The Dharmawangsa, Jakarta

Advantages: metropolitan
Disadvantages: traffic jam,bad polution

...jakarta is a number 1 big city in indonesia, u can see a great "MONAS" a monument with gold on the top of the colonnade, u can see a Betawi puppet call "Ondel-ondel". But u must carefull in jakarta because the traffic in the way is very crowded. in jakarta u can see much culture over there. sometimes demonstration from the some faculties can make u fell fear because this city is a capital city. the president, congres reside on this city. for tuourism u can find some tradional market or antique store on ahmad yani street, some backpackers live in jaksa street. in that street u can see a lot of hotel,restaurant, bar and discoutiq. in this city u can find a great girl and for the night live jakarta is city never sleep.... Read review

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Advantages: nice hotels
Disadvantages: bad 4 shopping

...Jakarta is really a business city and you don’t see many young foreign men there. But if you are those description and you want fun then it will be a great place to flirt with women. The weather is terrible, you can’t enjoy it, and it has become an aircon life from hotel to car to shopping mall. Forget about shopping, everything is very expensive; there are more designer shops there then there is in Europe. The hotels are fantastic and very good value for money and it goes for the restaurants. The culture seems to be very liberal especially the population being Muslims I found the women very daring.... Read review

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Advantages: Clean and laid back
Disadvantages: Rains a lot

...Most people head for Bogor because of its legendarily beautiful botanical gardens, and pretty spectacular they are too. But Bogor deserves a bit more attention than that. In particular, it's an excellent base from which to expore Jakarta. Anyone who's spent any time in jakarta will know it's a horrible place to stay - the pollution is unbelievable and the city dangerous and unpleasant. Bogor by contrast is clean and cool - a little too prone to rain for my liking, but a very welcome change from Jakarta. The pace of life is much slower and transport is a joy, as you can get anywhere for a few hundred rupiah by catching one of the hundreds of little green bemos that buzz around the city's streets at all hours. It's connected to Jakarta by train and by bus, commuting (which I did for three weeks) takes between an hour and two hours... Read review

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