Sultan Hotel Jakarta

... mange, on rentre en pousse, on plonge dans la piscine de lhotel, histoire de se decrasser avant le grand saut en bus vers Jakarta. Minibus de nuit, depart 5 heures de lapres midi, arrivee prevue 13 heures plus tard. Ce sera en fait 17 heures, car il faut ...

... " and as soon as we were over the channel between Sumatra and Java, letting us descend towards the coast north of Jakarta. We were almost surprised by the wonderful sight of the islands that littered this area. Absolutely stunning and atoll-like including ...

... ; to Denpasar Bali at 08.00 am . Arrive in Denpasar Bali 09.50 local time. End of services. Accommodation used: Jakarta, Paragon Hotel or similar. Yogykarta, Eclipse hotel or similar. Bromo area, Lava View or Cafe Lavaor similar. Ijen area, Catimor ...

... greeted by determined taxi drivers trying to get us in their cabs so they can rip us off. We booked in to Cemara Hotel (nice, clean but lifeless). Jakarta is not the nicest place to visit and the traffic is extreme, it's a huge urban sprawl and there is ...

... and hawker. I first go into the former Governor's residence which now serves as a rather muddled collection showing the history of Jakarta. Next comes the museum dedicated to puppetry, housed in an old Dutch church. It is crammed full of puppets from all ...

... , school teachers want to teach us a little about their country, a bored shop owner took off an hour to show us around the sultan's baths and the bird market in Yogya, others are only too keen to help us learn Indonesian. And we have travelled in ...

... ;cacti from all over the world there so I had plenty to keep me occupied and time passed quite quickly. I arrived in Jakarta at around 3pm local time (time went backwards an hour again and I am finally in the Southern Hemisphere!) and ...

... there. It was by far the longest i've stayed in one place so far in this trip and it will be the longest until we hit Thailand.  Jakarta: I saw very little of Jakarta as I was there for less than 24 hours.  K and P picked me up at the part of ...

... to watch football in and the glorious sunshine (obviously; sam knopp is actually fit, who knew?!)! Jakarta: bad call, too expensive, too packed, the sultan hotel is amazing $38 is impossible, thrown out because of badminton championships, the ibis ...

... we took a crowded bus west to Kota Hujan, city of rain. This town of about 250,000 people and 60 km from Jakarta was nestled between three volcanos Gunung Gede, Gunung Salak and Gunung Pangrango. One still active and all providing a beautiful backdrop no ...

... adalah Putera dari Sultan Ibrahim, dilahirkan pada tahun 1888 (jam 12.00, 15. Zulhijah 1306 H). Dilantik menjadi Sultan Bima XIII pada tahun 1917. Meninggal di Jakarta pada hari Kamis 11 Juni 1951, jam 22.00 (7 Syawal 1370 H) dalam usia 64 tahun. Setelah ...

... register first and queue from the morning because it's so crowded, perhaps like when you're queuing at Monumen Nasional Jakarta. Several turns from the park, we're entering the packed Bukit Bintang streets. What's bugging me was that the J.W. ...

... and operational place, and is only secondarily a tourist attraction. In Yogy, the tuk tuks that we had grown accustomed to in Jakarta had been replaced by bicycle transport men. One man outside our hotel was desperate to get some work and offered to cycle ...

... Throne and a duplicate of the Royal Crown. The original of the Gold Crown has been brought to the National Museum in Jakarta, Indonesia. Large photographs of the Sultans decorate the Palace walls.      The last Sultans formed a part ...

... town with its doorman and parking assistant dude.  Fantastic. Kate boarded the train shortly thereafter for her conference in Jakarta and Trev and I boarded the train for Yogyakarta.  "Business Class" isn't exactly what I was expecting - ...

... Terminal at around 2.30 AM. I got this paranoia where I used to try this method in Monday morning, arrived so early morning in Jakarta and went straight to the office. That didn't work, I got sick and sleep depraved. I just finished packing around 9 PM ...

We arrived in Yogyakarta on Christmas evening, taking the short flight from Jakarta after discovering that plane flights in Indonesia are quite cheap, plentiful, and fairly reliable. Jogja, as it is called by Indonesians, is the most cultured city in ...

... the consulate was closed for the next six days due to Ramadan.  So, plan B.  Fly from Tawau to KK and onwards to Jakarta where I would be able to obtain my visa on arrival at the airport.  Not too much of a re-route, but this meant I ...

In order to get to Medan in Northern Sumatra, we first had to fly to Jakarta, an hour from Yogyakarta, and then take another flight which took a further 2 hours. We had done our homework and had booked a hotel in advance which was recommended on Trip ...

Wed 18 Aug - Day 108 Hindsight is a wonderful thing and if we were visiting Indonesia again we'd skip the Riau Islands and Jakarta and spend more time on Flores, it's an incredible place. As it is we're making our way back to Surabaya and today we are ...