Advantages: delicious food Disadvantages: not to good facilities
Dharmawangsa Hotel is one of nice-looking yet comfortable hotel in Jakarta. It's not like the other big star hotel spread in Jakarta, The most busiest city in Indonesia, and the big ten in the world!. But not like the city, Dharmawangsa is not the big hotel with 30 more floor,but more like big house for big family, seen like comfortable place, and worth-ed to pay for this, especially for who want to travel in Jakarta city. .
The first you see this hotel, you may underestimated this, but please just look the inside. very well done design!
You will great enjoy the meal too, Dhamawangsa hotel provide many kind of Indonesian style, western style, oriental style food that can bring you into The kingdom of food. ...
Advantages: near public transport, well equipped Disadvantages: bad housekeeping, environment around the hotel
I stayed at this 4-star hotel for 6 nights when I was training in Jakarta in 2005. Even though this is not a review about Jakarta itself, I'll start with a little bit of Jakarta which I believe is important for you when deciding to go there.
What and where is Jakarta?
Jakarta is the capitol city of the Republic of Indonesia (Indonesian: Republik Indonesia), the world's largest archipelagic state, located in Southeast Asia, a country on the ring of fire. The whole country consists of more than 15,000 islands (around 6,000 are inhabited) lying along the equator, from the Indian Ocean to the Pacific Ocean, and has more than 200 millions of population, the world's fourth most populous country and the most populous Muslim-majority nation. Jakarta is located on the northwest coast of the Java Island, at the mouth of the Ciliwung ...
Advantages: fun Disadvantages: too modern,not represent the real indonesian experience
hmm..where should i start.jakarta is the capital city of indonesia.i think its the most populated city too.most of the area are the metropolitan kind of thing.the weather is unpredictable.it could be sunny hot in one time and an hour later it could be a hard rain pouring all over,so my advice is be prepare.umbrella is good for the city.you can use it at rain also when the sun shine brightly.the city divided into 4 areas which is west jakarta,south jakarta,north jakarta,and east jakarta.traffic is common thing in this city.you would see cars everywhere.motorcycle,buses etc.
for entertainment,you shouldn't worry.this is the place for it.malls everywhere,nightclubs in every corner.
but the thing is if you're looking for original indonesian experience unfortunately jakarta is not the best place for it.you should come to the less modern ...
akamaline 13.04.2009
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