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Jakarta Travel Guide

Jakarta Travel Overview:

A jarring jumble of smogs, sights, sounds and sensations on the surface yet a dramatic juxtaposition of such a messy chaos and the miraculous harmony in essence, the bustling Jakarta buzzes with palpable energy and hidden mystery.
The "Victorious City," as the Indonesians named their proud capital for when the shackles of colonialism were finally thrown off, is sitting on the northwestern coast of Java Island at the mouth of the Ciliwung River, facing the Jakarta Bay of the Java Sea on the Pacific Ocean side of the island and commanding the central status in the administrative, cultural, and social life of the 18,000-island archipelago as well as the sophisticated land, air, and sea transport system to get the the rest of of the country and beyond.
The "Big Durian", as most of the expats in Jakarta call it, drips with an inescapably pungent scent, the most exotic savour ever to blast your taste buds, yet the utterly versatile culinary, nutritional and medicinal virtues.
Heaven or hell, Jakarta is a hybrid kind of place with Bangkok's hectic hives of human and traffic, Kuala Lumpur's veritable glut of diversity and extremeties, Mexica City's physical size and population density, yet a spirit of its own
Like it or loathe it, you might find yourself linger in Indonesia's nondescript capital, conducting your own mega business with the surprisingly moneyed Indonesian elite, carrying out your humanistic survey on how appalling on earth the division between the poor and rich could be, discovering the colonial swank at the old Dutch enclave of Batavia, visiting some of the finest cultural attractions in the country such as the National Musuem, Maritime Museum and the Wayang Museum, shopping till you drop at such superb designer shopping centers as the Plaza Indonesia, dancing till the wee hours at some of country's hippest nightspots or gawking at the seemingly perpetual gridlock and cloud of smog, while at the same time knowing that no matter how hard you try to research or refrain, you would still fail to figure out exactly where the road has brought you and what brought you here in the first place.
Absurd, but intensely alive. Dynamic, if sometimes disorderly. Unpredictable, yet definetely unique. Jakarta justly befits the national motto "Unity in Diversity."

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What To Do in Jakarta

1.Tourist Attractions
Museums & Art Galleries
Indonesian National Museum: 12 Jalan Medan Merdeka Barat, Central Jakarta (21-3812346);
Museum Bahari (Maritime Museum): 1 Jalan Pasar Ikan, ... More>>>

What To Wear in Jakarta

1.Go Casual
Like the rest of the archipelago, Jakarta's year-round hot and humid conditions has been classified as of the equatorial/tropical category. There is very little seasonal chances... More>>>

What To Eat in Jakarta

1.What to eat
Jakarta Specialties:
Kerak telor: egg omelette cooked with glutinous rice, topped with dried shrimp& coconut shreds;
Karedok: Raw vegetables served with peanut sauce;... More>>>

Where To Stay in Jakarta

1. Crowne Plaza Jakarta
Tel: +62-21-526-8833, 5705, 5706, 5707
Location: Jalan Jend. Gatot Subroto Kav.2, South Jakarta
An Art Deco-style international business hotel located in the ever... More>>>

How To Go Jakarta

1.By Air
Soekarno-Hatta International Airport (CKG):
Tel: +62-21-550-5179, 5189, 5655, 5671, 5580, 5596;
Location: Raya Bandara St., Pajang Village, Benda, Tangerang City, 20 km w... More>>>

What to be noted in Jakarta

1.When to visit
Public Holidays:
New Year's Day: 1 January;
Islamic New Year: the 1th day of the 1th month in the Islamic calendar;
Chinese New Year (Imlek): 1st day of 1st mon... More>>>

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