Jakarta

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I heard that Dee's Place some 10 or 15 years ago didn't have any of that nonsense.[/QUOTE]Dee's opened around 2003 if I remember correctly. Almost the exact same time as My Bar (although Dee's did open a year or two before My Bar). Back in those days just before Dee's. Top Gun, Oscars, and Lintas Melawai were the hot spots on the Blok. The old routine was to grab something to eat at Sportsmans, then go to Top Gun early, head to Oscars around 10 or 11 pm, then hit Lintas Melawai at the Hotel Melawai by around 1 or 2 am and it went until around 5 am. Girls from all over Jakarta would end up at Lintas Melawai since places like Bats, Cjs, tiga puluh and the karaoke places closed earlier than Lintas. Tanamur and JJ's were still open back in those days as well. What a great time to be in Jakarta! Even back then, the old ladies were still hanging around in the corners of most places. The VIP room at Dees in the early days was so small, I don't remember them hanging out in there. I didn't go in that old vip room often because it was just too small. It didn't evolve into what it is now until they moved to the new location where it is now (Dees used to be next to Sportsmans). But just outside that old vip room, there were plenty of the old women looking for a handout.

From what I understand, most of those old hags used to be hookers on the Blok years and years ago. They never landed a "sponsor" with any money and are still on the Blok because they don't know anything else. A buddy of mine who used to live in Jakarta in the late 80's and early 90's came to town recently. I was shocked when he was fondling one of those old scrags. He told me that back in the late 80's she was the hottest girl on the Blok (I'd have never guessed it), and he thinks maybe he should have even married her. (what the heck?) I can understand him buying her beers and throwing her some money for old times sake. But he actually took her home that night and I think she ended up staying with him an entire month!

Hilo, I do agree that those old women can be a good way of getting introduced to the new and innocent girls. If one of those old women can hook me up with the lovely Miss Pretty, I would be willing to give the old woman a 500 k facilitation payment, no problem. As far as "security" in the back room, if I were to get a BJ back there, I would fine with giving 50 k to the old scrag if she gave me a good massage while she was providing that BJ "security". I do agree that the girls end up giving those women the money if you don't, but I think those old women should actually do a little something to earn the 50 k. Those women have strong hands, why not take advantage of that.

Egy, giving the satpams money is a good idea. That's one of the best suggestions to anyone. You never know what kind of trouble that could save you. The Blok is basically run by the mafia and although it's safe most times, it does have potential dangers. I know a guy who has slipped them money for years, and the one time he had trouble on the blok, it was amazing how quickly the satpams took care of the situation in his favor.

[QUOTE=Hilo77;1639380]The truly sad aspect of it is that most of the old dears who know me say they know me from Bali Hai aka the notorious "Club", that shows you how long and how low I have been on the scene. Mind you back in the day there was the odd gem in there especially if you popped in mid-afternoon and hit on one or two before they went to Falatehan.[/QUOTE]I loved the unisex bathroom in that place with that short wall you could see over. That was hilarious. The Club was a classic and probably the raunchiest place in Jakarta at one time. Haha. I agree it's sad that they know you from there though. Hell, they have likely given you a BJ on the far side of the bar there and you don't remember them. But they remember you. You are right that there was an occasional gem there, but not many. Still a classic place though for anyone who was in Jakarta in those days.

[QUOTE=KoperenKarel;1639394]For Blok M visits the Ambhara is a good choice. Good hotel within walking distance of Jalan Felatehan.

I don't have enough Kota experience to give solid advice but I have heard good things about Mercure Kota.

Redgards,

Ko.[/QUOTE]I'm staying at the Grand Mercure Harmoni right now and can thoroughly recommend it. Its close to Malio / Classic / Travel / Kartika.

Can't comment on Mercure Kota as I haven't stayed there yet. Its just up the road from the Mercure Harmoni around from Manga Besar.

[QUOTE=DelBosque;1639316]

I think to stay my first 2 nights in Ambhara hotel close to blokM and my next 4 nights in Mercure Kota hotel.
Good idea or not?[/QUOTE]I arrived in Indonesia about 3 months ago. I too work "in country" and have made about 6 multi-night trips to Jakarta. I stay at the Hotel Falatehan right at the end of Jl. Phlatahan St. A 1-minute walk to the Blok M bars.

The Hotel is nice and less expensive than Ambhara and very convenient. But there is no pool so if that is important stay at Ambhara. I have gotten the staff down to Rp 450,000 on a weekend. They are firm on 600 k on a weekday. Also, I like the Superior room because it has no window to the outside. No street noise. And therefore is quiet for sleeping after a long night of fun.

If you stay at Falatehan, you can walk between Payaraya Mall and Blok M Mall to Melawai Street. Turn right and walk 3 blocks to Hotel Melawi wherein resides the Maribaya Bar where some great girls provide some great relief. (See my review a week ago.). This is a great afternoon or early evening option before heading out to the bars for the night.

The routine that works for me is to go to BATS or CJ's around 10 pm. Each has a different crowd and where I go on any given night depends on my mood. I often look for the girl I want, chat a bit and either take her or get her mobil number and arrange to meet another time. For instance, when you return for the 4 days, you have a head start. My same night take-out rate is about 50/50.

