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[QUOTE=JoelGoodsen;1841320]Something tells me you actually did not visit Kalijodo? Kalijodo has many bars! And girls. Well, at least the last time I visited. Likely, the taxi driver took you somewhere else.

For your next outing. Kalijodo location images from Kaskus.[/QUOTE]Any chance that you enlarge the location pics??

[QUOTE=JoelGoodsen;1841320]Something tells me you actually did not visit Kalijodo? Kalijodo has many bars! And girls. Well, at least the last time I visited. Likely, the taxi driver took you somewhere else.

For your next outing. Kalijodo location images from Kaskus.[/QUOTE]Joel, how recent is your information? A few months ago, it seemed after a few false starts the local government might go through with their plan to close the place down, similar to what happened to Dolly's in Surabaya. I never heard whether in fact the sex places were closed down, but it seemed like a real possibility it would happen. Anyone else with recent information?

Alexis is supposedly going to be closed for a few days.

[QUOTE=LAGuy5;1841561]Joel, how recent is your information? A few months ago, it seemed after a few false starts the local government might go through with their plan to close the place down, similar to what happened to Dolly's in Surabaya. I never heard whether in fact the sex places were closed down, but it seemed like a real possibility it would happen. Anyone else with recent information?[/QUOTE]Like this?

[URL]http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2016/02/20/kalijodo-be-cleared-feb-29.html[/URL]

The thing I love about predicting doom and gloom all the time (and I've been doing it for the best part of ten years) is that eventually events start to prove you right.

The gentrification of Jakarta proceeds apace, the old free-wheeling, lawless, anything-goes attitude is changing as the good citizens of Jakarta decide that they want a nice respectable town and not the open-air shebeen that we all fell in love with when we first arrived.

So a drunken rich kid crashes his Fortuner coming back from a night out in Kalijodo killing four people and like a flash the excavators move in to uproot 3,000 people from a community that has been there for decades. Isn't it amazing how quickly the usually lethargic Indonesian authorities are when it comes to morality issues? They can't solve the traffic or the flooding or real problems that affect the city but by heavens they can move like avenging angels when it comes to imposing morality on us deviants.

Beer could be bought freely in supermarket shelves for years and then overnight it disappears, one of the priorities in the House of Representatives this year is a total ban on booze.

Porn is banned from the internet, Reddit is inaccessible, they even tried to block Tumblr last week, how long before Tinder and the other apps are blocked? Fun is rapidly being outlawed in this once fun town.

The latest wheeze? Titty dancers, yup, they've banned the nudie shows. Just like that. Two weeks ago the girls danced topless (bottomless too if you stuck around until midnight) and the ones out and about seeking drinks walked around as nature intended, with the exception of tiny g-strings that could be easily moved aside.

All stopped. First the girls on the dance-floor had to remain dressed, but that was actually a benefit, they wore virtually transparent baby dolls without panties and it was actually a better show and you could easily slip these off the girls on the floor.

Not now, the girls dancing are in t-shirts or tops with short skirts, and wearing bras and panties, sure you can, just about, get access to the tits of the ones doing the rounds if you heave and pull at the tops and bras but frankly it's hardly worth the effort, and who knows how long before this is banned too?

All done virtually over-night, no mention of it anywhere, like that the titty dancers are a thing of the past. Like so many other things that have gone from this town by next year people will not believe you when you tell them about how things once were.

[QUOTE=JoelGoodsen;1841320]Something tells me you actually did not visit Kalijodo? Kalijodo has many bars! And girls. Well, at least the last time I visited. Likely, the taxi driver took you somewhere else. For your next outing. Kalijodo location images from Kaskus.[/QUOTE]Hard to tell from your smaller images. It appears that I was in the area but a few blocks off and on the other side of the main road. I recognize those freeways going across. If you have bigger images, that would help.

[QUOTE=LifeIsABeach;1841901]Hard to tell from your smaller images. It appears that I was in the area but a few blocks off and on the other side of the main road. I recognize those freeways going across. If you have bigger images, that would help.[/QUOTE]Those images were from Kaskus as I told you. For bigger maps, in Google you can also type:

"Jl. Kepanduan II, Pejagalan, Daerah Khusus Ibukota Jakarta".

Click on Google maps and a place marker will appear right in the centre of Kalijodo. You can make the map as small or as large as you want.

The Jakarta government clearing Kalijodo next week, on February 29? Don't they have respect for history?

It is the oldest red light district of Jakarta, if not Indonesia! Coming from the aiport, for decennia the colorful lights of Kalijodo have welcomed us home. What a disappointment.

[QUOTE=Hilo77;1841800]the titty dancers are a thing of the past. [/QUOTE]I was in North Jakarta on Thursday night and they had naked titty dancers. I'm not sure what place has been cracked down on, but I haven't noticed it yet.

These things have been going on ever since I have been in Jakarta. One week the police crack down on the nudity, the next week the girls are nude again. Same with the selling of pirate DVD and computer software. They crack down on that on occasion, get their bribes, and they are back again in a week. When I first came to Jakarta, the city used to have nothing going on at all during Ramadan. Remember the attacks on JJ's disco back in the day that caused every place to shut down completely during Ramadan? That's not true anymore, they still have places like Travel, Classic, Malioboro, etc open during Ramadan. I think things are actually more lax now then they were back then.

