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I apologize if I'm being presumptuous by saying this but you can't be too hardcore if you're only going once a year. Bangkok and Hong Kong have become, or are way too commercialized for any proper...

Nice geography, FE 48 ;)

Mount Merapi is due north of Jogja, making it ESE (east-south-east) of Jakarta. NE of Jakarta puts you in right in the middle of the Java Sea.

Saw a news report on CNA this evening where the director of operations at CGK (Soekarno-Hatta Int'l) was quoted as saying that all international flights are now 'seperti biasa'... not sure about...

Of course of course. Maybe its my long absence from Jakarta that's making me a little green with envy. ;)

Enjoyed reading your FR, Panya. Kudos for finding an oasis on the 1st day of Ramadhan.

Small technicality, but Indramayu is located on the northern coast of West Java, east of Jakarta. The view is...

I monger in all the capital cities in SE Asia and this is my approach exactly, Bulai69. China is an exception - everyone knows the prices and sticks to it, not a yuan more, not a yuan less.

For...

Try the branch of 'Bersih Sehat Family Massage' located at 106 Jalan KH Wahid Hasyim near Agus Salim. As the name suggests it is a clean, well-run massage place popular with the middle-class-and-up...

Sounds good. But that will be for next time... Did you go alone or were you introduced to the 'right crowd'?

I'm typing from a wartel/internet cafe in Atrium Mall Senen where the connection is painfully slow but fortunately I have a vantage point of the cinema and food court. Apparently its closing soon so...

It's been several months since my last trip to Batam, but I do remember seeing the 'fiskal' counter just before you hit the immigration officers while exiting at Harbour Bay.

Singapore has had a...

I wanna be you when I grow up. Can I call you papa?

Yes, 'minimalist chic' but rooms are beginning to show their wear, as I recall. Overall I enjoyed my one-time stay there - excellent buffet breakfast. My only other complaint is that the food stalls...

You've got it bang on, bro! That last paragraph sums up what I have gathered to be the answer to my question. Goodbye to slummin' it in Kota, hello to Kemang pretentiousness!

Now, if only I can...

LOL you guys are awesome!

It really doesnt matter how many LV bags you have ever bought, so long as the returns have been worth the investment! In the end its all the same, I reckon...

Thanks...

Thanks XXL and Bulai69 for your replies. I think you've hit it squarely, Bulai69.

How do I know they're upmarket girls? I'm Asian so I suppose we're a bit more 'sensitive' to these things, being...

Interesting... although my question is more specific to the more 'upmarket' girls who are in that grey zone between P4P and non-P4P that I love so much about Jakarta. I'll rephrase my question:

If...

No, perhaps I should clarify further: I am not worried about availability. I am asking from one experience in JKT when I was about to pull from CJ's, but the lady I was speaking to expressed some...

We've exchanged posts and PMs before, XXL. :) Yes, everything is available and I am glad to say that in only 2-3 trips so far to JKT and each time staying in Kota I have yet to experience a...

Reminded me about a question I've been meaning to pose the Jakarta regulars:

I usually stay in the Kota/Mangga Besar area when I visit Jakarta to play. Consequently I would frequent the non-P4P...

Thanks for all the replies. The Martha Tilaar Spa looks interesting but is probably a little too 'girly'. I would hate to come across as being impossible but that grey area between Martha Tilaar and...

pardon my digging up an old post, but i am wondering if oyenk or any jakarta experts out there can recommend a good spa for an excellent no-plus-plus massage session. when visiting a spa for a...

God I love Jakarta! ;)