Kelapa Gading Mall already good choice already. Huge mall wth 2 sections just like Mid Valley & Garden or 1U old & new wing

Yeah, true.
I will spend 2 nights at Kelapa Gading Mall. After that, I thought of traveling to downtown for 2 nights, before my departure. What you think?

pullman is very good choice, near to plaza indonesia, grand indonesia, jalan sabang, jalan jaksa, etc
many travellers told that the japanese food restaurant in pullman was taste really really great
you can try go to plaza semanggi, waiting for sunset and having dinner in sky dinning,, you can also see jakarta landscape at night

when you in gading area, you can try nuris steak Jalan Boulevard Raya TB 2 No 27, Kelapa Gading (if u eat pork) the pork ribs is awsome

when you go to kelapa gading mall, do not forget to visit La Piazza, its a nice place at night

if there anything to ask, i will gladly trying to help you

This post has been edited by samho0303: Jun 21 2012, 02:27 AM

Thanks for great tips.

Do you think you could recommend an alternative to Pullman?
The rate is a bit expensive. I hope to look for below USD100/night.

I understand Pullman Central Jakarta has a great location. Anyway, do you know what is the difference between Pullman Central Jakarta and Pullman aka Nikko Hotel?

oops im sorry, i dont read the "central"

the previous explanation is intended if you stay at the Nikko Pullman,, LoL

i think for 4* to 5* hotel pullman is a good choice,

maybe you can check hotel hyatt, hotel borobudur, kempinski hotel, etc.. but i think the room rate is same same,, lol
if you wanna get lower price maybe you can look for 3* hotel,, hehehe

the different between pullman central and pullman nikko

pullman central, its near 1 new mall in jakarta "Central park" good for shopping and having fun at night,
near to mall "taman anggrek" too,, but i think thats it
pullman nikko "like the previous explanation"

if i need to choose, i prefer pullman niko,, hehe, but they are all good for me

i havent stay at pullman so i dont know how the quality of the hotel and the service,,

What would you do in jakarta besides shopping? can you share it?
so maybe i can help you more,,

This post has been edited by samho0303: Jun 21 2012, 12:35 PM

Oh. Understand more now.

I guess, at these area, they only have classy hotels.

Between, I found this MaxOneHotel @Sabang. A bit like Tune, small room and kinda bright design.

Where you usually stay during your trip in Jakarta?

I am not really sure what else to do, beside shopping at Jakarta too.

If you read my last year trip, I did mentioned about Smart Hotel. Do google about this superb hotel wth 5mbps wifi broadband & super clean & boutique style interior. just few block away from Plaza Indonesia facing Jln Tamrin

i lives in jakarta,, hehe,,
no there is budget hotel too in that area,,
maybe you take alook stimix Recommendations hotel..

@stimix what is the hotel name?

This one:


http://www.agoda.com/asia/indonesia/jakart...CFU8b6wod8ifNzg

I really like the design of the room Furthermore booking from Agoda, we are getting the corner biggest room and the wifi speed is something out of my expectations.. I even watch streaming kdramas there without any lagging and even wth my home high speed 5mbps UNIFI line sometime lagging.

This is the room the gave us

Thanks for the highlight and tips.

After going through Stimix's suggestion - Smart Hotel with Tripadvisor, the overall review does not seem favourable.

But thanks to your suggestion, I had found a few that is as close to Smart Hotel and Pullman Nikko Hotel.

I think I will go for MaxOne @Sabang for remaining nights at Central Jakarta.

It is my first trip to Jakarta and Indonesia. Should I be any concern with security or others? Especially corruption is consider very common in Indonesia. No offence.

This post has been edited by weirdguy: Jun 22 2012, 04:29 PM

yes you shoud concern about it,,
some peoples in jakarta Will take a chance when you unawares,,Though not everyone so,, Moreover, if they know you are foreign tourists
jakarta is different with bali,, hahaha
so better be careful if any suspicious people come your way..
haha..

but there are many indonesian peoples Pretending to be good, helpfull and manners too
so the point is, just enjoy your holiday but Stay vigilant.. (My own motto while travelling: "stay alert even though we are in the safest place in the world")


This post has been edited by samho0303: Jun 23 2012, 05:33 AM

Hmnnn din know smart deteriorate badly fsince my last stay there in 2011 .. That time, It's really a value for money for a RM110/nite for this suppose to be Budget hotel but was given the most spacious room (but wth small batroom)...& speedy WIFI ...Now no idea

Thanks for the tips.
I still a bit concern with the currency, thousands and zeros. I hope I will not be confuse.

Actually, Pullman Nikko is very great location. Minimize security opportunity since it is very close to many shopping mall.
But when I read through the Tripadvisor review, I hesitate. I do not wish to pay USD130/night and felt something missing or my expectation is cut short, especially concerning the aging of the room and its features. The rate does not include breakfast.

USD130 ~ MYR400, I think I could stay 5 Star Hotel in Kuala Lumpur such as Shangri-La, Mandarin Oriental.

