The cost of the return flight for Airasia is MYR440.00 included tax, this is a direct flight from Senai to Jakarta.
The plane touched down around 2255hrs Indonesia time (2355hrs Malaysia time). I was picked up by the driver arranged by the client from the Airport. He will sent me to the Hotel which been arranged. The journey from airport to Hotel was total 1 hour 30 minutes!
I told myself....this is not Jakarta anymore! I'm curious and ask the driver : "Where am I?" He replied : "This is Lippo Cikarang".
Oh! Great! I never expect that I can experience my trip out of Jakarta. (But maybe it's still under the Jakarta District).
Along the way, I saw cars & trucks everywhere. The traffic here is really heavy and congested! There were motorist riding their motorcycle without "Helmet", I believe this is common over here.
The Highway looks clean and wide (4 lanes & 1 emergency lane), and the Toll fees are cheap (compare to Malaysia). The driving style here is danger, they cut in to your lane without any prior signal! I think I can't drive over here...Haha!
The popular cars here are Toyota. It capture almost 70% of the local market! Beside that, "Kijang" also easily seen...it's also a Toyota car.
When we passed by Jakarta town, high rise buildings are everywhere and there were many tall buildings still under construction...
Another situation I noticed over here is....there's no restriction for smoking even in a Air-Conditional area, especially restaurants. I think it's bad for non-smoker....
The driver brought me to a Chinese restaurant for supper before the hotel, that was my first meal after touched down! The owner of the restaurant is from Singapore and he's a friendly guy!
I ordered the Singapore Mee-hun (Vermicelli), and the taste was not bad. It cost IDR17,800, which is similar to MYR5.50. I felt it's cheap because of the size...
Sin Ma Restaurant & CafeteriaJalan Galeria Singaraja,
Blok E 28K,
Lippo Cikarang - Bekasi 17550
Tel : (021) 8990-6838
This is the Only Chinese Restaurant I saw along the way from airport to Hotel. After the supper, it was almost 2am (Indo time) in the morning. I quickly check-in the hotel with one bottle of Bintang (local beer) and that end my first day at Jakarta.
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ReplyDeletebekasi is not jakarta. its a different city. it was supposed to support jakarta as the major city.
bekasi is well known for their huge industrial complex. AFAIK it was dust everywhere..
you know youre in jakarta if youre passing SEMANGGI interchange. its in the middle of the town. wander around to Jl. Sudirman, Jl. Thamrin and you'll see the huge malls and towers in there. dont forget to visit Senayan City if you like the fancy stuffs or go to Tanah Abang or Mangga Dua if you like to bargain and struggle when shopping :)
youre so lucky to be there during long weekend, if not you'll be more surprised :)
Cut lanes without signalling - so dangerous their driving! They have a Toyota car named Kijang there?
ReplyDeleteOh, I'm a non smoker, so the no restriction on smoking is bad!
Btw, congrats for being the first commenter on my blog. Now I reward my first commenter with a link back at the bottom of the post : )
Hi andre,
ReplyDeleteThanks for the useful information. I think I need to visit second time, cause when I blog this....I'm already back! I miss your recommendations! :)
Hi foongpc,
It's a joint venture Toyota with the local company and named the car as Kijang. Malaysia also bring in the Kijang and named Unser over here! :)
Thanks.
"no restriction for smoking even in a Air-Conditional area"
ReplyDeleteYeah, that's the bad side. Although there is a huge no smoking board inside the shopping complex, smokers will still smoke in the restaurant (which doesn't separate smoking and non-smoking area).
The awareness level is pretty low here in Indonesia I think.
Hi Wiehanne,
ReplyDeleteYou are right! It's bad....but I think they are haven't prepare for the new smoke-free environment yet...
Thanks.