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Travel Blogs from Jakarta
More shopping.
... admit I was not all that impressed by this one as it seemed to be very restricted in area and made me walk around in circles too much. That was the West Mall. The East Mall was much more negotiable. I did find in the department store, Seibu, a Marks and Spencers where I bought a very nice skirt which was pretty and actually fitted me. One of the most frustrating things with shopping here is too many shops have clothes etc that are either way out of my league in price or far too ...
Alerta de guatazo...abortada!
... Al día siguiente, decidimos darle una oportunidad a la ciudad y fuimos a lo que llaman la zona colonial, único sector turístico de Yakarta, que coincidentemente quedaba cerca del hostel así que partimos caminando, mira que los taxistas siempre nos han resultado más ladrones que la gente en las calles…
Lo primero fue el museo del banco de Indonesia y flor de sorpresa, primero, la entrada era gratuita, podías sacar fotos y había poca gente, además la organización y ...
Crossing the Street in Jakarta
After a 24 hour flight from San Francisco to Hong Kong to Singapore, we finally made it to Jakarta, Indonesia!!!! The flight surprisingly wasn't too bad, we slept through the first night to Hong Kong and basically stayed up the rest of the time going towards Jakarta.
Upon arrival to Jakarta, we were relieved to find our bags did not get lost in transit...thank you Singapore Airlines! We then proceeded towards the exit of the international terminal and ...
Speaking Too Soon
... see if there was anything to do around it, there wasn't, it was mainly just more people selling sunglasses and suchlike.
One thing they do have an abundance of here, thankfully are tourist map boards, we picked a place called the klodok and attempted to walk to it, again via a mix of walking in the main road and alongside street sellers, these were mainly artists though so they don't hassle as much. They motorbikes also have a tendency to just ...
Jakarta and out
... in Jakarta, and the Botanical Gardens. It was a a 20 minute walk through the city which although interesting was dirty and noisy. We pretty quickly were glad to only be staying for two nights. This is a city of duplicity,one side has extreme wealth, police escorted blacked out landrovers and Louis Vuiton shops, while the other has overcrowded trains with no doors or windows and dense ...
Location
Other places to stay in Jakarta
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Djody Hostel & Hotel
Jakarta Timur, Jakarta | Hostel -
Jengger Wisma
Plaka, Jakarta | Hostel -
Juniorexpat Hostel Jakarta
Jakarta Pusat, Jakarta | Hostel -
Six Degrees
Setiabudi, Jakarta | Hostelfrom $12