Menara Peninsula Jakarta

... from Saudi Arabia) and her cousins. They seemed genuine and nice, they asked me if I wanted to go to the National Museum, so I thought 'why not', go with the flow. The boys were quite funny and a bunch of terrors (even though I couldn't understand what they were saying, Sara spoke good english and chatted to me about life in England. The museum was massive it was quite good really, but I'm not a fan of museums ...

... Buah tangan dari pancawati (Ubi / Singkong ...

... a suited gentleman with our name on a banner and a warm welcome to Jakarta. Off we're whisked to our waiting un-marked posh car with air-con roaring. Great start. When things go smoothly they instill a sense of paranoia in me ;-) We arrive at our hotel booked online after reading 'it's a hole', 'mouldy rooms', 'no breakfast' etc etc, but hey it's a 2-star (Indonesian rating) hotel. Frankly, it couldn't have been better. I decided to take a wander through these ...

... Trev quickly corrected him but later on in the evening, he was still impressed by Trev's "two wives". Hee hee. I spent the afternoon feeling like Paris Hilton in Bali (with a bit more common sense) Shopping for a couple hours, lunch, and then the spa - ahhhhh. For less than the cost of a ****** pedicure at a sketchy Sunridge joint, I had more than 3 hours of fabulous spa relaxation... a massage, facial, "creme bath", manicure, and ...

... cars) that brings a guest the same amount as if you chartered it yourself. So, if you don't know, the cab drivers won't tell you, they will even urge you to hire them to take you to Jimbaran!! Earlier in Discovery Mall, I was tricked by the guys that offered 'vouchers', who said that I won one week stay in a 5 star hotel, if I would come to their headquarters. The man then offered me a cab service for a day for Rp 250.000,- (29 US$). Well, the truth is, it is all ********. Here's ...

... them occasionally here), hence the age restriction we have back home, it's not for nothing. ‶Let the girl ride, mate″ i thought. One day I get two separate incidences of girls wanting their photo's taken with me. One of them passes me in her van, scarf wearer seated beside her. She jumps out, tells me to stop, gets a ‛cozy' photo of us, asks for my address, so i give her my email, then when i shake her hand farewell, she pulls it to her face, and half kisses ...

... out Pulau Sepa, Pantara and Pelangi for the best diving and snorkeling, or if you can, make friends with a billionaire who owns one of the islands! - Shop at Plaza Senayan (Pondok Indah) SEA's second largest shopping mall - Traipse around Old Jakarta and see the Museum Wayang (puppet museum) - Stay in absolute style at the Mandarin Oriental or designer hotel ...

... an Ojek home from work a couple of times. For those of you who don't know, an Ojek is any random local with a motorbike who happens to be looking for a bit of extra cash on that day. 2) Directing a taxi driver who speaks no English is harder than it sounds. Before I had left home, I thought I'd be a little bit intelligent and write down an intersection of two major roads not far from my place. My thinking was that I could show this to the ...

... www.sirnagalih.org. Now she spends every weekend with people she's met at it so this weekend she invited me to join her. I didn't actually go into the sessions but just went back to stay at 'Mami Sri's' house with Adhe and a few of her friends. She is pretty well off and lives in a lovely big house in the suburbs of Jakarta, (Jakarta is so big suburbs go on forever, apparently it isn't actually counted as the Jakarta region but near enough!). On ...

... badly into the other side of the road breaking so hard that we were all thrown into the footwell of the bus. On our hands and knees just thinking that was lucky. We didn't dare go to sleep just in case the driver did, so arrived at 6am feeling pretty rough. But we did find a really nice place to stay that was clean and comfortable and with a good breakfast so we were happy. They guidebook over rates this city a bit. It is well known for it's ...