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If you are already decided on a trip to Jakarta, and still need info on Marriott, I can help. Just post your question in the Hotels thread, and I will respond.

Early this year, 2023. - stayed at JW Marriott. Definitely recommend this hotel. Decided to try massage, not expecting anything. Immediately, the girl takes towel off and became rather adventurous...

I'll be in Jakarta next month. I may or may not go to this place, but definitely appreciate your tips for using bahasa Indonesia.

You wrote udah punya, is that a informal version of sudah? Any...

My bahasa is fairly limited. Using google translator:

VKSK. Visa Kejungan (Visit) Saat (current) Kedatangan (Arrival).

Anyone have the official requirements, such as insurance, pre arrival...

Yes, been using the full version of Duolingo. It does have enough challenges for me, but still not everything I would like to have, such as grammar drills. Occasionally I will listen to YouTube...

Goferring, All well stated. Thanks again.

Goferring, et al, Saya tinggal di Amerika serikat.

Thanks for suggesting kamus hidup (translates to living dictionary).

My pace of learning is picking up, but as with any idiom, it will be...

Thanks 3088, I found a good source. Just remembered to use search engine.

One of the most popular abbreviations in Indonesia is Gpp, which stands for Gak Apa- Apa. Gak means no, and apa-apa is...

Goferring, if you have more I hope you can post. Been studying about a year, some I can recognize. Hnya is hanya, yg is yang, but what about "gpp" -.

I think I got the first part of this "Aku di...

JohnGaltin,

Glad that you posted this Bali report in the Jakarta section, because I never bother looking in the Bali section. But after reading about this massage in Bali, I need to start...

LionKing. Service at the spa or room? Rooms in the spa are good enough so her boss doesn't hear? More than likely the boss will know, and gets a cut of that 1. 5 juta.

While on the subject of...

Bkk212 - your usual spot in Blok M? Was it D's Place? I stayed a few days at a hotel just a few blocks from Blok M, but never made it to the bars at night time.

Big Hugs and Miami on 13/1, and Club Nevada on 13/2. None of these are ladyboy or gay. But yes, ladyboy bars are located on one or both of those sois. Some good foot massage places. They have some...

Languages has been a life long hobby, so will learn and carefully use what I pick up in the 2 months prior to the trip.

Soi 6 in Pattaya? These days I generally stick to Soi 13/1 and 13/2 - not...

Goferring and Banana Boi. Big thanks for your help.

True, alot of questions. Am looking forward to payback with a decent report in February.

Yea, this Bahasa is definitely the easiest language...

First trip to Indonesia in February 2019.

Decided to get away from Thailand (Bangkok and Pattaya). I am sometimes a little tired of the geocentric thinking, but do like the fairly advanced...