Travel: Indonesia - Jakarta

[nani]

oh yea..thanks for the warning.


Btw, am not into fake leather goods, so I guess mannga dua wont have anything for me ya, since already shop in Bandung.

Errr...sorry can I assume shopping in Bandung is cheaper than in Jakarta for similar stuff :?

Oh..any recommendation on where to get winter stuff?

Lastly, if stay in Manhattan is good enough as the two malls are good enough compare to mannga dua area?

REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR INPUTS :thankyou:

[peterch]

nani:

oh yea..thanks for the warning.


Btw, am not into fake leather goods, so I guess mannga dua wont have anything for me ya, since already shop in Bandung.

Errr...sorry can I assume shopping in Bandung is cheaper than in Jakarta for similar stuff :?

Oh..any recommendation on where to get winter stuff?

Lastly, if stay in Manhattan is good enough as the two malls are good enough compare to mannga dua area?

REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR INPUTS :thankyou:

I don't really know what you are looking for. If you are shopping for clothings, Bandung would be enough. But if you want too 'surf', both place would satisfying At Bandung, mostly you would get more local product since Bandung is the main place for garment industry. At Mangga Dua you could find more clothing made from China.

Some of the outlets are selling winter clothing but I think Uniqxxx in Singapore has a better design and product with not much different in price.

To my opinion, the two malls near Manhattan are not to campare to Mangga Dua. But I think you could get something from there,

Have a nice trip.

[Mummy_Tang]

peterch:

Do you mean Bandung?


It's where I was born

It is a small city, with a chill weather in the evening (But I heard it's getting warmer now)

You could shop for clothing here since there are a lot of outlet store.
The most famous are Heritage, Rumah Mode and a few others.
Along Jalan Cihampelas, you could find Denim Clothing Store

In the evening you could hunt for good food at Hyper Square Paskal with affordable px.
If you want to enjoy night view from mountain hill at your dining table, you could go to The Peak or The View, these restaurant serve local and western food, maybe a little chinese food.

For hotels, there are a lot of good hotels. Maybe you could try to book Hilton Hotel. It's just operated last year. Nice room and swimming pool...

Enjoy your stay....

Thank you! Me and hubby will check the place out!

[pampers]

Went to kidzania with my son, ended up only going around as the staff didn’t speak English and couldn’t really understand malay. Food wise, many variety of restaurant, but I went to the familiar name; I.e crystal jade, din dai fung. Other places mentioned above (sea world, waterboom, tam an safari) was not suitable as it was filthy. And people smoking everywhere I went to. Basically, keep it indoor and you’ll be ok.

[2bbtang]

pampers:

Went to kidzania with my son, ended up only going around as the staff didn't speak English and couldn't really understand malay. Food wise, many variety of restaurant, but I went to the familiar name; I.e crystal jade, din dai fung. Other places mentioned above (sea world, waterboom, tam an safari) was not suitable as it was filthy. And people smoking everywhere I went to. Basically, keep it indoor and you'll be ok.

Hi Pampers:

Can you advise me on Kidzania, will be bringing my kiddos to try out this place this coming December. How do you rate it out of 10?

In general, how safe / secure is JKT?

Is it okay to travel by taxis / cab?

How is Waterbom? Is it worth going?

Hope to hear from you!

Thanks!

[LLX04]

I bought my 2 gals - (5 & 6 years old) to kidzania too and they enjoyed it immensely comparing to the beijing version of Be Ru Shi Jie. You just have to let the staff know that your child only understand english and they will speak english to them.


They acted as policeman, fireman, infant caregiver, nurse, dentist, dancer, driver and etc. The staffs are pretty friendly and helpful. However, suggest you go on weekdays as its cheaper and longer hours, probably less queue time too.

We went to tam an safari too. Its really eye opener and close up view with the animals even tigers, lions and etc. The gals enjoyed feeding the animals like giraffes, goats, deers and etc.

Hope you have fun in Jakarta but keep lots of snacks with you on journey. The traffic jam is unbearable…

[kitty2]

Anyone been to Bandung recently?Please feedback,thanks

[jeparent]

kitty2:

Anyone been to Bandung recently?Please feedback,thanks

I booked 5D4N to Bandung this december .

Planning to bring kids to bandung trans studio (indoor theme park)

Came across this.

http://explorebandung.blogspot.sg/p/kids-activities.html

Anyway plan to rent a car to visit some crator and perhaps some of the above.

[Mummy_Tang]

jeparent:

kitty2:

Anyone been to Bandung recently?Please feedback,thanks

I booked 5D4N to Bandung this december .

Planning to bring kids to bandung trans studio (indoor theme park)

Came across this.

http://explorebandung.blogspot.sg/p/kids-activities.html

Anyway plan to rent a car to visit some crator and perhaps some of the above.

Hi Jeparent,

hows yr Bandung trip? can share on hotel, car rental info?
does yr kids like it?

Thanks!

[jeparent]

Mummy_Tang:

jeparent:

[quote=\"kitty2\"]Anyone been to Bandung recently?Please feedback,thanks

I booked 5D4N to Bandung this december .

Planning to bring kids to bandung trans studio (indoor theme park)

Came across this.

http://explorebandung.blogspot.sg/p/kids-activities.html

Anyway plan to rent a car to visit some crator and perhaps some of the above.

Hi Jeparent,

hows yr Bandung trip? can share on hotel, car rental info?
does yr kids like it?

Thanks![/quote]I signed up a 3D2N package + 2N extension. Our hotel is Luxton Hotel along Jalan Dago, but not walking distance to the factory outlets. The package include a day tour to Tengkuban Perahu , Ciator Hot Spring , and some factory outlets.

The 3rd day we rented a car from http://www.muliarental.com/ , to visit kawah Putih - beautiful crator lake
strawberry farm - not \"professionally\" run but the kids still enjoy the picking process
A deer farm (within a resort) - the resort is very run down with only a few deers. Not so worth it.
The rest of the day we went to more factory outlets and kartikasari (famous for their brownies and cookies).

4th day, we spent the whole day at Bandung Transtudio.We went there by bluebird taxi. The kids enjoy most here. Indoor Theme Park with lots of rides. There is also mini science center here.

It would be good if someone in your group can speak Malay , as not many people here can speak English well.