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I quote myself. It was quite eloquent.

But also the caveat of needing language skills.

If he likes to pay 2 million for 5 star hotel girls, then I am sure I am just envious of his lifestyle, and I should have indeed not called it "crap". I'm serious, just saying this is not for me.
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If the only thing one experiences in Jakarta is 5-star hotel bars and a long since dead Blok M, you have seen literally 1% of the place's potential.

But that's what posters here want to promote.
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Tip for service, sure, makes sense. Tip for 3rd world conditions? Tell them you will severely enrich them if they will reveal their "manager" details.

Re: "Kota", My old monger board used that as an abbreviation for Kota Inda.

Interesting to see Smoothy reference Penjay. I realize it's not for the rookies here, but it gets precious little...

Smoothy has forgotten more than I will ever know about Jakarta, but there is one glimmer of hope for a monger during Ramadan (or at least there was when I was there in 2015.).

Hotel Travel was...

Bintang Mawar and those alley bars maybe 2 PM?

F you are looking for "go go style bars", Jakarta will disappoint you -- the working girls there don't generally dance as part of their job description. Same with avoiding taxis to go back to your...

I would imagine cops would want to see one's visa stamp and are not just looking for official ID in their shakedown attempts.