I am going Jakarta end of the month. Any nice place to recommend? I am trying to figure what else to to beside walking in Malls. Is their Dunia Fantasi or Seaworld any good?

I plan to go to Pulau Seribu but no idea about pricing. I did some research and found out that some are private beaches.

No one? Cannot get much out of this 3 pages

Do you guys reckon a day trip to Bandung from Jakarta? Or is it better to spend a night there?

stay overnite will be better...I'll be taking a train ride to bandung & overnite there..

When you are in Jakarta, please, please visit Ancol Theme Park. Go early in the morning as you are going to spend the whole day there. The Seaworld is huge! The Dufan (Dunia Fantasi) is a fun place to be! There are too many rides! I got wet in the water ride and got myself dry again. I even vomited after taking one of the ride! But still, I'm having fun! You gotta go to Ancol!

And, initially, my plan is a day trip to Bandung but we decided to stay for a night (or 2 if u want). Bandung is heaven! The train ride for the executive coach costs only around RM15! And the service is better than Air Asia!! The ride took about 3 hours.

@jasa_wisata

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I think the general LYN Street mart http://forum.lowyat.net/LYNStreetMart ios where most of agencies placed their ad kua Anyway...already deleted his/her spammings

Currently in Jakarta. Staying at Smart Hotel (Abit like Tune but wth simple brakfast & free aircon & 5mbps free wifi ) Located just 3 blocks South of Grand Indonesia mall and only 100M away from Tosari Bus Halt (Jakarta Bus Rapid System)

For the past 2 days, I hv used the BRT and it's by far the fastest & cheapest traveling around the choked city. Price per pax to any destination is at Rp3500 (~RM1.20) almost similar to LRT except buses need to stop at every traffic lights & no rail . The dedicated bus lanes is blocked from normal trafic & thus no other vehicles except the special buses by Transjakarta..

http://www.transjakarta.co.id/rute.php

Currently having 8 routes and much extensive routes compare to our 2 routes LRT.

BTW, the most modern & probably the largest Mall should be Grand Indonesia although Tmn Angrrek still hold the record,

Super futuristic mall and I think our upmarket Pavillion or even Garden can't even beat the elegance of this super mall... ..However price is on high side wth whatever luxury branded stuff there just like Pavilion, KLCC & Starhill..Food court probably the best I have seen and much nicer than the Macau Venetian's Canal Mall

For Cheap cloths & IT goto Mangga Dua Mall (BTW, prices of notebook/netbook is slightly cheaper than LYP to my suprise!) - The Mangga Dua IT Mall probably 2X LYP & the Clothing mall probaly twice of Sg Wang! & similar to MBK of BKK. But the mall abit dull & not so modern dy.

Just back from Tmn Angrek Mall. Touted as the largest in Indonesia but I think smaller than Grand Indo & even smaller than Kelapa Gading to me? There is a skating ring on level 3 but currently closed for reno. One think suprise me at Angrrek Mall..Most of the visitors ~ 80% are Chinese indon. Probably the largest single mall wth chinese indon in indon & more than Mangga Dua Glodok area..

Will update pictures soon

I alway go jakarta but no time go jalan2.

Last 2week stay at traveller Hotel near the mangga besar road which is like chinatown street. And full of night life.

When I last there (working also not jalanX2 ~ 2005, I even stayed at the suburb area. another district called Bekasi. That even worst haha & that's when everwhere surrounding Bekasi, Cilicing & even Kelapa Gading area like a huge slum area rivaled those in Slumdog millionaire..haha..

This time staying at Smart hotel in the middle and the cleanest part of Jakarta feel secure & more relaxing. Now i can see the good side of Jakarta. Everynite my dining place is at Grand Indonesia mall haha.. Atmosphere even better than Pavilion.

And suprisingly during this 2nd time JalanX2 trip to Jakarta, I saw an amazing changes...Jakarta getting cleaner compare to 2005..Less slums area (probably I was at Central district haha)..Can't see anymore wooden/cardboar houses under the flyovers and etc..

Well..I can say..bravo to the clean-up work for the past 5 yrs by indo Govt..

Yes, it getting better. Everywhere I can see they improve the road and the flooding area. But the jam is still there.

I use to stay at cikarang town. But now ths town is getting better and upgrading. The traffic improve alot.

Well, I avoid the never ending jam by taking their BRT - Bus rapid system...Cheap (rp3500/pax to anywhere!!) & fast avoiding those jams except the buses still need to wait for traffic lights haha

Dun feel the jam using BRT and suprisingly no need to wait very long..every minute during peak hours there will be a bus arriving. Even off-peak on Saturday Evening, I only need to wait for <10min for the bus.. Definetly the best transport to connect the whole of Jakarta. You can take BRT to lotsa destination ! Jakarta such as:

BlokM, Senayan Mall, Grand Indo, Sarinah, Tmn Angrek (New line 8), Ancol & etc...

The places we are going in Jakarta is not covered with their Bus Rapid system, so we will need to endure standard congestion either in taxis or company driver.

One nice thing in Jakarta is that, if you are rushing to a meeting and it's really congested, you can hire a motorcycle guy to send you there for really cheap rate, except when it's raining la.

At the Kota Lama area, or the last BRT line 1 opposite Mandiri Bank museum & also at the Tmn fata.. museum square, they even have bicycle wth one seat at the back & they will carry you around the Old city for rp20K haha

Miss my memory at Jakarta a lot...been there for 6 month...

This post has been edited by goodforlife: Nov 2 2010, 11:59 PM

at lcct now waiting for flight to jakarta airasia promise to board at 1810hrs. now already 1830hrs. oh why.

heard from twitter, merapi dust already reach bandung

get used to the delay, especially to Jakarta.
last time I took MAS, delayed for more 2 hours.

Hope yours won't be so long.

mine delayed 1/2 hours. lucky me. not that long delay.

safely arrive in jakarta and go straight to bandung. no reservation, ended up in 'expensive' hotel. 450k per night. oh my

full day ahead of me tomorrow & need to find new hotel

450k per night for 4 star hotel is not so bad.
In Jakarta I can get cheapest also MYR 180 for a night in a 4 star hotel.

yeah Jakarta Hotels are not cheap..Even the budget standard similar to Tunes also cost ~ RM100++/nite