For Bandung - brownies much more famous. Kuih lapis famous in Medan. and in Jogja - Bakpia or similar to our Tambun biscuit.

Jakarta..hmnnn..nothing special really...probably try their bakmi wth pansit (Actually wantan mee in short haha)

bak - hokkien for meat & mi - mi-lah - For bandung- expensiive factory outlets lor..well for those going for branded stuff - but I heard mostly replica AAA.

I think you're more on Bandung, better discuss this in Badung thread otherwise abit off topic dy.. For me it's expensive when nothing below RM30 for a tee-shirt. You can get cheaper t-shirt if you shop in Jakarta compare to bandung.. I was expecting those cheap rp10,000 to rp20,000 t but those in bandung nothing less than rp90K

Yeah 20K or even 10-15K can get in Jakarta or even Jogja not in Bandung lor.. I did not stopby at those local street mall.. Not as interesting as those in Jodja especially Malioboro st .. Wth this, for me looking for souvenir tees, The best place in whole Indonesia so far for me is actually Jogja - So many weird & nice designed Jogja T-shirts- 2nd - Bali

Oh, yeah I got the Bandung Souvenir t-shirt on top of Tangkuban Prahu volcano haha.. That also after hard bargaining and the best as u said `rp20K

This post has been edited by stimix: Jul 22 2013, 08:28 PM

Hmnn.. From google news, the last eruption was in Mar'13.. No Saturday news on this new eruption

I think should post in Bandung thread instead or inform the same there. it will be interesting if can get the latest picture of the volcano after the eruption

BRT is basically bus system. Yah no BRT maps in googlemaps. The best is the image map.. one of the best is the one in wikipedia:



BTW why you choose area so far from the city centre? I do not think Bintaro having any BRT system yet. If you have yet to book, better book closer to city centre

Cheap shirt- Mangga Dua Mall-lah.. Cheap PC & Notebook siimilar to our LYP also the next buiding also part of the same old complex.- That IT mall is even bigger than LYP! Hotel price range RM80-RM200 for no start to 3 star.

Try looking in agoda, booking.com & etc for better pricing & range

This post has been edited by stimix: Jan 1 2014, 06:15 AM

Advisable not to go bandung during weekend. Even normal day, u surely stuck in the horrible jam after the toll plaza entering bandung. Furthermore factory outlets there are no longer cheap, if that's yr intention

Yeah Jakarta normally Shopping here & there but do not miss the older part of Jakarta at the end of the Northernomost BRT stop at Kota. Thereafter you can just walk further North or take a short angkutan / taxi to Farquahar Square /museum area. This area is the old Dutch Colonial square of Batavia. except they dun paint the buildings there 100% red like Malacca ..

Another 1KM further, is the famous Traditional Sunda Kelapa Port.. Good for picture opportunity
Yeah blok M slightly near to bintaro although still far. probably a short taxi ride to Blok M & you can take the Southern End BRT at Blok M to Kota... BTW, the BRT fare is fixed rate irregardless of distance.. I forgotten how much dy..~3000rp?

Depend. Most of the time esp bigger hotel, walk in more expensive. For smaller hotels, online & walk in slmost similar after they give u the discount but not all the time. Anyway to save time from walking from hotel to hotel, book early. From mangga dua, u can take a short tuk-tuk ride to kota or glodok brt stn. Thereafter u can take the brt direct to the last southern stop at blok m. Main interchange stn is hArmoni. Can switch lines there to more malls

I see all 3 as part of same complex

No lah. Kota is the old batavia. Old colonial buildings near to the sunda kelapa port. This stn is the last Northern stop for brt. This stn also close to mangga dua area.
Plaza indonesia is located in the centre of jakarta highrises. Just like our klcc/ sultN ismAil area.

Once arrived at the airport, just ask for direction to the express bus counters. There are 2 or probably more there. Just buy the ticket direct to Bandung.the bus that I took last time stop at giant hypermarket Bandung. I forgotten the name & price dy

I will merged this topic to the existing Bandung thread

This post has been edited by stimix: Apr 5 2015, 10:55 AM

Nothing interesting there except a big city & shopping.