Jakarta

[Rajdasking]

Any card like revolt wise etc lets you keep currency locally. So no conversion fees.

What do you mean "indo rupiyah card"?

[XXL]

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4) download grab and assign a indo rupiyah card.

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What do you mean "indo rupiyah card"?

[Expat American]

You keep mentioning the good food scene here. I have never seen an Indonesian restaurant in another country like Thai, Italian, Arabic / Persian, Mexican. Many major cities all over the world have these restaurants. I find Indonesian food not much better than Philippine food. Next time you are in town I need you to prove this to me.

I don't need to prove anything to anyone. But Indonesian food is good and there are great Indonesian restaurants in Singapore for example Its not as well known as Thai food, but its still pretty good. My helper at home is Indonesian and she cooks amazing dishes. But also Jakarta has good Japanese food (Sushi, Omakase, Japanese BBQ etc), some high end Chinese food (example Chin Chin), decent Italian and other restaurants as well, all at a fraction of the price of the west or Singapore. I've also found good Vietnamese and Thai food. Jakarta is a major city and has more things than just hooker bars you know.

I am going to be in town next week though, so if you are around, I am happy to show you.

[Irish Mongrel]

You keep mentioning the good food scene here. I have never seen an Indonesian restaurant in another country like Thai, Italian, Arabic / Persian, Mexican. Many major cities all over the world have these restaurants. I find Indonesian food not much better than Philippine food. Next time you are in town I need you to prove this to me.

Covering your tracks is hard here. All someone has to say is that it is the highest populated Muslim country in the world and the people are very conservative so the trip was a bit boring so I took a train to Bandung and another city for something to do. Nothing worth taking pictures of. So nobody will ever think about sex here. But I can not think of any reason whatsoever to visit here except Bali. That is an easy sell but then you have to answer why did you go alone?

Indonesian food is great, some of the best in the region. And there are Indonesian restaurants in other countries, seen them, been in them, but then you can also get some of the main dishes out of Malaysian restaurants, they share a lot of similar dishes. Nasi lemak, rendang, laksa, roti to name a few staples. But yeah, covering tracks in Jakarta is hard, hence it is better for people being there with a business excuse. I have never done any sightseeing in Jakarta, the only city that I have ever been to on a regular basis and seen SFA of it, apart from bars, night clubs and restaurants.

[Sychip1]

Thanks for all the tips on how to cover my mongering tracks guys!

I have come up with another fiendish plan, I could just say that I came down with a terrible stomach bug whilst there and had to spend the majority of the trip in bed. LOL.

A local guide that also provides services would be my absolute ideal scenario. As a solo traveller things can get quite boring once you've shot your load, and I can only really manage one or two these days. So some half decent company for the rest of the day / evening would be great.

It's a long shot but if anyone has a contact of that sort please DM me. I'm flexible on looks etc as long as service is good.

Thanks again to everyone for the help and assistance.

That's partly why some bros including me use tinder / bumble as well as well as going for P4 P. I'm sure if you go on there you will find some takers if you pay well they will take you around. I just date them without paying and weed out the ones that are freelancers but you get loads of early 20's local women who are into older guys like late 30's / early 40's even.

Indonesian food is very good, I work in F and be PR so I get invited to many high-end western, Japanese & Asian restaurants all the time. In the past year I've probably had about 30 omakase meals and they're ranging US $100-500+ for the meal, I can categorically state that Indonesian food is really good. The Indonesian restaurants in other countries generally don't do so well because they dumb-down the spices for overseas palates. You can just google Mark Wiens on what he says about Indonesian / Jakartan food.

[Rajdasking]

1st off all thanks to all the members here, you know who you are. For newbies like me:

1) Get evisa and save QR.

2) fill in customs upto 3 days prior to arrival (indo has a 1 litre alcohol policy I bought 2 liters in and no one checked BTW).

3) health declaration qr. Airlines sent me this but no one asked.

4) download grab and assign a indo rupiyah card.

Smooth sailing through airport. Cash machines in airport. Max withdrawal was 1 mil but they kept the card in and ask any other services so I kept withdrawing to 3 mil.

Went to the original sim card provider at the end but some pretty girls at the counter of the other 3rd parties. I took 2 of the numbers. Yolo. Also while waiting for grab there was clearly a hot chick returning from somewhere (sb?) so said Hi you want to link and took her number as well.

Grab to Movenpick. Super hotel new with humble staff and excellent facilities. Said I'll have guests up and they just let them come to reception, take ID, ring me and send them up. I vpn indo and booked via hotel website and paid in rupiyah so slighly cheaper.

Dave at EMP said pool closes at 2300. My 1st choice SB bailed but due to airline wifi no biggie. Currently showered and waiting for another insta SB to come via grab for my first LT in Jak. More to follow.

Happy hunting.

[Gabacho]

You keep mentioning the good food scene here. I have never seen an Indonesian restaurant in another country like Thai, Italian, Arabic / Persian, Mexican. Many major cities all over the world have these restaurants. I find Indonesian food not much better than Philippine food. Next time you are in town I need you to prove this to me.

Covering your tracks is hard here. All someone has to say is that it is the highest populated Muslim country in the world and the people are very conservative so the trip was a bit boring so I took a train to Bandung and another city for something to do. Nothing worth taking pictures of. So nobody will ever think about sex here. But I can not think of any reason whatsoever to visit here except Bali. That is an easy sell but then you have to answer why did you go alone?

Also I forgot to mention the Ihaw Ihaw barbecued meats on sticks that they do every night at 5 pm that has the whole street smelling delicious, people literally line up and line their meat up and wait for hours for their ihawihaw.

