Jakarta, the ST capital of Asia?
The info below is for the complete newbie to Jakarta, there is nothing new which might interest the senior posters – sorry guys
First off, just a bit of background info which goes some way to explaining the experiences I had. I'm in my 30's, speak no Bahasa and only had 6 nights in this gigantic city and this was my 1st trip. I stayed in the Kohta area and travelled around on foot and taxi. I like to think of myself as a well travelled monger, having played around in over 10 countries prior to hitting Jakarta. I am happy to trawl down dark alleyways in the middle of the night looking for that dream girl, and seldom attract attention form the locals.
So my take on the city? Well what became instantly obvious was that 6 nights was not even going to scratch the surface considering what was on offer! Jakarta is not friendly to mongers on a time-budget, you can quite easily waste 2 hours getting from north to south at rush hour. As a newbie you really do need to draw up a plan of action, if you like the short time options offered in the Kohta region, then stay in that area. You can sample the bars, enjoy the girls during the early evening and then at around 11pm you can head out to central/south Jakarta. At that time in the evening it will only take you around 30 mines. I found that the Kohta bars did not really get going until about 6pm. This left a 6 hour hole in my day which I found difficult to fill and there is not much to do in the area in terms of malls, restaurants etc, something to bear in mind if those amenities are important to you.
ST OPTIONS
For short time venues, the Kohta, Penjay bars absolutely rock, the quality of girls far exceed what you can find in Angeles, the only place in Asia which I have sampled which comes close is Changping. Only problem I found was that the sessions missed the GFE, for me at least. I strongly believe that this was purely down to my lack of Bahasa, and I’m confident if I had learnt 100 odd words, my sessions would have been elevated to memorable status. The other point to mention is that the ST rooms in most of these establishments are a bit cramped and sterile. I would much rather have taken the girls to my hotel, but my lack of Bahasa made this difficult to set-up. On the subject of take out I did manage it once, I took a sweet thing from seire (sp) and it set me back 850,000. This is the equivalent to 3 short time sessions on site with tips.
Over the period of 6 days I rotated between the bars in this region and was more than happy with the talent available. There were occasions when I did not session in a particular venue but it was not long before I found someone suitable. And yes I am a picky monger. I did not have the time/energy to sample the spa options in the area, but hope to do so on my next trip
LT OPTIONS
This is a tough one. Although I was in Jakarta for 6 nights, I only went out of the Kohta region for 3 nights. On those occasions I went to the blok M region. I got there by taxi which took about 30 mins. Each time I arrived about 11pm and stayed for a few hours and left empty handed! For my money the girls had clocked up too much mileage and I found nobody to my liking. Granted I went midweek but I was still expecting there to be more talent than there was. I did not frequent the hotel bars (bats, cj’s) but plan to do so next time
CONCLUSIONS
• Jakarta has almost no equal for ST options
• Prices for ST are cheap
• The girls in the Kohta region are yummy
• GFE is available but you need to work on it
• LT options are poor
• Traffic sucks
• Hotels are reasonable
• Sampling the Stadium is a must
• Cheap dvds
So would I go again? Hell yes! Jakarta has now knocked Angeles off my number 3 spot for best mongering destinations in the world. The girls in Angeles are more affectionate, but Jakarta girls are leaps ahead in the looks department. True, in Angeles you can always find a diamond in the rough, but there are far too many that have eaten one to many Jollibee’s. Yes, Angeles is a point and click destination, but I don’t mind making the extra effort in Jakarta because the rewards are much higher
If I could find a cost effective way of guaranteeing LT sessions then Jakarta would truly be a remarkable mongering venue. As it stands it is a ‘must do’ for any monger on the South East Asia circuit.
My next trip will be for 14 nights and i'll arm myself with a phrase book and try to contact a few girls from the chat rooms in advance. Hopefuly this time Jakarta will tick all the boxes :)
