Night spots in Jakarta...

[kingwilly]

^ oi - there is about 7 other posters on this thread! i'm juz trying to help out!

[Whiteshiva]

What about the Tavern bar at Hotel Ariaduta (sp?). They used to have some pretty good bands playing there.

[slimboyfat]

^ oi - there is about 7 other posters on this thread! i'm juz trying to help out!

can you drink some of that potion that turns you into Mr KW and reply to some of the questions please

[The Ghost Of The Moog]

"the area where i live is supposed to be slightly classy, they bill it as the professionals city, its 5 mins from the tollway, however, the access road containes loads of ladyboys or waria and plenty of girls just loitering.... I've heard that they are called serpong girls, apparently that means sucky sucky girls......"

The Banjir Kanal.......or what I used to call the "River of Pooh" ??

Mentally retarded girls and all sorts of pond life, who would shag you for $3 in sheds.



I used to go for sunday promenades there.

[kingwilly]

erm, no.

[kingwilly]

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reply to some of the questions please

I've answered most of the questions!

oh anal! why would you went to do that? I assume its possible.

[slimboyfat]

how safe is it? (with regards to getting mugged etc)

are there areas where you can safely walk from pub to pub at 3am?

dont flame me - i have never been to jakarta so really have no idea

[kingwilly]

how safe is it? (with regards to getting mugged etc)

are there areas where you can safely walk from pub to pub at 3am?

dont flame me - i have never been to jakarta so really have no idea

bascially its pretty safe, walk around at 3.00am and so forth is fine.

but most pubs/bar/clubs are miles from each other, so u tend not to walk anywhere anyway.

except blokm - which has 7 or 8 bars on one little strip.

to be honest i've never felt threatened physically, tho u can lose wallets and phones etc.

[Fabian]

There are only KW and mrT seem to enjoy this thread the most.

Yeah, and I guess he made the e-mail cited in the first post up as well.

[kingwilly]

^ nah i didnt. but whateva, sorry thought some of ya might like to travel once in awhile.

ya dont have to read any my posts or threads if ya dont wanna.

[Marmite the Dog]

What's the cheapest flight option from BKK to JKT?

[kingwilly]

if you don't wind messing word a little you could Air Asia if to Kl or Sing ad then for Asia to Jkt for another $100 or so

around about $300 or so most do stop overs in kl or Sing only direct option is thai and you can get $330 veteran if you flying midweek as opposed to almost $ 450 to $5oo

(unless you have a useless cvnt travel agent who charges the price of Her ticket 2 days before u due to leave -d then you can pay $590!

[Marmite the Dog]

Is it worth a visit and would a visitor be looked after properly?

[kingwilly]

depends who mate.

nah, seriously, yes worth a visit IMHO.

and for a prick like you, of course i'll look after ya.

bearing in mind that i live an hour south of South Jakarta!

[Sir Burr]

bearing in mind that i live an hour south of South Jakarta!

That would be in the Java Sea wouldn't it?

[kingwilly]

^ nope. - takes 4 hours to drive (from my house) to the south Java sea!

(we are talking about driving on Indo roads here mate!)

[peterpan]

if you don't wind messing word a little you could Air Asia if to Kl or Sing ad then for Asia to Jkt for another $100 or so

Can anyone translate this and other posts by Mr T for me ?

[kingwilly]

^ sorry that is pretty bad!

Direct = ThaiAir and expensive - about $400

Via singapore or KL = Garuda plus others slightly less expensive $300

for the brave, get airasia or other low cost plane flights, but you cannot book all the way through, you'll need to book 2 seperate legs, ie BKK-KL then KL-JKT = possibly around $200

[slimboyfat]

and bear in mind that AirAsia flights singapore/thailand seem to be delayed by more than 2 hours in about 70% of my dealings with them, so good luck with your connecting flight!

[The Ghost Of The Moog]

Are you in the Bogor/Puncak area Mr T?

[kingwilly]

^ erm no, he is in Bintaro area.

but anyway dont noone rush here at the moment, Ramadhan means many places closed or else close early!

[sabang]

I thought BATS was a dump- full of overpriced Freelancers aggressively trying to hook up with expense account suits.
A nearby hotel to the Shang- the Radisson or Ramada? - has a better place, although it's still the same formula.

Jakarta is a dump, and the traffic is horrendous. It also sprawls- it really benefits to be with someone that knows the ropes here.

Cafe Batavia is a nice place to have a meal in an old colonial setting. Thoroughly sick of BATS and the Hard Rock Cafe- where most of my colleagues wanted to hang out- I just went for a bit of a stroll after a meal at Batavia, walked into a small bar and hooked up with a much better example of local talent than the mercenaries at BATS.

[kingwilly]

Cafe Batavia is a nice place, i didnt really think it was a nitespot tho...

I quite like Hard Rock - much better and bigger than the version in Bangkok.

Are you in Jkt now?

[sabang]

^ Na mate, just went there for biz a few times.
Batavia is a nice restaurant sure, not a nitespot. Quite liked that part of JKT tho'.
The Hard Rock is pleasant enough, but there weren't many people there when I was around.