Ascott Jakarta

... million people doesn't have those same characteristics... anyways thus far i don't think its nearly as bad as everyone has said to to be, sure its a big city and nothing amazing but its something new to check out for my last few days. Ready to leave Indonesia. So i'm pretty ready to push on Indonesia has been interesting i have been really amazed that outside of bali how few tourists there are, even in the known backpacker ghettos theres only ...

... the stockiest dogs I've ever seen at his side, I didn't feel in a strong bartering position. The Volcano was average. Another poor nights sleep in a complete hole of a room later, and I was back on the train to Yogakarta. Positioned in central Java, the city has a few sites worth visiting. My tour the next morning took me to Borobadur, an ancient temple the Lonely Planet describes as being on a par with Cambodia's Angkor Wat. I ...

... my advice is: if you or any of your travel companion is sea-sick, or don't like to travel, or just lame, don't go. My wife is sea-sick, and it's a hell of a ride for her. Besides that, it is a nice island. Arrived at 12, I checked in in Linda Bungalow, owned by Bruce and Wendy Chapman for Rp 120.000,- ( 13.2 US$ ) per night. They have the best food in the island. Almost all the cheap bungalows will offer you clean rooms with private bathroom and ceiling fan for that price. But the ...

... place. The long drive home was much improved once U2 was put on at full bull! :) Thanks to all the crew for making the w/e so fantastic (esp. Ruth for organisin' the brownie cake and Jess for travelling down from Aceh & bringing sparklers! my favourite!). Independence Day (the Indonesian version, not the aliens attacking the United States version) was on Monday and my work ...

... good conversation company.<br><br>In my haste to write this entry, I forgot to talk about Singapore's best single attraction, the food. I'll just go over my food intake, intake by intake. Firstly, at the hostel MRT station was "Mr Bean", a Jamba Juice/Starbucks type chain of exclusively Soya Milk based drinks. The most expensive drink cost 1.50 Singapore dollars. The exchange rate is 1.4 $SGD = 1 $USD. It was awesome. I got a simple almond-soya drink, but there was ...

... getting the best accommodation snips available, laeving me with the leftovers. But that all changed today. The driver of one of those little half size buses did fairly well to slow down and swerve across the road to avoid most of the massive pot-holes but he couldn't keep down a few of he kids stomachs. I'd be lying if i said 3 little kiddies threw up so I'll say there was only 2. The driving habits here seem similar to the Viet style road-code when the potholes disappeared and ...

... into the heart of this fabulous, bewildering city. If you're interesting to travel to Indonesia, Bali trip may be the first to come up on your mind, but please do not forget to visit the capital city. Jakarta is simply too massive to explore without fragmenting your experience into specific things to do. Here is our suggestion list: - Be seen in the trendy ...

I've not actually been anywhere of interest lately but I've still 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 DON'T TOUCH MY CAR!! With this one rule, they somehow manage to get all 9 million residents in and out of the city. As I'm sure you can ...

Akhirnya....setelah melalui perjalanan yang sangat melelahkan melalui jalur sbb: Seattle - Taipei - Singapore - Lanjut ke Batam naik Ferry - Batam lanjut ke Jakarta naik Pesawat Domestik... Nyampe juga ke rumahhhhhhhhhhh...........benar2 perjalanan dan pengalaman yang tidak terlupakan! I miss u Indonesian food! Gado-gado, siomay, ketupat sayur, doclang, lotek, karedok.... tidak ketinggalan Rujak Bibir....hahahahaha....

Our final destination and, boy, has it been worth the wait! The weather is warm - balmy. The accommodation exquisite and tonight we stuffed ourselves on traditional Balinese food, washed down with icy cold drinks and accompanied by traditional music and dancing. And among the best things ... wireless internet access. So finally we can add to the travel log and upload some photos (at least in theory). Very wearily ...