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04-02-15 21:14 #9569
Posts: 4114Millie disco
Originally Posted by Pancha [View Original Post]
TC have been closed for a long time you should try Millie disco for late night pick up for freelancer, I never like TC the girl there is just too young for my taste and now the Stadium is closed also but there is so many other place you can get action in the area.
Fast eddie 48.
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04-02-15 16:37 #9568
Posts: 270The Former Today Country
I am trying to visit Jakarta after about 4 years. I was a regular traveller before and has visited TC which was situated at Lokasari. One of the later visits I noticed that was closed down. TC was a nice place to hang around the opening time around 1. 00 pm as there were nice looking girls. Those who have visited there know what I mean. Does anyone know whether it has re-opened in another location or anything similar is currently operating. Appreciate if you can share any information.
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04-02-15 11:23 #9567
Posts: 1081Forget it
Originally Posted by HardHatMate [View Original Post]
By the way. Coming from someone who actually mongers there back and forth from Mangga Besar on an almost daily basis for years, not what I think it should be or what I've read somewhere.
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04-02-15 04:59 #9566
Posts: 222Originally Posted by FastEddie48 [View Original Post]
But at 10 pm at night it should be no more than 10 mins on a ojek. For that I wouldn't pay more than 25 k.
Again, supply and demand. The time of the night. Your negotiation skills etc all come into play.
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04-01-15 21:16 #9565
Posts: 4114You think
Originally Posted by HardHatMate [View Original Post]
No way Mangar Besar to King cross in Kelapa Gading is only 15 k,I took a meter taxi from Lokasari plaza to King cross around 6 pm it take about 40 min a lot of traffic cost is over 50 k,I take ojek once in Jakarta never again the ride is too rough for me.
Fast eddie 48.
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03-30-15 14:41 #9564
Posts: 964Originally Posted by Smoothy [View Original Post]
MD II.
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03-30-15 13:23 #9563
Posts: 153Transjakarta, once.... Well not perfect but still better
Originally Posted by LAGuy5 [View Original Post]
8 or 9 years ago the way to travel was for the crazy bule to get the Transjakarta up Sudirman and beat the taxis / private cars others travelled in. A relatively comfortable ride too as not many Indonesians wanted to use the bus due to the outrageously high charge of 3,000 rupiah. I guess that doesn't look so expensive now judging by the crowds.
Another favourite anecdote: 4 or 5 years ago someone decided to concrete over the asphalt in the busway lanes. Much delay and chaos results due to the buses needing to leave the lane and join normal traffic then get back in the lane after the roadworks. Except no steel reinforcement seemed to be added to the concrete overlay. Guess what they were doing again seemingly six months later?
Oh why not, here's another one: I was told the reason the original Transjakarta buses (or should I say, the older ones still running?) had doors on either side was due to them being imported from another country's system. Grand launch occurs, bus pulls up to the station to pick up the VIPs. With the door on the wrong side of bus. Busses imported from a "keep right" kind of country. Off to the panel works they go!
Some on here could probably verify if that story is true, but either way it pretty much sums up the general attention to detail and planning put to use in the country!
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03-30-15 07:05 #9562
Posts: 616Originally Posted by HungMan1808 [View Original Post]
I suppose I like extremes in that since getting tired of the Transjakarta buses I now often use Silver Bird taxis to make waiting in the traffic jams less aggravating (and no umbrellas are needed).
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03-30-15 06:44 #9561
Posts: 153To Ojek or not Ojek
Show me a woman in Indonesia without scars on her legs and you are showing a woman who doesn't Ojek. There aren't many of them.
Ojeks can be handy. In these circumstances:
- When the traffic is guaranteed to be gridlocked from start to destination.
- When it is a short distance and you need to walk (too short or awkward route for a taxi).
- When it isn't going to pour rain or isn't clear skies (I. E. You can see blue through the smog, meaning damn hot).
- When how you look or smell isn't important when you reach your destination.
