Ritz Carlton Jakarta
Jl Lingkar Mega Kuningan Kav. E.1.1 NO.1, Mega Kuningan Jakarta, Java, 12950, Indonesia
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Jakarta
Not much to see in Jakarta, except the hotel you're staying in! Jakarta has been in the news quite often lately but certainly not for the tourist sights (i.e. hotel bombings). When political chaos reigns the streets can be packed with protesters and idealists fighting the corrupt political system. Once things cool down, expats can show their faces …
Hard act to follow...
I'm sitting at the pool right now. Cigarette in one hand, pen in the other, soaking up the last rays of light coming through the haze of Jakarta's ever present smog. A mixture of car fumes, kerosene stoves, burning rubbish on the side of the road, and industries on the outskirts of the city, all contributing to the murky skyline of Indonesia's …
Bali
Spent 10 glorious days in Bali. Arrived and went to our hotel in Jimbaran Bay, staying at the Ritz Carlton. A very swish establishment, one of the few Aussies there, they were all rich Americans and Japanese, felt very out of place!. This was more a relaxing holiday than a doing anything holiday. Just spent the days lazing around the hotel pool, …
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New Year
... that wll mean you're chucked into jail or chucked out of the country? Indonesians are the most passive people you will ever meet and most of them are lovely with it - but there is this dark undertone bubbling away all the time. You just never know what is going to kick off and when its going to kick off! It was like when we were on the Gili Islands - beautiful islands full of Westerners doing drugs and getting drunk. The police turn a ...
I never want to go on a bus again. Ever.
... use them, especially, presumably, when the driver has a death wish like ours did. Oh, did I mention that the second driver had a little sleeping shelf behind the back row? I gather that was further enjoyment for the back row passengers. AND, yes, no air conditioning, just an open window that blew soot and dust all over me.
So, that took a while and basically sucked.
We had some relief in Padang, where we stayed for just under 24 hours. Then we set off ...



