Bandung

[Joel Goodsen]

Bro Zero and Prosal, thank you very much for the hotel info and mall intelligence .. I just checked the photo's of the hyatt http://bandung.regency.hyatt.com/hyatt/hotels/index.jsp, it looks great. Price on yahoo mentions 110 US per nite, am not sure if that would be the best deal .. but maybe still a bit much. Paying for these trips myself, flight & accommodation, I might opt for the cheaper hotel, cheers!

[Zero]

Joel,
Aston hotel is in my opinion not a good hotel but it is situated in braga st.
Swiss Belhotel is nicer but it is not within walking distant to braga.
But Prosal is right about Sheraton, it is a nice hotel. but around 20 minutes by car to braga.
Perhaps Hyaat is much closer to braga and it is a nice hotel, I thing the rate is around 800.000 rups

[Prosal]

Are there perhaps also hotels next to Alun-alun/Kings plaza...?

There's a nice boutique-hotel in the center, near Jl Braga. You can get promotional rates around 400 000 rps.

http://www.swiss-belhotel.com/bandung/bandung.html

I stayed there once, but even if the location is strategically good for mongering and mall-hunting, i nevertheless prefer the Sheraton, which is definitely the most pleasant hotel in town, with a wonderful balinese atmosphere, good restaurant, nice pool, ect, but quite far up on Dago hill.

North Sea is a fun place, yet, on "Jean's street" (Cihampelas), the Tropicana Cafe, where there's often a good non-pro potential, as in the disco next door, Studio East, are much better IMO, nevertheless quiet on weekdays, as everywhere in Bandung.

[Joel Goodsen]

Happy hunting, hopes that help you a bit

hey Zero,

Many thanks for your quick reply, surely helps.. I know there's an Aston, a fav hotel in JKT, adjacent to Braga City Walk.. is it nice? Are there perhaps also hotels next to Alun-alun/Kings plaza...?

When the time for the trip comes, which might still be a couple of months from now, I will certainly drop you line beforehand.. cheers!

[Zero]

Joel,
I frequent the mall that you list below:

Ciwalk
Braga City Walk
Istana Plaza
Bandung Shopping centre
Kings Plaza/Alun-alun shopping malls
& let me add Paris Van Java, Bandung Super mall

Of the list: Paris Van Java, Ciwalk, Bandung Super Mall & Istana Plaza is much happening that the other. But not for mongering.
King Plaza, Braga City walk are actually in the center of "red district" for SW but not inside the mall .
I have mention Asia Afrika street, Braga, Alkateri, ABC as the hot bed for SW and that's where the mall is.
If you go to braga do try the north sea bar ( that's probably the only expats bar in town )
Happy hunting, hopes that help you a bit

[Joel Goodsen]

Me too - I hope to be able to pay Bandung a visit this year, well before June, if I get lucky. Otherwise I'll be patient and wait just a little bit more..

Doing some "homework" and reading the thread, I was hopeful to locate some info on my hobby, mall hunting, but unfortunately it returned meager results - Adindas post mentions Bandung Indah Plaza (BIP) as a place for pick ups.

So the question is, would some of the esteemed members be able to give me a few gentle pointers in the right direction for mall hunting in Bandung? - My own info on Bandung is quite old, stemming from the time I was still an innocent boy.

Please find below a short list I made after doing some internet snoops:

Ciwalk
Braga City Walk
Istana Plaza
Bandung Shopping centre
Kings Plaza/Alun-alun shopping malls

Of the above listing, what would be the better places for mall hunting? - I prefer malls that host little resto's/coffee shops. .. Or is there a better shopping centre I have missed? I wonder if there's something similar available that matches Atrium in JKT - Thanks.

[Zero]

SteLateBloomer,
I can give you some pointers to a good hotel, just PM me

Menteng,
It would be an honor to accompany you here , you are such a legend
but we gonna have to play it by ear, as Bandung is a small city.
too many people have too much time with their mouth that I wish they put on my *bleep* hahaha

[Menteng]

Hohoho what a delightful surprise! The senior mongers taste the Bandung's hospitalities
I'm glad that you, Jaimito, Menteng & JAD, had a great time here.
Bandung is good if you're visiting, too risky to play at home court, if you know what I mean.
Next time do go to Braga street, many young beauties there. (north sea bar, caesar palace etc)
Also, you can go to Pascal Hyper Square for cheap food, and get a massage at Delta (yes! the same one as Jakarta)
Keep coming boys, it will improve the service here

I'm sorry we didn't contact you. Maybe next time we can join forces ?

[SteLateBloomer]

Hohoho what a delightful surprise! The senior mongers taste the Bandung's hospitalities

I'm glad that you, Jaimito, Menteng & JAD, had a great time here.

Bandung is good if you're visiting, too risky to play at home court, if you know what I mean.

Next time do go to Braga street, many young beauties there. (north sea bar, caesar palace etc)

Also, you can go to Pascal Hyper Square for cheap food, and get a massage at Delta (yes! the same one as Jakarta)

Keep coming boys, it will improve the service here

Hi Guys,

I am going to Bandung in 1 Jun 07. Was wondering what to do and where to go. Now I got some leads! Thank you Brothers. Looking forward to hear more from you guys. I assumed Bro Zero is residing in Bandung and I would need some help in locating a hotel and some refs. Appreciate if I could contact you.

