Jakarta Hostels - Reviews and Rates

I have uploaded photos from all my previous southeast asian travels here.

Landed Thursday afternoon in Jakarta after 7 airports and 42 hours in transit. I find most blogs complaining about the rigors of air travel boring (sure beats a Conestoga or a donkey, you New Age whiners), so I will spare you, except for one observation of cultural duality. I was in coach on Singapore Airlines from Singapore-Jakarta yesterday an...

July 2, 2008 Prelude I arrived in Soekarno-Hatta International airport around 1pm. I rushed out of the cramped airplane with an overwhelming desire to stretch out my legs. I walked quickly passing through pastel colored corridors with dimmed fluorescent lighting and headed directly to the immigration checkpoint. I had my passport in my hand and ...

Our first two days in Indonesia have been, for me at least, quite a culture shock. Tim talked in a blog a couple of weeks ago about how, at the half-way point, our moods, and especially mine, were up and down. Well the last two days have definitely been more down than up. I know you're probably all thinking that I don't deserve any sympathy, and...