Jakarta

[Member #4794]

Wechat, twitter and tinder all have been a bust for me this time around.

I have been to 8-10 different "massage" shops around mangga besar all of the quoted me 350,000 for body to body massage which I personally enjoy. The looks of these girls aren't like model quality I would say 6-7's at best. I also find that the chubby ones massage better the skinny ones do 0 massage and just get into the extras instead of the massage. There is usually a guy in there that knows if they massage at all the ones who are more skilled at the body to body massage are not usually very attractive but are popular more because of their skills. Right now I'm actually honestly more interested in the erotic massage aspect which is relaxing and not available in the states. Actually gives some solid added value to the whole experience and fairly inexpensive. A comparable soapy massage in thailand would be at least 2 x-5 x the cost of this so value is great. So over the past few days I had about 5 massages which came to about 2,500,000 total which includes tips is just 1 pull from the ATM. This area is kind of lonely in terms of interaction almost no one speaks english here you only really see passing foreigners in this area. But like I said the value is great. There is one more area to the west of here and one to the north I usually frequent which I will check out in the coming days.

[Wimble]

FWIW, it could be a setup between a cop and the taxi driver. Was the taxi driver on the phone or was he texting? I knew people who were shaken down but did not realize what was happening. They were not pretending. They were just really dumb and did not read the situation.

I have been shaken down several times but luckily I was with a local those times. They would take care of it or would quietly tell me to get leave so they can take care of the situation.

A common practice in the US is to setup speed traps in order to finance a police department. I have been issued tickets because of my license plates. You can argue if you are willing to travel back.

To which is he said "500,000 for me and my friend introduction money. " after which he repeated "introduction money" I didn't reply with any objections, I fail to see how I could have been set up by the taxi driver because it was literally the best route to get to the hotel via google maps. The "officer" has a few words with the taxi driver and we were off. But how common is this bullshit my other 2 trips were incident free.

[Member #4794]

I'm shocked they actually checked your pockets. I've definitely never had them do that.

I had all these plastic bags in my carry on because I like to seperate things that way and a modus operandi of drug users must be plastic bags so I can only assume that he was looking for drugs. Only reason I relented is that I have viagra and a few bottles of over the counter medicine in my bag. Although I do have a prescription and the rest are OTC how far would this "police officer" go to make his claim valid, plant evidence or falsify some information? If they are willing to take bribes I don't see a line where plating evidence is out of the question. Real disappointed with this turn of events that is why I stay out of central Jakarta but they spread up here for some reason for the asian games. That definitely is a black eye on this as a mongering destination. In 10 years in other countries in south east asia I haven't run into this level of absurdity, I have been involved in a few drug raids in thailand but they search you and let you go and a few raids in angeles city where they clear you out noon of this introduction fee bullshit. It seems like you can escape this by not being here for very long but if you spend any length of time here it seems like it gets worst as you discover more of Jakarta's underbelly. I have heard of random ID checks and they ding you for not having your passport but the first thing I handed this guy was my passport. Another thing they seem to be suspicious about is that I'm working in Jakarta and not on holiday. The officers other thing was that he was trying to imply that I was working in Jakarta on a travel visa. None of which is true of course. 3rd time is the charm kind of didn't work out this time. The only saving grace is that short time here is as low as 350,000 or $23 plus tip of course but there is almost nowhere else in asia other than maybe mainland China where you can find a deal like that with this quality of woman.

[Smoothy]

I got caught up in the philippines airport bullshit but after 5 days of bullshit I arrive in "wonderful" Jakarta. So I get in line for a bluebird and they have this ticket system that is 100% broken theres this guy in control of the taxis. And he is calling numbers in the range of 35-55 the ticket that I just got printed was ninety fucking three so an hour later I kind of pleaded with this guy to let me get in a taxi. So we get near the Mangga Dua mall and it is about 2 am at night and we get pulled over by indonesian police at a check point they set up. They asked for identification I had my taxi money out the first thing he asked was "Is that for me? I of course didn't reply and put it away I don't know about your guys's countries but bribing an officer in it self is a crime. So he says "are you in a hurry?" I say no you can check the bags and I have USB charging cables and he seems to be enamored with the cables. So he looks in my carry on finds nothing and now he want to inspect my main bag. So he checks my pockets and I'm on my way to the hotel so I had changed some money. He found the stack of cash and said "for me?" again. I then brought out 200,000 and held it up. To which is he said "500,000 for me and my friend introduction money. " after which he repeated "introduction money" I didn't reply with any objections, I fail to see how I could have been set up by the taxi driver because it was literally the best route to get to the hotel via google maps. The "officer" has a few words with the taxi driver and we were off. But how common is this bullshit my other 2 trips were incident free. I want to preface this with I assume this officer had a very deep drug problem as his eyes were bloodshot and he was extremely jittery, which also put me off in terms of reasoning with him. The police officer also said that they are out there because of the asia games.

