Ritz Jakarta

Bali. Had a fantastic time in Bali. Rode an elephant, did some white water rafting (pretty tame though) and loved the jet skiing at Nusa Dua. I have to go back. Stayed at the Ritz @ Jimbaran Bay, talk about luxury!

...  idealists fighting the corrupt political system. Once things cool down, expats can show their faces again. Although Jakarta itself doesn't have many "sights" to offer, it is the lively commercial centre of Java.  Ok, ...

... and this time I was able to go ‘Ahh’ and take photos. A lot of photos.  During my final week in Jakarta, I realised how little money I had left for Thailand. I tried to curb my spending and I only treated myself to a couple of things, ...

... an attraction. So after a few years of peaceful period the blasts occurred again, hopefully as a stand alone event. Although Jakarta seemingly has no downtown, there are places of interests. Kota provides an historical insight and besides stinky filthy ...

... the very nice lady I was speaking to on the bus offered me a lift to the place where all the backpackers where staying in Jakarta. I trusted the lady as she seemed quite well off and no need to take advantage of me, so her and her kind husband dropped me ...

... when the room you get to sleep in is half way up a skyscraper, not any skyscraper mind you, I'm staying at the Ritz Carlton hotel, smack bang in the middle of Jakarta city. To get to the pool I'm at now I don't even have to leave the building, It's a hard ...

... . We arrived at 2:30 in the morning and were fetched by the school's admin staff, Ms. Lia. The bus took us to Jakarta and finally we settled at Mediterranean Hotel.  >Orientation at School >Meeting with Other Teachers >Training on Lesson ...

Today I make a visit to one of the newest shopping malls in Jakarta. Pacific Place. It is located South of Semanggi Interchange in the new Ritz Carlton Complex. It is easy to find travelling down Sudirman towards Blok M on the left site after passing ...

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 ...

... ; his coworkers at the ritz for drinks, then headed upstairs to the apartment of the director of food & beverage for ritz hotels. cool view of jakarta, until manoah throw up on the balcony. :) i continue to plan how i'm going to get to papua new ...

... city. On our first morning we decided to get the train into the old town. From the train you could see both sides of Jakarta. Underneath sections of the tracks there were the slums, whilst looking out of the window, a little into the distance, you could ...

... - its Chrstmas and New Year here and its HOT HOT HOT!  We had a delicious Christmas Brunch with free flow champgane at the Ritz Carlton in Jakarta, and on Boxing Day I went over to my old place and fed Six and Shakespear a tin of Sardines in tomato ...

... and repeating and repeating. I wanted to check it out, but Mike vetoed that idea. We stopped by the in-house bar at the Ritz, but were denied access as I was wearing flip-flops and Mike was wearing shorts. We're now more motivated to get in ...