InterContinental MidPlaza Jakarta

... I was very happy I had opted for it. What a selection!! Of course there is the usual asian breakfast choices as well as the western breakfast (cereal, toast, egg . . .) but for the first time since I have been in Asia there was also a selection of French bread and pastries (my favorites!!!) pain au chocolat, pain au raisin, croissant and baguette!!!<br><br>This first morning in Jakarta I decide I should check the tourist information office ...

... symptoms..we've all become a bit obsessed thinking we've got swine flu! We didn't get to see much of Jakarta but as we drove in their were huge hotels..Marriott, Meridian and it seemed so western but then when we drove to the area where our hotel was it was like being in a slightly cleaner India. Our train journey the next day further demonstrated it's likeness to India with shanty type houses and green rice fields, the views were stunning and it's quite mountainous here. I've ...

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... fare. Late afternoon and I returned to the Bumi Johar Hotel where I discovered (1) the toilet had now flooded the bathroom and (2) the tour kick off meeting had been deferred from 7 pm to 9 pm. The Hotel transferred me to different room and while I was waiting I ordered a cheese sandwich - big mistake 'cos they eventually served me some sort of iffy eggy creation and I felt discomfort almost immediately afterwards and, off and ...

... these groups have kept their cultural roots, yet some have also inter-mixed, including with non-Indonesians, to form a special group of their own known as Orang Betawi. Jakarta has its own special Betawi culture, which suggests the string of influences that reached the city's shores over the centuries. A long process of selectively borrowing and uniquely blending Chinesse, Arab, Portuguese and Dutch elements with native ingenuity has produces the colorful ...

... moresby as the most dangerous non war-zone city in the world? yep. in the meantime, manoah says i shouldn't miss bali, so i book a plane ticket for the next day! the plan is to bus it back (30+ hours) back from bali to jakarta so i can see the rest of java. most people trash jakarta, but i thought it had some interesting historical spots, like the beautiful cafe batavia in old dutch town square and sunda kalapa, this old working port that still moves goods to various ...

... and snacks along the beach. Seaworld This giant oceanarium proudly introduces visitors to more than 4,000 fish and sharks from 300 species. Come and enjoy the deep-sea panorama while strolling through an 80-meter tunnel. The fascinating creatures live in some 500 million liters of seawater and are fed three times a day (some hand-fed). The attraction also features a theater which plays three educational films in English and Bahasa Indonesia. Open ...

... toernooi en over 2 weken ook nog eens een HSBC toernooi! Dus hierna ben ik ook nog eens een ervaren event manager ahahha!!! Daarna gaan we beginnen aan het blad voor de Beach games! Ik krijg bijna mn appartement...kan niet wachten..verteld eal aan hiske dat je soms een beetje gek wordt vandat personeel dat de hele tijd rond loopt...even voor alle duidelijkheid, iedereen heeft hier iemand ie schoonmaakt en kookt en een bewaker dag/nacht etc...is heel normaal! maar die kok (sammy ...

... We end up with Nasi Goreng Ayam. A rice dish with some neon coloured prawn cracker type things - looks promising..... Rice mining reveals egg and yes chicken. Very small amounts, probably not even a nugget between us, however it's well mingled to make extraction impossible so down it went (Naomi don't think badly of us. John this doesn't mean we are now carnivores) It's lovely spicy food yum yum. On the way back to the hotel for an early night we pick up some water ...