Crap new alcohol restriction laws - in Jakarta

[kingwilly]

Jakarta, unlike bangkok, has slightly more restrictive alcohol laws, for instance no 7-11's can sell alcohol.

there is a few duty free shops in town that used to sell to expats, but you needed your passport.

Today i found out that they are only can sell it to you know if you have a diplomatic passport!

I can still get wine and beer at shops, but sadly nothing harder, for the moment! I hope this is a short lived crack down!

[Marmite the Dog]

Luckily, no one lives in that shit-hole except you.

[Hootad Binky]

Jakarta, unlike bangkok, has slightly more restrictive alcohol laws, for instance no 7-11's can sell alcohol.

there is a few duty free shops in town that used to sell to expats, but you needed your passport.

Today i found out that they are only can sell it to you know if you have a diplomatic passport!

I can still get wine and beer at shops, but sadly nothing harder, for the moment! I hope this is a short lived crack down!

It's worse in Canada; you can only buy alcohol, even beer, from licensed, government-controlled outlets or beer stores.

[kingwilly]

Luckily, no one lives in that shit-hole except you.

yeah, me and 220 million other people.

[jizzybloke]

Fock does that mean you will post even more shit than you do now?

[kingwilly]

Nah, prolly less, cos less chance to get drunk at home, one can still drink anything at a bar or club, chance cannot buy alochol to take home.

[keda]

It's worse in Canada; you can only buy alcohol, even beer, from licensed, government-controlled outlets or beer stores.

Gawd that's terrible...do you need your passport? - will they duff you up if you're caught drinking outside of designated public? - however do you guys manage!

[Hootad Binky]

Yes, they're very strict here; the drinking/smoking age is 19 and you must provide ID. No drinking on the street or anywhere in public, no children allowed in bars that serve food (but children are allowed in restaurants that serve alcohol!) and if I take my students out for a beer, only passports are acceptable and there are NO exceptions!

[VocalNeal]

Yes, they're very strict here No drinking on the street or anywhere in public

Bit late in the year but obviously you haven't been the Wreck Beach.

[VocalNeal]

Nah, prolly less, cos less chance to get drunk at home, one can still drink anything at a bar or club, chance cannot buy alochol to take home.

I used to live in Sumatra. Alcohol is not easy to buy but it is not difficult. You just haven't found the right place yet. There are lots of non-muslim Chinese in Indonesia who drink. Maybe a trip to Chinatown is in order!

[kingwilly]

Maybe a trip to Chinatown is in order!

exactly wot i was just thinking meself, plenty of things can be found there,

[Marmite the Dog]

me and 220 million other people.

I wasn't counting those left behind in the stone-age.

[barbaro]

Jakarta, unlike bangkok, has slightly more restrictive alcohol laws, for instance no 7-11's can sell alcohol.

there is a few duty free shops in town that used to sell to expats, but you needed your passport.

Today i found out that they are only can sell it to you know if you have a diplomatic passport!

I can still get wine and beer at shops, but sadly nothing harder, for the moment! I hope this is a short lived crack down!

Marmite the Dog

Luckily, no one lives in that shit-hole except you.

I'm going to have to second Marmers on this one.

What's up with having a foooking passport to buy beer?

Is this a Muzzie thing?


What a crock of f*cking shit.

Yes, it IS....a sh*thole.

[donmeurett]

me and 220 million other people.

I wasn't counting those left behind in the stone-age.

Can't we all just get along??

[The Ghost Of The Moog]

Go to Bats, and have a Bintang, and look at my mural.

[colourful-era]

Luckily, no one lives in that shit-hole except you.

I agree - why would anyone in his right mind want to live in such a pit of dross?

[keda]

200+m muslims can't be wrong.

[kingwilly]

Go to Bats, and have a Bintang, and look at my mural.

actually hard rock cafe was the place last night.

you have a mural there? whaddya it say? "Ghost of the Moog was here 1987" ?

[kingwilly]

What's up with having a foooking passport to buy beer?

beer ok. wine ok. bottles of spirits require a diplomats passport! mine not good enuff!

however, i know a girl who knows a guy who can take me to a shop that can sell it to me!