Le Margot Hotel
Travel Blogs from Jakarta
A relaxing day.
... with crystal clear water. It was tepid and there was only one other person there. Spent a happy couple of hours alternating between reading my book and cooling off in the water.A hard life!
After streaming the Brownlow count up to half way we set out to walk to a seafood restaurant Fletcher knew. It was pleasant strolling through the park with the brightly lit buildings illuminating the night sky. The Fuho ...
Arrival into Jakarta
... than useless and so I hurriedly made my way outside and purchased a coke in a nearby bar where I could hop on the internet and find out the correct address. The Wifi in this bar/decrepit building was surprisingly rapid and after sourcing the next address I could hail another taxi and be on my way to the correct destination. Fortunately it was not too far away and it only cost me an additional £2 to get to the correct hotel..I was also able to find a much ...
The Real Indonesia
OK, so I've just got back from Cimaja, which is a hidden gem of a place, about 100km south of Jakarta. Its a place where the richer Indonesians go for a break at the weekend and frankly I cannot believe that I only discovered it at the end of my contract. What an idiot!
Basically spending a year in Jakarta has been a good base to see Indonesia from, but I honestly think if I had my time again, I'd go elsewhere in the ...
Indonesie
... vervelende taxi-chauffeurs en kapiteinen. Om problemen te voorkomen kiezen veel mensen de lange overtocht vanuit Sengiggi, Lombok. JoHorribles Op sommige plekken neemt de vriendelijkheid af en criminaliteit toe, je moet wat meer opletten dan vroeger. De voorzieningen in de natuurparken zijn vaak erg basic. In bepaalde seizoen en op bepaalde lokaties kan de varieteit aan vruchten en ander voedsel erg beperkt ...
Jakarta
... pimps, tramps and bars open behind closed doors. Charlotte was sort of leaning towards getting out but after a second drive around we decided to **** it off. We instructed the driver instead to another place Charlotte had heard of called Kemang, again it took ages to get there and when we did although it was infinitely nicer than the previous area it was also just filled with classy restaurants, no bars. Again Charlotte ...