Imperial Aryaduta Hotel N Cou Jakarta

... Blue Bird didn't exist anymore!!! I did finally find their booth outside and got in the cab. After being told by most everyone at the airport that it would cost between 150,000 to 200,000 the metered taxi actually cost 120,000 including the 'airport fee', and the tolls. (I think that is approx. 12$ US). No traffic at that time so I was quickly at the Ibis Arcadia Hotel and they did have my reservation. Registration was very efficient and ...

... in a lovely hotel for our night and wandered around, it's really modern and has a river which is surrounded by really nice restaurants and funky architecture. I can see why it's so easy to live and work there, it's like being at home apart from all the chinese signs and the chinese food venders on the road! (There was even an O'Briens sandwich bar, topshop and dorothy perkins!)<br><br>Holly, Ciaran and I then got the metro to the airport which was so efficient and with aircon (London ...

... JAGUNG BAKAR - Jagung bakar Rp. 75.000/per ...

... heat and the deteriorating character of the district - which had become a shantytown with cesspit streets and unsavory odors to match. [ NB at no time did I ever feel remotely threatened in JK or elsewhere in Java ] Back at Kota Square, my visit, so I discovered, just happened to coincide with National Schools Interview a Foreigner Project (preferably english speaking) and as I was the only candidate visible I spent 2 hours ...

... falls between late October and early May though rain occurs throughout the year, averaging 1791 mm. Rain tends to come in short heavy bursts, but even during the rainy season it doesn't rain every day. It rains on only a handfull of days during the dry season from July to September. Afternoon humidity averages around 70 %, but is higher during the morning. Temperatures are fairly even throughout the year, averaging nearly 30°C maximum and 25°C minimum ...

... building leaving them completely insulated from the local peasants. The local ex-pat wives do lunch and cackle with the best nuevo riche suburbanites of America concerning themselves with the finer points of life; fashion, hair, gossip, celebrities, posture, etiquette, etc. They have a lot in common with the locals, the empathy in their voices was palpable. I mean they really cared about the local issues; sanitation, poverty, homelessness ...

... knifepoint - so hopped in with ted, who had car from the ritz pick us up. fancy! there are only two reliable cabs (bluebird &amp; silverbird) but there are fake bluebirds around now, and they are the MOST disreputable. met up w/ manoah &amp; his coworkers at the ritz for drinks, then headed upstairs to the apartment of the director of food &amp; beverage for ritz hotels. cool view of jakarta, until manoah throw up on the balcony. :) i continue to plan how i'm going to get to ...

... and amusement centers, including an oceanarium with dolphin and sea lion shows, a golf course, a race-car track, a four-pool complex with a wave pool, and water slides. Africa is represented by a comedy of mechanized monkeys, America by a Wild West town, Europe by a mock Tudor house, and Asia by buildings from Thailand, Japan, India, and Korea. Rides, shooting galleries, and food stalls surround these attractions, all set on 1,360 acres of land ...

... en lag meteen in het ziekenhuis ( ze had dengue fever)...dus na 12 jaar haar niet te hebben gezien i.p.v. gezellig een wijntje drinken in een cafe, zat ik naast haar dunne lichaampje aan het infuus een vies kopje mierzoete indo koffie te drinken! Gelukkig gaat het allemaal al beter met haar en spreken we volgende week nog een keer af om het als het goed is over te doen! Maandag moest ik naar een golf toernooi dat wij hadden georganiseerd voor een bedrijf, heel interessant om dat ...

... nice place to stay which means nothing interesting to write. After a quick shower we dumped our bags and set out, food being the thing missing from so far a rather successful day. However we were side tracked by an internet cafe for a quick half an hour, in which we sent out arrival emails and yes even facebook wall posts. Question is Dave Butler ever off facebook these days lunchtime (we think -7hours to good old GMT back in Blighty), i mean honestly. Leaving the ...