Punchak is using the old non highway road, nowadays, most Express buses to Badnung using highway & thus bypassing Bogor & Puncak..Unless you specificcaly make a seperate trip there together wth Bogor Zoo? (Me also skip these).

Pulau Seribu was my previous itionerarie b4 I decided on Bandung instead of Pulau Seribu...So far I'm not sure where to get the ferry there..I think near Ancol. The Sunda Kelapa port is traditional old port and nothing there except those commercial wooden ships.. I dun think any ferry going there from Sunda Kelapa port (You can skip this too..nothing much to see except the wooden ships) -Earlier I posted about Tg Priuk, that's newer port..tersasul abit haha

The Kota-Sunda Kelapa area are the oldest part of Jakarta i.e the existing Batavia..Well, If you like historical buidings & probably DSLR wth you, you can turn this area into picture perfect memories..Well, just close one eye on the locals throwing rubbish everywhere & the condition of some of these buiding..so sad..The mnuseum also displayed boring items..mostly furnitures of tyhe esiting buiding & etc.. super boring..

this my first hotel in jakarta(2009)
http://www.millenniumhotels.com/id/millenn...arta/index.html
XD

how good is the busway system? Can i rely on it to explore jakarta?

Yes you can to avoid all the jam

this will be my first time to JKT-Bandung. My friend told me if I got alot of times, she recommend me to take train, their coach quite nice and got steward/stewardess. takes 4 hours. the view also very nice she said to me.

anyone of you got experience take train JKT to Bandung..?

from airport how far the train station and how much the ticket for class 1? got train company website?

I original plan was to take train to/fro Bandung but last min, direct bus to Bandung from airport instead as it is cheaper. rather than taxi to Gambir station & thereafter train to Bandung..furthermore wasting lotsa time.

From Bandung to Jakarta, I actually bought a train ticket to Jakarta but on that day, Lanslide somewhere along the line & hv to return the ticket and those Train station car rental started to offer direct ticket to Jakarta using private MPV..So no chance...Can't really remember how much but it will not cost a bomb for sure haha..Slightly exp than bus for aircon coach & for economy non aircon much cheaper

I will be going to Jakarta 2 weeks later.. may i know what place is good to visit? I am going with my colleague. only 2 person.
any good cheap hostel to recommend?

You can consider Smart Hotel - Something similar to Tune.

Jakarta- visit those malls lor such as Indonesia Mall, Anggrek mall, Blok M, Kelapa Gading mall & etc. - For history take the last BRT stop at Kota & walk around that area.

Hi all,

Any suggestion for a decent Hotel near Mangga Dua/Mangga Besar for 3 ppl?

Budget is about RM200/nite? Checked Agoda website, all have additional bed cost which increases the price.

Thanks

Just book for 2 person but sleep 3. However certain smaller hostel/guesthouses do scan number of occupants..I kena once I asked to pay additional 1 pax haha.

I stayed at Smart Hotel wth 5000kbps super fast broadband...cool..Located beside Indonesian Plaza in the middle of CBD.. cleaner location compare wth Glodok/ Mangga Besar area

Thanks for the info. Do Smart Hotel scan for occupants? Was thinking of it, coz recommended by Lowyattians.

No. It's a hotel. So it's OK. That hotel more like a boutique style budget hotel suprisingly the room is spacious

Thanks for the reply. Maybe gonna book Smart hotel after all..

One thing bad about Smart hotel - no breakfast cafe. Your meal will be delivered in polystrene container just like chapfan/nasi campur style and it's rather late ~ 8:30am. so late..Anyway, if 3 of you you can buy the additional 1 breakfast..pretty cheap I think only 15,000 ruapiah. But if you want xtra pillow, you need to pay darn..1 xtra pillow 10,000rupiah!!

Hi everyone, any cheap hotel (RM150/nite) that walking distance to shopping mall?. I've tried to book smart hotel from agoda.com but it was fully-booked. I'll be there from 14-17 January 2012.

Thanks in advance.

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This post has been edited by felicia666: Jan 5 2012, 10:46 PM

KLM is offering direct return flights from KLIA-Jakarta for only RM 387 (all inclusive) around May/June 2012. This is not code share and is using KLM's Boeing 777-300 jumbo planes.

I am going to JKT this May. I am planning to take KLM

guys,

need your help,
going to jakarta and bandung this coming 23rd january.
can u all reconmend me any place to visit there.
because this is my 1st time going there ^-^

Just read few pages backwards and u have abit of idea liao..Thereafter you probably can be more specific...