I'm 27, a freelance hack based in London, where I've lived all my life.
I'm 27, a freelance hack based in London, where I've lived all my life.
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- that's what the locals call Jakarta and it's well named. The durian is a large tropical fruit with a phenomenally strong and unpleasant smell - a ripe one can be scented at a distance of several dozen meters. And Jakarta is equally offputting - smelly, polluted, vast, complex, noisy and generally unpleasant. If you're going to Indonesia on holiday I'd say get out of Jakarta as fast as you can - either fly on and dont' leave the airport, or opt for a train (surprisingly efficient and rather nice in the top classes - DON'T travel economy, however tight your budget) to somewhere else in Java. Jakarta is also a LOT more expensive than pretty much anywhere else on Java and you'll pay twice or three times as much as elsewhere even for taxis, food and accommodation. Most budget hotels are on Jalan Jaksa, the backpackers enclave which offers a series of bad, cheap hotels and cafes serving fried chicken and chips. My best advice is don't stay in Jakarta unless you know people there, and even then think twice. I've spent several weeks there and still don't like it, tho' I've been told by long time residents that there's a lot of fun to be had if you know where to look. But if finding it takes that long, then frankly you're better off elsewhere.
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I think, given the country's current problems, there is an argument in waiting for more calm political times before visiting Jakarta at all. A helpful review, nonetheless. Thanks.
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Advantages: Traffic Jams, Traffic Crimes, Crowded people, Pollutions. Disadvantages: Night Sightseeing, many kind of foods, many shopping spots, hotels, bussiness
dragonex09 19.05.2009 ·
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Review of Jakarta (Java)
Dec 27th, 2000
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