no need. you can buy the ticket alone. easily.

usually shuttle. because, there is only one or two train station in jakarta. but there is several shuttle pool. price is not differ too many.

check airasia website for price. you go to surabaya to visit volcano too ?

90k maybe for a good t shirt. street side t shirt for souvenir is only about 20k.

some shop is closed. some is open late at 8th august.

first, your schedule is very tight. because you visit here in weekend. i am not sure you can catch the 13:00 angklung performance (after having lunch). better you stay in jakarta only.

current weather is hot here. especially in jakarta.

jing paradise is quite far from your hotel. there is several chinese restaurant like queen or phoenix. nearer to hilton hotel.

what is your mean with volcano hotspring ? just hot spring or volcano + hotspring ? fyi, tangkuban perahu volcano just erupted last saturday. so it will be closed to visitor until the situation is better.

not bad if you want to go to the volcano or watch the angklung performance. a lot people doing that schedule (jakarta - bandung - jakarta). but, if possible, just go directly to bandung. or, go to bandung and return from jakarta (or go to jakarta and return from bandung). less time waster.

volcano and hotspring is in different place. while the volcano is closed, you can still visit the hotspring.

you can google this one: "letusan tangkuban perahu"

tangkuban perahu is open again today. 28 oct 2013

no change in crater, as this is a small eruption.

best company here is telkomsel, indosat, and xl. all of them can calling to malaysia about 1000 idr per minutes.

This post has been edited by cakur: Nov 17 2013, 12:33 AM

yes, there are several mall in mangga dua area. wtc mangga dua, itc mangga dua, etc. the famous one is pasar pagi mangga dua.

anywhere in the world, bank exchange rate generally always worse than authorized money changer.