I was here during Ramadan and Lebaran. I was thankful for my list of mobil numbers to sustain me thru the drought they call Lebaran.

Then I use Top Gun and My Bar as my relief outlet if I come home from the classy bars with just a phone number. On occasion I have even made a pick-up after the girl from the classy bars had gone home. It's just a stroll down the street to take a look and see if anyone fits my (or your) fancy.

Blok M prices are low enough (500 k) that on some evenings I can take 2 or 3 girls from Top Gun over a few hours for some fun, fun, fun. I think I delight the hotel night shift with my antics as they always wave and have a big smile.

Good luck & enjoy.

Traveler

Thanks monger friends for your coorporatian. I remember you.

[QUOTE=PipeLayer99;1633968]Here is my line-up of places to visit: (yes in descending order).

Alexis
Malioboro
Classic
Travel
Bats
CJs
Oasis
Delta
My Place Spa
And Block M (gotta see it at least once)
I wanted to go to Red Square but I read it was closed now / getting renovated.

I have already read back a ton of pages over the past month. What else would you guys add to the list?
(Keep in mind I only have 10 days)[/QUOTE]This is an exceptionally helpful post.

I will be in Jakarta later this month for 8 days and booked the Keraton at the Plaza. My first visit to Jakarta.

I would have two question regarding this list:

1) What is the ranking pricewise from high to low?

2) Is any of those places located close to the Keraton (I have found BATS and CJ on the map already)?

I am looking for grils taking to the hotel for a full night. Semi-pros welcome.

[QUOTE=RoundUp;1640087]This is an exceptionally helpful post.
[/QUOTE]The guy who made that post has never even been to Jakarta.

[QUOTE=Smoothy;1640147]The guy who made that post has never even been to Jakarta.[/QUOTE]Okay, I see.

However, maybe someone can enlighten me.

[QUOTE=RoundUp;1640218]Okay, I see.

However, maybe someone can enlighten me.[/QUOTE]Pipelayer99's list consists of a mish-mash of different types of places, so let me try to sort them out:

[B]Higher-end and higher-priced spas[/B] include Alexis and Malioboro. Alexis costs more and is higher-end (you will spend well over 1. 5 million here, RTFF) while Malioboro offers both Indonesian girls (over 750,000 rupiah) and foreign girls (well over 1 million rupiah). Both places offers in-house sessions that may last 1 to 2 hours; take-out is rare and would be expensive.

[B]Lower-end and lower-priced massage spas[/B] include Travel and Classic, as well as Maribaya Spa (Hotel Melawai, Blok M) and, up north in Kota, Berlian and Kartika, which offers body-to-body full body slide massage (similar to nuru). IMHO every man should experience a 2-girl massage at Kartika at least once in their life; the only complaint about Kartika is that there are only 5 or 6 good looking girls working there, with the rest being older and / or chunky. Up to you.

Lower-end spas are also in-house, but if you find a girl you like, you can easily arrange for her to come to your hotel later at night, after her shift ends, for either a short session or overnight, for a reasonable price, similar to the Blok M girls and certainly less than the CJ's or BATS girls. The single best overnight session I've ever had in Jakarta was back in 2005 when Cynthia came over to my room at the Mandarin Oriental at 10 pm after her shift ended at Kartika, for less than 500,000 rupiah total including "taxi money. ".

[B]Delta[/B] is an in-house massage place that focuses on the massage, not the extra services. You'll have no problem getting a handjob but anything beyond that is between you and the girl and is hard to predict. If you definitely want to have a FS session, then don't go here.

[B]Somewhat higher-end, higher-priced night club spots[/B] include CJ's (Hotel Mulia), BATS (Hotel Shangri-La) and Tiga Puluh a / k / a "30 Bar" (Hotel LE Meridien). All have been open for years and are all well-known, they feature many attractive girls who will ask for at least 1 million or more at a minimum for ST, although you don't have to agree to paying that much.

[B]Blok M (note the spelling)[/B] is the well-known lower-end, lower-priced section for night spots, referring to the many bars / night spots on Jalan Falatehan. Interestingly, some of the same girls that you'll see at BATS at 10 pm, asking for 1. 5 or 2 million, will be seen at Blok M at 1:30 or 2 am, asking a much lower price.

There's also a really low-end spectrum that includes the backpacker street, Jalan Jaksa, the women working the streets near the train stations, and the Kali Jodo neighborhood, but I would recommend you not bother with any of these places. There are many other places as well (I've been a customer at over 50 places in Jakarta in the last ten years) the above is just an introduction to the places that most visitors tend to go to.

So it's up to you what you'd like to experience during your Jakarta visit, and how much you have budgeted for mongering. Many of the regular posters here, including me, have had success in all of the above categories. Please RTFF for details, especially on the prices. I've been very general with referring to prices, my main goal was to illustrate the differences between the places, not give the definitive price.