The one thing they cracked down on that remained was when they banned the sexy tabloids. And that was a damn shame because those were awesome. I used to try to bed as many of the models from those various tabloids as possible. I knew some of the photographers and guys in charge of those tabloids so I had some connections. It was good fun. The FHM type of girls want too much money, but those down market tabloid girls were very much affordable and were quite nice.

Here's a scan of an old calendar that was inserted inside the Lipstick tabloid back in the mid 2000's. I remember that tabloid always posted only photos of girls in bikinis and the shots were taken at an apartment pool in Jakarta. Talk about low overhead. There were much better ones as well like Exotica that used to dress them up in much more interesting outfits, and I have the calendar from that one also but can't seem to find it at the moment.

[QUOTE=JoelGoodsen;1841956]Those images were from Kaskus as I told you. For bigger maps, in Google you can also type:

"Jl. Kepanduan II, Pejagalan, Daerah Khusus Ibukota Jakarta".

Click on Google maps and a place marker will appear right in the centre of Kalijodo. You can make the map as small or as large as you want.

The Jakarta government clearing Kalijodo next week, on February 29? Don't they have respect for history?

It is the oldest red light district of Jakarta, if not Indonesia! Coming from the aiport, for decennia the colorful lights of Kalijodo have welcomed us home. What a disappointment.[/QUOTE]It appears that the taxi driver from Blok M did not know the sex places and dropped at the wrong end of the main road. Never mind. It made sense for folks in West Jakarta and North Jakarta. Let's see if it's still open in March 2015. Prices there seemed what I paid at Dolly's about 12 years ago! 80 -100 rupiah!

[QUOTE=LifeIsABeach;1842366]It appears that the taxi driver from Blok M did not know the sex places and dropped at the wrong end of the main road. Never mind. It made sense for folks in West Jakarta and North Jakarta. Let's see if it's still open in March 2015. Prices there seemed what I paid at Dolly's about 12 years ago! 80 -100 rupiah![/QUOTE]Every taxi driver in Jakarta knows Kalijodo.

Either you went too early in the day and the brothels were closed or the driver was too afraid to drop you close because they are going to shut it down soon.

Too bad.

Good luck for you for the next time if it s still opened but I very doubt it that you will succeed to pay dolly prices from 12 years ago there even if you speak bahasa.

[QUOTE=PrisonBreak;1842392]Every taxi driver in Jakarta knows Kalijodo.

Either you went too early in the day and the brothels were closed or the driver was too afraid to drop you close because they are going to shut it down soon.

Too bad.

Good luck for you for the next time if it s still opened but I very doubt it that you will succeed to pay dolly prices from 12 years ago there even if you speak bahasa.[/QUOTE]To Prison Break.

Not all taxi driver know if you got a one that is new in town he will not know just ask for the Western hotel Hariston near the Ciliwung river yes is better after 6 pm but it is also a danger place to be at night, I been there once don't think I will go back there are so many place in town you can get FS for under 35,000 ,I don't see the point of saving some money go to a dump like this I remember the biggest red light district in asia Kramaatunggak in Ancol over 100 brothels there it closed down back in 1999 you can spend 5 HR there still not cover the whole place 5 time bigger than Dolly Surabuya.

Fast eddie 48.

Don't get much opportunities to visit anymore so need to take advantage when I do come. Landed at 5:20 pm and by 8 pm was busy with some old friends. Some of the old timer might recognize the one on the right. Can go all night.

A hilarious report in today's Jakarta Post states that the city council will inspect Alexis Hotel next week to see if there is prostitution going on there.

Quite apart from the public announcement that you are going to raid somewhere next week thus giving them time to clear up whatever needs clearing up, it was the thought of some council official trying to keep a straight face as he said that there were reports, just reports mind you that he will check up on, that Jakarta's biggest and best known high-end brothel might actually be involved in some way in prostitution cheered me up.

One recalls Claude Raines' character in Casablanca "discovering" that gambling is going on in Rick's Cafe, just prior to being handed his winnings by the croupier.

Mirth aside however, it does appear that the crackdown is proceeding apace.

[QUOTE=Hilo77;1842761]A hilarious report in today's Jakarta Post states that the city council will inspect Alexis Hotel next week to see if there is prostitution going on there.

Quite apart from the public announcement that you are going to raid somewhere next week thus giving them time to clear up whatever needs clearing up, it was the thought of some council official trying to keep a straight face as he said that there were reports, just reports mind you that he will check up on, that Jakarta's biggest and best known high-end brothel might actually be involved in some way in prostitution cheered me up.

One recalls Claude Raines' character in Casablanca "discovering" that gambling is going on in Rick's Cafe, just prior to being handed his winnings by the croupier.

Mirth aside however, it does appear that the crackdown is proceeding apace.[/QUOTE]I don't think there is one Indonesian anywhere in Jakarta (male or female) who does not know what goes on at Alexis - and has known for many years. However, what's going to be even funnier is when the city council member's report finds that there is no prostitution going on there (even though the city council member has been a regular at Alexis for the past 10 years). That the establishment is on the up and up and that there was one occasion where a massage girl went rogue and seems to have taken things a bit too far in the massage room, but she has since been fired and disgraced for such absurd behavior.

I stopped to peek into Alexis earlier today and saw the renovation on the ground floor being 80% complete. Probably why they won't visit till next week, LOL!

On another note, one drop dead gorgeous girl from harbin China available at 2 pm.