Cheers,

SLB

[Zero]

Hohoho what a delightful surprise! The senior mongers taste the Bandung's hospitalities
I'm glad that you, Jaimito, Menteng & JAD, had a great time here.
Bandung is good if you're visiting, too risky to play at home court, if you know what I mean.
Next time do go to Braga street, many young beauties there. (north sea bar, caesar palace etc)
Also, you can go to Pascal Hyper Square for cheap food, and get a massage at Delta (yes! the same one as Jakarta)
Keep coming boys, it will improve the service here

[Jaimito Cartero]

I went with JAD and Menteng this weekend, and found Bandung a nice alternative to Jakarta. While the mongering wasn't as good, it does have some possibilities.

I saw a cute one at Alohaa, but she said she didn't like bules, and she said my dick size was too big. I offered to prove her wrong, but no such luck. In reality, I'd guess that she thought I would squish her to death.

The Hotel Cemerlang was decent deal. 239K nett for weekdays, or 269k for Saturday nights, including breakfast for a standard room. While a little further away from some of the mongering, the rooms were pretty nice, although the AC was quite weak.

They have in room massage for 65k. As luck would have it, I waited an hour to get a masseuse, and got the ugly one. Menteng got the cute one, and a nice BJ, while all I got was an offer of a HJ for 200k! No thanks!

Citra was a decent experience, but the papasan will promise a lot of stuff for the girls, that they won't deliver on. However, for 200k total all in, it wasn't too bad. This fishbowl style place has about 15-20 ladies there, with the ladies being in the 4-7 range.

We had some nice dining experiences around town. Eating at some food malls, and a Chinese style place were quite inexpensive, always less than 100k for 3 or 4 diners including drinks and other goodies.

The area with the brothel houses were pretty nice. When I found one I liked I think I got an inflated price, and decided to skip it. I think most were in the 150k range. Most of the houses in these alleyways had 5-10 women in each one. There is a hotel around the corner from these places, I don't recall the name, so I'll let Menteng post some details about it.

Maybe once Jakarta is totally underwater, all the mongering will move there.

[Menteng]

No new post since the quote from Jakarta Post last year. So, is the action dead in Bandung?

I am hoping to pay a visit there later this year.

Diver

Nope, it is alive and kicking as ever. I was there last weekend with two great mongers and the bario was flooded with all kind of girls. Pricing from 75K to 300K, though the last category is very small. Majority costs about 200K.

A Bandung monger told us that the best way to monger in Saritem is to find a place renting rooms only. Ask one of the guys there to find you a girl. Give a description and most important, tell the price you are willing to pay! (Saw a cuty for 100K!)

Other nice play to visit is Citra at jln Cibadak (Yanti, a beauty for my standards) or Aloha {(forgot the streetname) (Mega, very small and cute)}.
Avoid Bandung Sauna in jln Cibadak!!!

Be prepared though that AR is more common in Jakarta.

[Diver69]

No new post since the quote from Jakarta Post last year. So, is the action dead in Bandung?

I am hoping to pay a visit there later this year.

Diver

[Advo]

Today: Jakarta Post

Bandung ready to close Saritem, its oldest red-light district
Yuli Tri Suwarni, The Jakarta Post, Bandung

Bandung's oldest red-light district, Saritem, could soon be forced out of business as the city administration prepares to crack down on prostitution.

The administration says it will begin implementing a 2005 local ordinance on order, cleanliness and beauty in November. The ordinance contains an article on prostitution that says anyone who provides sexual services for money -- sex workers and their pimps -- can be fined up to Rp 50 million. Anyone using these services can face a fine of up to Rp 5 million.

Dozens of public order officers began passing out leaflets Wednesday to inform residents of the ordinance and the penalties they could face for violations.

However, most sex workers in Saritem said they had heard nothing about the matter.

"I was out all day and we didn't get any leaflets ...," said "Citra", a 21-year-old sex worker from Indramayu, West Java, on Thursday.

According to data from the Kebon Jeruk subdistrict, where the red-light district is located, there are about 450 sex workers and 73 pimps operating from two neighborhood units in Saritem.

"We've conducted regular programs to let people know about the ordinance. On Wednesday we called all the pimps and 64 of them showed up to learn about the closure plan and the fines to be imposed by the city administration," Kebon Jeruk district head Yayan Ahadiat said in Bandung on Thursday.

He said the information was expected to be passed on to the sex workers by the pimps.

Sex workers who have heard about the approaching crackdown are concerned for their futures, and want the city administration to help them find alternative work if the red-light district is closed.

"Go ahead and close Saritem. They have been planning it for a long time. But we have not been offered any alternatives, so how can we earn money to eat?" said 23-year-old "Dina", who has been a sex worker in Saritem for four years.

The red-light district has been in the city since colonial times. Authorities first began talking about shutting down Saritem in 1998, as part of a morality campaign.

Billions of rupiah were reportedly spent by the city administration to build the Darut Taubah Islamic boarding school in the middle of the red-light district in 2000. The school was located in the area to improve Saritem's image, as well as to promote religious teachings among the sex workers, about 80 percent of whom come from outside Bandung.

But six years since the school was built the red-light district is still open and as busy as ever.

The head of Bandung's Islamic Boarding School Communication Forum, Imam Sonhaji, who came up with the idea to build the Islamic boarding school in Saritem, said the main problem with getting women out of the sex business was finding them alternative jobs.

"There are training programs to provide them with new skills but they (the sex workers) have no capital. The administration should come up with a solution to help them get out of prostitution," he said.

In addition to those directly employed in the sex trade, about 1,000 other Saritem residents earn a living from the red-light district, including running food stalls and massage parlors for customers drawn to the area.

[Adindas]

Actually it is quite easy to find college gals in bandung.

Given that you speak Indonesian A littel bit. Go to BIP (bandung Indah Plaza) after 17.00 Pm. As you know many indonesian people do not stay home during this time.

In McDonald try to scan tehre are soem action there just approach them and try to mak some conversations. You will get it.

Adindas