Hotels in Jakarta - Prices and Reviews

before I go into this it might be worth a mention that I've just been at a meditation retreat for a week before I got here. One thing i learnt at retreat was how important it is to be the authentic self. I have tried to continue to focus on that as I come out of the comfort zone of a retreat environment and into one filled with challenges. there...

Well this country slightly reminds me of China - no other westerns. I'm no Claudia Schiffer but here i'm Anjelina Jolie. If another man hits my **** i'll carry a machette everywhere i go. The people are lovely unlike in china where the women stared with you with unease or curiousity the women here smile at you like the men, hmm. My first encount...

Just a quick note about Jakarta. I was originally going to come to the Indonesian city, however due to news reports about flooding I decided to spend more time in Yogya. An over night bus ride and we arrived in Jakarta with no problems, In fact i was so early to the airport I decided to take an earlier flight to Batam. Sometimes dont believe all...

So... we crossed over the straight and immediately started having a much better time, the locals much friendlier! Headed to Mt Bromo the following day and spent a couple of days enjoying the scenery and walking round the craters and up the volcanoes before returning to the hot-as-hell lowlands. Took an epic journey by train to Surakarta, spendin...

We arose on Sunday slightly jaded and as agreed the previous night we made our way to the Four Seasons hotel for lunch with Jon and Adrian and some of their expat friends. The hotel has a buffet style lunch every Sunday and is very popular with the expats - for the equivalent on 10 pounds we were treated to free flowing champagne and a huge arra...