Jakarta Trip (Day 3)
Saturday, December 31, 2011 @ 12:34 PM
Last day in Jakarta.
After packing our stuff, we checked out of the hotel. It was such a pleasure staying at Nikko Hotel!! Their staffs are so all polite, helpful and friendly! =)
Crossing the bridge from Nikko Hotel to Grand Indonesia. See that tall statue in the middle?? It's actually a fountain call the
"Welcome Monument", which is a historic landmarks of Jakarta.
Sadly, the fountain was under construction. So I am not able to see the beauty of the remarkable sculpture with the fountain and all that divine lightnings...

Yes. It's Indonesia with their infamous traffic jam. Tell you what, that is actually what fascinates me. Being able to experience a part of what the people there are experiencing every day. Being able to experience that culture. If I could, I would really want to ride on their buses or even bajaj!!
I did asked my bf if we could take the bajaj while at ITC Mangga Dua, but my bf said it's too dangerous. =( It's times like these that I wish I can be a boy. Oh... And during that period of the month too. Hahaha!!
I hope after 2012 December 21st, it's the boys that bleed, and ladies should be free from all that woes!! All ladies will agree with me!! Right?? =D

The huge Christmas Tree at Grand Indonesia.

Tadah!! Settled for lunch at FAT BURGER.


Damn!! Look at how juicy the burger is!!!!!!!! No... That pathetic small burger wasn't mine. Mine was the big and juicy one!! I swear this is 50% BETTER than Carl's Junior, and 100% BETTER than Burger King!!
Get ready your tissues and napkins for this is about to get messy. For every bite into the burger, it oozes out so much juice as if it's own way of telling us they are reaching orgasm from your alluring bites.
How I miss sinking my teeth into those juicy meat, and sucking on those juices again!! Have it in Singapore already!!! Argghh... I have never seen a burger so sinful.... ahh...

After that amazing lunch, Mel and her friend meet us up after her school to hang out for a bit. Taking the last photo together before my flight back to Singapore.
"The Immigrant" bar. Will be there next time I am back. ;)

I definitely haven't mentioned any thing about the cab drivers in Jakarta. Believe it or not, their driver are actually so much better and so much more polite than those cab drivers in Singapore. Cab drivers in Singapore TALK TOO MUCH AND ARE SO RUDE!!! But of cause, that doesn't apply to all. To my experience, 80% of the cab drivers in Singapore are rude and probably 20% in Jakarta??
Whatever it is, if you ever go Jakarta, travel in their cab. You can choose either the luxurious "Silver Bird" (Which is still very cheap, compare to Singapore), or the one below which is "Blue Bird". (Which is like Comfort Cab Singapore but WAAAYYY cheaper).

The bus interchange I think.

And the picture below is the public bus. They actually have a lane specially for the bus so you don't have to worry about the traffic jam. The thing you probably have to worry about are the pick pockets, molester or the black magic women.


Actually, Jakarta is pretty much like Singapore. Just dirtier. Haha!! =P


The traffic jam there almost made us miss our flight... Almost every one was seated when we arrived.

Wee~~ The planes are queuing up!! So cute!!

TAKING OFF!!!!!! *Excited*

~High up in the sky!!/Sunset in Heaven!!~










And lastly, The confession of the alcoholics!! Guess which is mine?? =D

ps: I haven't had any authentic Indonesia food!! =( MUST GO BACK THERE AGAIN!! And I want to get more Coffee Luwaks and Monggo Chocolates back to Singapore next time!! =D