The traffic level is especially important. You *do not* want to give the Ojek a chance to get up speed. One time I got an Ojek in Bali, late at night. No traffic, open road, just been raining, no helmet. Casual ride down the road turned into something resembling qualifying for Moto GP. Never again. Rides since require bumper to bumper traffic all the way to impede speed.
You could also try a Bajah. I probably spelt that wrong, and if not forum autocorrect probably will! Those 3 wheel noise machines couldn't get speed up when trying on a steep downhill run. But they can't get through traffic like an Ojek. Ideal for short runs or carrying things however.
If a regular, finding a reliable Ojek or Bajah for your daily run can also work out just fine.
All other times. Taxi. Even the Transjakarta has deteriorated over the years. In recent years it has taken longer to get *on* the damn bus than the journey north to south would have taken in a taxi.
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03-29-15 21:54 #9560
Posts: 606Ojeks and other motorcycles
Originally Posted by Smoothy [View Original Post]Last edited by Member #4410; 03-29-15 at 21:55. Reason: typo
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03-29-15 20:15 #9559
Posts: 641Your Life is Worth More Than A Little Time
Originally Posted by Sharka [View Original Post]
RL.
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03-29-15 19:30 #9558
Posts: 29If price is of interest most of these places are well connected by the Kopaja bus, for me never had a problem regarding theft and for 3000 where you can get off where required it does the job also for other routes microlets are on hand.
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03-29-15 18:20 #9557
Posts: 1081Originally Posted by Smoothy [View Original Post]
I wake up around 2 PM, head to one of the Kota places by 3 PM then by 5 PM already back home and sleeping until 9 PM when I head for my second shot.
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03-29-15 17:33 #9556
Posts: 3497I've been on this forum for over 10 years and nobody has discussed using Ojeks until just this past month. What's up with that? My guess is some people who normally spend all their time in Thailand or the Philippines are wanting to try a new country. They use motorbikes in LOS and the PI, so they think it's the same in Indonesia. Jakarta is not the same as Philippines or Thailand. Motorbikes are great in those places, but I wouldn't recommend them in Jakarta. An Ojek is no cheaper than a taxi and the only time I'd even consider an Ojek in Jakarta is during rush hour traffic. But for mongering, there is no reason to be traveling during rush hour traffic. A true monger is sleeping at that time. When I first came to Jakarta, I rode an ojek and the idiot driver crashed into a car and I went flying, so I never take them anymore. Whenever you see a girl with scarred up legs (and you see them often), it's because of her riding on ojeks and the ojeks having accidents.
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03-29-15 12:01 #9555
Posts: 222Originally Posted by Sharka [View Original Post]
I haven't used an Ojek for the areas you describe, but I think;.
Kings Cross 10-15 k.
Mangga Dua no more than 15 k-25 k.
Gambir, maybe 20-30 k.
Classic is before Gambir but close, so 15-25 k.
Alexis, I wouldn't take an Ojek. For this you might consider a taxi, depending on flooding around the time you are here. Its a tollroad for part of it, and I think better by taxi, but others may have a different opinion. ?
Unlike a bluebird, the time of the day, the demand on the Ojek driver, your negotiation skills. All come into play with the price.
AND something to consider, I have had many an Ojek driver offer to wait whilst you do the deed. They charge a tad more, but hey why not. I once paid 60 k for an Ojek to from Gran Indo Fortune behind LeMeridian and 2 hrs inside and a return trip back to Gran Indo. The truly amazing thing is, after 3 yrs, whenever I see him he asks if I want Ojek to Fortune. How do they remember?
I don't pay for Ojeks up north. So I couldn't really be sure of these prices, but my recent experience is an ojek from BlokM to Maliboro on NYE and paid 60 k. BlokM to Kemang paid 20 k.
I know a girl who pays 500 k a month for an Ojek driver to take her to and from work everyday. From Grogol to Sudirman.
Remember, if its a decent distance negotiate beforehand, otherwise if its under 10 mins, 10 k-20 k works well.