gede (pronounced like 'Good day' mate)- a freind of mine in SF, Hiedi, kknows him and so he graciously picked me up at airport and we ...
Einreise nach Indonesien
... den Flug nach Kuala Lumpur antreten. Durch die gesamthaft zweistuendige Verspaetung war es nicht mehr moeglich meinen Anschlussflug nach Jakarta zu erreichen. Zum Glueck war auch dieser Flug mit Air Asia, so war die Umbuchung auf einen spaeteren Flug ...
Bemos, Bucket Bathrooms and Bintang
selamat tsiang! you see, our indonesian is improving, especially that of thomas who is our main price negotiator now. you need the language here, especially where we were so far. Our trip to lombok was OK, you should have seen that rusty piece of ...
First New Travels...
... trying to learn enough to be able to speak to customers and more importantly be prepared for the trip on Monday to Indonesia. Presentations to potential customers there as well as meeting our local contacts had me a bit worried that I maybe should have ...
A Quick Stop in the Capital
... arriving at the immigration desk to get it stamped we were informed that we had to prove that we had onward travel booked from Indonesia. We weren't aware that we had to show this beforehand and all we had was our ticket home from Bangkok. The guy sat ...
Out and about, Jakarta style
... been having heaps of fun, and thought I'd update you all on a few things that I've learnt in the last 5 weeks living in Jakarta. 1) Jakarta has a road rule. But as far as I can see there is only one of them. You may drive wherever you like, just ...
Jakarta
... these fellas! One starts up at 5am,screaming across the microphone,then about 4others join in like backing singers!Spent two days in Jakarta,walked to the largest Mosque in South East Asia,to Kota the main area and around the plazas in the centre but ...
Double Trouble
... time, Ana Maria became pregnant with their now 3 month old twins, Camilla Fernanda and Lucas Emiliano. Twins are really uncommon in Indonesia and any time the cavalcade went out on the town, it was amid wondrous stares and awe of the locals. These ...
Initial reactions
... a slap on the wrists and a very stern warning, "DON'T LET IT HAPPEN AGAIN!!" Well after my initial introduction to Indonesia, I didn't think my night could get a whole lot more exciting (I'm not sure if exciting is the word I should use there, ...
What's next... maar eerst even schrikken
... Bogor waar we een aantal dingen zullen bezichtigen als de tijd het toelaat. De auto met chauffeur en benzine kost Rp800.000. Van Jakarta naar Bogor nemen we de tolweg en het is ongeveer 52 kilometer. Van Bogor naar Bandung nemen we de Puncjak Pas door de ...
Lord of the Rings or: Gipfelsturm
Hi folks, it's us again! After long time without internet, we're in Kuta on Lobok and we've found an internet cafe that can run its computers most of the time, in spite of the bad electricity supply here. So, what happened so far? Back on the ...
Jet lagged, jam-packed Jakarta
... our real adventures when we moved on to our second Jakarta hotel - Hotel Atlantic on Salemba Raya near the University of Indonesia. Once again the staff were never less than friendly and attentive but the room was bit of a step down... This wouldn't ...
Start in Jakarta
... Fotos von und mit uns. Sonne war relativ erbarmungslos. Heiss und schwuel, aber dafuer gutes Wetter. Unsere Lieblingsverkehrsmittel in Jakarta sind die Tuk-Tuks (dreiraedrige Motorkutschen...). Kriminell aber lustig. Gruesse Mr. Nicolas and Mr. Andrian :) ...
Not in Kansas
... like reaching the Emerald City, but not as pretty. The shiny skyscrapers and commercial vibe feel totally foreign from other parts of Indonesia we've seen. It’s clear that financially, anyway, this is where it’s at. That’s not to imply ...
Jakarta
... where I'm going to stay. Its a little raining which sucks. I should have stayed in Singapore. Watch out for the toilets in Indonesia. Look for the right lever or you'll be squirted with water. I was squirted and wet. Wrong lever that controls the ass ...
a Very Tiring Flight - nearly 3 hours delayed
... then rest. Very tired, hope tomorrow we have enough energy to explore Saigon! Good night! Versi Bahasa Indonesia: Karena penerbangan dimulai dari Jakarta, dan kami tinggal di Bandung, jadi harus mencari terlebih dahulu angkutan pemandu moda menuju Bandara ...
Jakarta
... . Mir ist heute ein guter Vergleich eingefallen: Wenn Frankfurt ein ordentliches Sandwich auf einer Untertasse wäre, dann wäre Jakarta ein Pizzateller mit den Essensresten des letzten Jahres. So kommt es mir vor, und dann hat auch noch keiner Zeit mit ...
Germany-Padangbai
HI folks, this is just to say that we arrived savely at our first stop. The flight from Frankfurt to KL wa exhausting, but the Martinis and Whiskeys on board strong enough to survive. From Denpasar, we managed to get to Padangbai astonishingly ...
Jakarta Compte a rebours
On a adoré l'Indonesie mais les villes indonesiennes si vous pouvez les éviter, faites-le ! (sauf Yogya). Jakarta, c'est grand ... y'a du monde ... quoi d'autre ? Des shoppings malls, heureusement qu'ils sont la, on en profite avant de rentrer. Vive ...
Jakarta – Indonesien lässt grüßen!!!
... wollte, verbrachten wir also sageundschreibe 9 Nächte in der langweiligen Stadt Kota Kinabalu, um auf den Weiterflug nach Jakarta zu warten. Andere Traveller berichteten uns, dass man im Sensi Backpackers jeden Tag eine volle Obstschale auf dem Tisch ...