SmArt hotel for sure value for money.anyway it's your call



This post has been edited by stimix: Jun 23 2012, 07:56 PM

hi sam,
it nice of you to share some info about jakarta here...
and i really need some advise about my first trip to jakarta..
i'll be there for 3d2n..just for sightseeing..NO shopping for me..hahahah
on top of my head there's only 3 places i really wish to visit is
*Kota Tua
*Sunda Kelapa
*Masjid Istiqlal

so which area that you recommand me to stay??
prefer to travel by foot or public transport
and for 3d2n...
is it sufficient for me if i want to visit bandung or kepulauan seribu??
which of this 2 places you recommend the most???

hi there,,
first of all
i need to know what time you arrive in jakarta? and what time you depart back to Malaysia?
3d 2n is it weekend or weekdays? (like monday,tuesday,wednesday)
how many person travelling?
after you tell me all, i'll try help you making itinerary,, hehehe

kepulauan seribu : beach, sands, snorkeling, diving, bbq, sea, good view, seafood
bandung : if you wont shopping at all, you can go to see kawah putih(montain), tangkuban perahu (mountain), sundanese food
which one do you like better? hehehe

maybe you can go to tidung island in kepulauan seribu for 2d1n,, (i will tell you how, after you answering my question )
or you can also choose bandung, 1 day only,, but i need to make sure that you are not travelling on the weekend,, hehehehe (i will tell you how, after you answering my question )


hmmm,, kota tua, sunda kelapa, istiqal,,
i think i it can be done visited for one day,, even I can give you more options to you

may i know how is your budget for hotel?
i think the most important thing is choosing hotel that near to transjakarta bus,, because kota tua, istiqal, are easily reached with transjakarta,,,

waiting for your reply,,

will be arriving there around 11am (local time)
and depart around 8pm (local time)
on weekdays...traveling with my 2 other friends

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day 1
11.00 AM arrive jakarta , next i suggest you using damri bus to gambir (airport - gambir idr 30.000/person)
02.30 PM arrive gambir use transjakarta(3.500 idr) to (monas, istiqal, cathedral church(if you want), pasar baru, kota tua) <-- easily reached by transjakarta and the distance is close

i think if you go to that 5 places, you will done visited it all at night

08.00 PM back to hotel, sightseeing around hotels, eat, or you can go to have fun at night maybe, (clubbing, going to EX plaza indonesia mall, etc)

day 2
going to tidung island 2d1n
i suggest you using local tour to make it simple,but if you only 3 persons it become more expensive hehe,, (maybe arround 600.000 - 1.000.000idr/ person)
here is some link (hope you understand bahasa indonesia)
http://www.wisatapulautidung.com/
http://colleadventure.com/?page_id=1685
http://experiencingtidung.com/gallery/boat-and-bay/
http://www.kaskus.co.id/showthread.php?t=3571386

or maybe you can go show to tidung island
go to marina bay ancol , arrive to marina at 05.00 AM early in th morning (i suggest you using this boat) (idr 35.000/person)
wait for the ticket office opened, buy the tickets (because you cant book the tickets, so better comes earlier in the morning)
depart to tidung 07.00 AM, arrived to tidung island 09.00 AM
try to find homestay when you arrived, (its easy)

01.00 PM snorkling (many package snorkeling there)
05.00 PM sunset,
07.00 PM eat, (buy there) bbq etc
sleep

day 3
05.00 AM sunrise at jembatan cinta
06.30 - 10.30 sightseeing (you can rent a biicycle)
01.00 PM back to marina bay ancol

03.30 PM arrived jakarta go to sunda kelapa
05.00 PM done back to airport

from sunda kelapa you better using taxi directly to airport (cost 70.000 idr - 100.000 idr)

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if you prefer bandung then tidung, you can change tha day 2 itinerary 1 day full or 2d1n to bandung,
better you rent a car an driver so you can easily reached kawah putih, tangkuban perahu,, hehe
you can see the link to rent car in jakarta above,,


hotel? may i know your budget for it?
hehehe

If you are confused please do not hesitate to ask,,, hehehe
because I know, I wrote it a lil bit messy

This post has been edited by samho0303: Jun 24 2012, 01:56 PM

wow..thanks dude for your info regarding tidung island!!
have to discuss it first with my friends...
because i think most probably they wanted to visit bandung (my friend and his gf..and you know how girls like to shopping espeacily those cheap "distro" stuff )
so it is adviseable to rent a car in bandung....
how about "ojek" in bandung??easy to get???
most probably our accomandation budget is around below 500,000idr (espeacilly me..just 1 person for 1 room )
and we heard there's also a train right from jakarta to bandung..how long it will take??

anyway thank you so much for your advise here...


This post has been edited by budakdegilz: Jun 24 2012, 02:48 PM

I think you ' ll regret if visiting tidung

yah rent a car and driver for 2 days (around 500.000 idr - 700.000 idr for 24 hours) its make your short trip become eficiently hahaha

ojek, angkot, and public transport is easily to get, (but im sorry i cant help you more about the route etc in bandung,, hehehe.. because i dont understand it hehehe)

im not recoment you to using train, because it takes 4 hours, it will waste your time right
and i think you wont experienced the economy class train to bandung, hahaha (im indonesian and i will never use economy class train)
so if you use train, you will go with executive class train (200.000 idr one way)
moreover indonesian train have less good reputation
they always late from schedule hahaa

but if you using train, You will be treated to incredible views during the trip,, hahahaha

below 500.000idr? there are many good place for that price,,
try looking for hotel in pasar baru area, or hayam wuruk area, or pecenongan area, near to bus transjakarta, so you can go to istiqal msque, monas, kota tua, pasar baru, cathedral church easily,,


so you 2 boys 1 girl ah? hahahaha.. 1 couples and 1 lonely man?