Very depressing news. A British guy in his late 20's was arrested over the weekend for gruesomely murdering 2 prostitutes in Hong Kong. One of the girls was from Indonesia, while the other girl was apparently from the Philippines, according to the UK paper the [I]Daily Mail[/I]:

[URL]http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2818080/Banked-chopped-prostitutes-Briton-called-insane-psychopath-faces-two-murder-charges-Hong-Kong.html[/URL]

[URL]http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/brit-rurik-jutting-charged-after-4555679[/URL]

The story was covered in today's [I]The Jakarta Post[/I], where they confirm that one girl was Indonesian but speculate on the nationality of the other girl:

[URL]http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2014/11/03/both-slain-women-hk-could-be-indonesian-govt.html[/URL]

[URL]http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2014/11/03/britton-face-trial-over-alleged-murders-hong-kong.html[/URL]

Not surprisingly, the Hong Kong paper [I]South China Morning Post[/I] has numerous articles on the event, including:

[URL]http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1629862/foreign-national-arrested-police-investigate-double-wan-chai-murder[/URL]

I come next week to Jakarta. But go also to Ambon / Moluccas for one week. Have someone of the JAK. Informers any experience or info about this area? I was looking around in different forums, but nothing found.

[QUOTE=MightySpearsman;1640402]Pipelayer99's list consists of a mish-mash of different types of places, so let me try to sort them out:[/QUOTE]You are too nice to these lazy bastards!

[QUOTE=RoundUp;1640087]This is an exceptionally helpful post.
I will be in Jakarta later this month for 8 days and booked the Keraton at the Plaza. My first visit to Jakarta.
I would have two question regarding this list:
1) What is the ranking pricewise from high to low?
2) Is any of those places located close to the Keraton (I have found BATS and CJ on the map already)?
I am looking for grils taking to the hotel for a full night. Semi-pros welcome.[/QUOTE]You have to go back and read a bunch of pages to gather your intel. That was my personal tentative list as I prepare for yet another city in Asia. I'm glad you found it helpful. I generated that list by reading and taking notes. Lucky for you Mighty S spelled out a lot of details. Do yourself a favor and read the thread.

End of day 3 of 5 here in Jakarta staying at the Grand Mercure Harmoni which is near north Jakarta. Nice hotel about $70-$80 AUD per night.

Good location for activity around here including Malioboro, Classic, Travel, Kartika, Delta spa, Illegals. All very close by.

Latest reports on Classic and Travel ring true as both my experiences were very very average. The girls were hot though. Very routine. Virtually no GFE and CBJ both. More interested in themselves and personal hygiene than providing a quality service. I've had some crackers here in the past. But not this time round. I guess its the luck of the draw.

I suppose you get what you pay for at this end of the market.

I answered an ad on Jakarta backpage which turned out to be a cracker! Very GFE. Very sexy. Came to my hotel. 2 hrs - 1 mill. It sounds steep but when I compare it to my Classic / Travel experiences where you also pay for drinks / tip etc. I'd much rather have the GFE any day.

Delta Spa. Hot stone massage I'd highly recommend. Some very cute girls working there however you will only get a HJ at the most in the end. If you click with the massage girl I'm sure there's more on offer but not onsite. Pricey for a massage 600 k for 2 hours. But very relaxing.

The Grand Mercure has a spa on the 5th floor called SParadise. Massage price is 250 k - 350 k I recall. They have all the girls photos on a computer screen there for your viewing if they're not sitting there already. Extras are offered by the girls ranging from HJ to FJ. Dependent on the girls. Price is neg. At the time and varies depending on the girl and service.

I plan to return to Delta for another hot stone massage with a different cutey I saw on the way out.

Malioboro is also on the cards as its only a 3 minute walk from my hotel, also I want to checkout Fashion Spa / hotel which I have yet to experience. But from what I gathered online it may be worth a punt.

Cheers

[QUOTE=MightySpearsman;1640408]Very depressing news. A British guy in his late 20's was arrested over the weekend for gruesomely murdering 2 prostitutes in Hong Kong. One of the girls was from Indonesia, while the other girl was apparently from the Philippines, according to the UK paper the [I]Daily Mail[/I]:

[URL]http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2818080/Banked-chopped-prostitutes-Briton-called-insane-psychopath-faces-two-murder-charges-Hong-Kong.html[/URL]

[URL]http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/brit-rurik-jutting-charged-after-4555679[/URL]

The story was covered in today's [I]The Jakarta Post[/I], where they confirm that one girl was Indonesian but speculate on the nationality of the other girl:

[URL]http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2014/11/03/both-slain-women-hk-could-be-indonesian-govt.html[/URL]

[URL]http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2014/11/03/britton-face-trial-over-alleged-murders-hong-kong.html[/URL]

Not surprisingly, the Hong Kong paper [I]South China Morning Post[/I] has numerous articles on the event, including:

[URL]http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1629862/foreign-national-arrested-police-investigate-double-wan-chai-murder[/URL][/QUOTE]I was amazed at the amount of personal details of everybody, both victims and accused, was published in these papers. In the (unlikely) event that this bloke is innocent his face is kmown world-wide, but this is one thing. Worse is that every single detail of the girls life was spelled out. In the Netherlands this is not even done by the most scandal-lusting daily paper. Is this normal in Britain and Hong Kong?

Regards.

Ko.