These 2 are similiar to The Garden and Midvalley......

Hehe... really dunno Jakarta wat nice.

I been to :
Taman Mini, take bus from Jalan Jaksa Area to Rambutan... but this Taman Mini is poor maintain, not nice.
Glodok area is like china town, quite messy, but good to see.
Kota area, to see those historical building and museum....
For cheap shopping, can go to Mangga Dua, nothing much to shop.
If want good shopping center, then Senayan area...

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Added on March 1, 2009, 9:29 amYa, heard Blok M is nice... but have not been there...

This post has been edited by toto4d: Mar 1 2009, 09:29 AM

heard Block M got ori and cheap. Dun go Mangga Dua for Ori, cos there no Ori. Senayan area all same price as Msia.

Bandung got a lot of cheap and ori. Just take train from Jakarta, 3hr reach Bandung. Fare for executive (1st class) around RM 30.
Last time when i visit Jakarta, once i arrived Airport, i took the DAMRI bus from airport to Train station. I buy the train ticket to Bandung before i spent 2 nights in Jakarta. That's during period of Hari Raya. Think now should be easy to get the ticket. The train station is just walkable distance to Jalan Jaksa, where a lot of backpackers staying there.

If want to go to taman mini, you could take bus to Rambutan. Then hook on to a mini van to Taman Mini (around 2k rupiah only). IF you go from town area, can tell the bus driver (bus to Rambutan) that u want to visit Tmn.Mini, they could just drop you nearby the entrance.

Come out from Taman Mini, you can go back to Rambutan by taxi (use meter, blue bird taxi will do) to take bus to town. Anyway, last time i had very bad experience waiting for bus at Rambutan Bus Terminal, wait for nearly an hour for a bus to go to Senayan area...... Next time i would rather just use the taxi to go back to town.