I get to the hotel and it seems like delivery girls are always the ugliest of the bunch. You have to goto these shit holes and pick them yourself if you want to find a good looking girl. The ones that usually show up when they call it "delivery" if you have ever seen the movie spaceballs. The girls that show up are the spaceball stunt doubles of actual girls. Noses and faces all fucked up so of course it being 3 am I pick the less ugly one and get it done. 500,000 dmg for the delivery. Not the best start but only thing good about today is it only gets better from here.

You picked a very bad time to be in Jakarta. Lots of foreigners in town for the Asian games, so lots of naive targets ripe for shakedowns. Considering you were coming straight from the airport, you would also have your passport with you. That doesn't always help though. Those shakedowns don't happen often, but they happen. 500 k is a little much, but at least the exchange rate is good these days. I'm shocked they actually checked your pockets. I've definitely never had them do that.

[Member #4794]

I got caught up in the philippines airport bullshit but after 5 days of bullshit I arrive in "wonderful" Jakarta. So I get in line for a bluebird and they have this ticket system that is 100% broken theres this guy in control of the taxis. And he is calling numbers in the range of 35-55 the ticket that I just got printed was ninety fucking three so an hour later I kind of pleaded with this guy to let me get in a taxi. So we get near the Mangga Dua mall and it is about 2 am at night and we get pulled over by indonesian police at a check point they set up. They asked for identification I had my taxi money out the first thing he asked was "Is that for me? I of course didn't reply and put it away I don't know about your guys's countries but bribing an officer in it self is a crime. So he says "are you in a hurry?" I say no you can check the bags and I have USB charging cables and he seems to be enamored with the cables. So he looks in my carry on finds nothing and now he want to inspect my main bag. So he checks my pockets and I'm on my way to the hotel so I had changed some money. He found the stack of cash and said "for me?" again. I then brought out 200,000 and held it up. To which is he said "500,000 for me and my friend introduction money. " after which he repeated "introduction money" I didn't reply with any objections, I fail to see how I could have been set up by the taxi driver because it was literally the best route to get to the hotel via google maps. The "officer" has a few words with the taxi driver and we were off. But how common is this bullshit my other 2 trips were incident free. I want to preface this with I assume this officer had a very deep drug problem as his eyes were bloodshot and he was extremely jittery, which also put me off in terms of reasoning with him. The police officer also said that they are out there because of the asia games.

I get to the hotel and it seems like delivery girls are always the ugliest of the bunch. You have to goto these shit holes and pick them yourself if you want to find a good looking girl. The ones that usually show up when they call it "delivery" if you have ever seen the movie spaceballs. The girls that show up are the spaceball stunt doubles of actual girls. Noses and faces all fucked up so of course it being 3 am I pick the less ugly one and get it done. 500,000 dmg for the delivery. Not the best start but only thing good about today is it only gets better from here.

[NoGermaphobe]

Girls don't suddenly disappear when a complex shuts down. Where are most of the Alexis girls now?

Sexy pool at 1001/ Colosseum and Emporium.

[Jkt Jon]

Girls don't suddenly disappear when a complex shuts down. Where are most of the Alexis girls now?

Spread throughout other Venues, online, other cities, online, or back to their Kampung.

[Banana Boi]

Girls don't suddenly disappear when a complex shuts down. Where are most of the Alexis girls now?

[NoGermaphobe]

We shall see indeed. But it was the current Jakarta governor, Anies Baswedan, that shut down Alexis. He campaigned on it. He also shut down Sense Karaoke at Mangga Dua Square and Exotic Disco on Mangga Besar.

The former governor, Basuki Tjahaja Purnama or Ahok, shut down Stadium and Millies.

I heard the rumors that Alexis is going to be open again with different name under this new Jakarta governor after previous governor shut it down. We shall see!

[Asting]

I heard the rumors that Alexis is going to be open again with different name under this new Jakarta governor after previous governor shut it down. We shall see!

[CrazyTravelr]

Probably be a waste of time telling you as you would have to google search for their location and searching for information seems to be a problem for you. Why don't you just read the first five to 10 pages of this forum, all the information is there. Why should I or any other board member continually answer questions if you can't be bothered spending time to read back a few pages. The guys who can best help you on here will only help if you've tried to help yourself first off all. RTFF.

Actually I don't know why most of people are very aggressive here. If you don't have time to answer my questions even if It is stupid. Don't bother yourself. And don't reply. What did you gain from this is long story you told us.

Evey page here have different words. So I can't remember all abbreviations. That I am traveling frequently from country to another.

Anyway. I was wrong that I didn't read FAQ before participating here. And didn't read old pages. So sorry for respcted people that I bother them by my questions.

[Smoothy]

Pain and suffering.

I guess some guys are into that. Not my cup of tea.

[BabaLoda]

Take a trip to Saudi Arabia and see how often you get laid.

Funnily enough never wrote the word 'girl' in my original comment. I wrote the female form of dog, metaphorically referring it to the pain and suffering all around us ha ha ha!

[Smoothy]

And for sure the girl is going to last forever.

Take a trip to Saudi Arabia and see how often you get laid.

[BabaLoda]

Is there anywhere in the entire world that has something that will last forever?

Pain and suffering.

Whichever part of the world you go to, you will find it. And for sure the girl is going to last forever.