So what exactly do you mean by Indonesian food isn't much better than Philippine food? I've never had Indonesian food yet but for your statement to make sense then it would have to be pretty damn good.

For people who don't know what I'm talking about just look at these pics here.

[Gabacho]

You keep mentioning the good food scene here. I have never seen an Indonesian restaurant in another country like Thai, Italian, Arabic / Persian, Mexican. Many major cities all over the world have these restaurants. I find Indonesian food not much better than Philippine food. Next time you are in town I need you to prove this to me.

Covering your tracks is hard here. All someone has to say is that it is the highest populated Muslim country in the world and the people are very conservative so the trip was a bit boring so I took a train to Bandung and another city for something to do. Nothing worth taking pictures of. So nobody will ever think about sex here. But I can not think of any reason whatsoever to visit here except Bali. That is an easy sell but then you have to answer why did you go alone?

But Philippine food is bomb. Every day I've been eating beef tapas with canin and those bomb ass little spring rolls with the vinegar are amazing also that brown soup (not sure what it's called) that they serve at the same food cart is heavenly.

There's also a spot I found that gives you a big piece of fried chicharron (liemposilog) with scrambled eggs and rice and free soup and water for 100 pesos. I've been eating there like every cpl days. And the Philippine fried chicken is better than any fried chicken I found in Thailand. Jollibee in fact is a Philippino chicken chain that is international and found in the US. So to say Indonesian food isn't much better than Philippino food doesn't make any sense, Philippine food is on par with Chinese food.

[Lumens]

I have hit up a number of the usual places mentioned frequently on this board but am still working through the list. Last night I hit up CS's at midnight. I was surprised by a few things based on expectation I had from reading this board. As far as Jakarta goes it is a pretty classy place. Second, the ratio of ladies to men was pretty high while I was there. It seemed to be about 4 women or more for each man in the cocktail area. Maybe I was lucky and came at the right time? Thirdly, on the night and time I went the women were pretty consistently hot AF. They were all dressed like expensive dates which they kind of are. I know the price point is about 4 -5 times higher than Classic but the women were consistently much hotter. They are also pretty forward. Not mamasan level aggressive but you will be approached, winked at or smiled at by several well dressed hot women if you just walk in and sit at a table alone. I had read that the women tend to be older but on the weeknight I went they all seemed to be between mid 20's to late 20's which at my age is still pretty young. Also I am starting to see the trade off between youth and experience. The smoke show I left with had one of the best natural bodies I have had the pleasure to spend time with. I agreed to 2 juta and that was the all night long price. On the down side she did not bring lube with her and she definitely needed it. So that kind of shortend the fun. Next time I will ask about these details before I agree to the arrangement. Up until I started pushing my sled across the dry desert sands my lady friend was impressing me by how much she knew what she was doing. I have been to classic several times now and it is somewhat of a crap shoot as to what weird issue you will have to contend with. E. g. Girl wants to do covered BJ, lack of enthusiasm etc. I will have to check out CJ's a few more times to confirm if my first night was typical. I also need to check out Malioboro also.

[Alexandra2525]

Thanks for all the tips on how to cover my mongering tracks guys!

I have come up with another fiendish plan, I could just say that I came down with a terrible stomach bug whilst there and had to spend the majority of the trip in bed. LOL.

A local guide that also provides services would be my absolute ideal scenario. As a solo traveller things can get quite boring once you've shot your load, and I can only really manage one or two these days. So some half decent company for the rest of the day / evening would be great.

It's a long shot but if anyone has a contact of that sort please DM me. I'm flexible on looks etc as long as service is good.

Thanks again to everyone for the help and assistance.

[LoveItHere69]

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[Irish Mongrel]

Thank you.

I definitely need to do some more homework but Emporium seems very promising as well.

The biggest problem I'm facing in getting to Jakarta is it seems to have absolutely nothing else to do there. So it's very difficult to answer family / friends when they will no doubt ask what I did / saw whilst in Jakarta for five days! LOL.

Get a local tour guide through "showaround" or something similar. Never know your luck, may get a little bit more than a tour guide.

[BroComplex]

Thank you.

I definitely need to do some more homework but Emporium seems very promising as well.

The biggest problem I'm facing in getting to Jakarta is it seems to have absolutely nothing else to do there. So it's very difficult to answer family / friends when they will no doubt ask what I did / saw whilst in Jakarta for five days! LOL.

What I would do is wake up early and go to the museums they are all center-north of Jakarta so not too far and you can take tons of photos. Some photos eating local food and if you can book a day tour you will have enough to shut anyone up.

[Exoticspirit]

Have any of you ever taken the Jakarta Airport train into the city? I think it goes to BNI Station and some other ones too. I'm going to be staying at the Classic Hotel and wondering which would be the best station to get off and get a Grab from there to Classic.

[Sychip1]

Thank you.

I definitely need to do some more homework but Emporium seems very promising as well.

The biggest problem I'm facing in getting to Jakarta is it seems to have absolutely nothing else to do there. So it's very difficult to answer family / friends when they will no doubt ask what I did / saw whilst in Jakarta for five days! LOL.

It's an absolutely humongous city, I don't know why people say there's nothing to do. The food scene is really good, there's some really nice cafes / malls & all the usual city stuff.

If you book any high end restaurant / hotel it'll be among the cheapest in Asia. For example Novotel is around US $30.

Lots of different areas to explore, keep hearing about PIK or S Jakarta but haven't been there yet.