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Hotel Tertua di Jakarta

Patrick G van Diest — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 11:23:52 +0000

Teman-teman di Wisata Kota Toea memaparkan artikel menarik tentang hotel tertua di Jakarta:

PERNAH dengar nama Hotel Sriwijaya? Hotel ini ada di pojokan Jalan Veteran dan Jalan Veteran I, Jakarta Pusat. Dilihat dari Stasiun Juanda, hotel ini berada di sisi kanan tak jauh dari Masjid Istiqlal. Tembok hotel ini memanjang hingga ke Jalan Veteran I mendekati kedai es krim Ragusa.

Hotelnya sampai saat ini masih dibuka untuk umum dan melihat dari komentar di artikel tersebut, harga rata-rata kamarnya Rp 226.000 hingga Rp 510.000.

Saya suka mampir ke Ragusa, tapi kok tidak pernah ngeh dengan hotel ini ya? Kalau begitu, besok-besok saya akan coba singgah dan melihat-lihat. Tampaknya keren juga.

Things To Do While in Jakarta

Patrick G van Diest — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 06:40:32 +0000

Jakarta will always be my favorite city (despite all those traffic and constant chaos in the streets). Here’s a piece written by Aksara Sophiaan from AREA Magazine that list down some of the things you must do to experience Jakarta as a whole cultural bonanza. It’s like one of those “N things to do before you die” minus the die part ….

Known most for its heavy traffic, Jakarta is hardly a typical escapist destination and likelier to be recognized as an economic fortress of the nation. Regardless so, as a melting pot of a variety of culture, Jakarta is founded on the belief of universal functions and aesthetics–a philosophy expected to unify one of the most populated and diversed countries in the world.

by the way, I love this one:

11. Ride on an ontel bicycle to explore Jakarta’s old, historic places: Gedung Mandiri, VOC Galangan, Pelabuhan Sunda Kelapa and many others.

(thanks Icha! )

on Driving in Jakarta

Patrick G van Diest — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 07:37:46 +0000

Most people in Jakarta is very smart (in their own way) in driving. These kinds of things you would see everyday when it comes to traffic, drivers, and vehicles in urban Jakarta streets. There’s a saying if you can drive a car fluently in Jakarta, you would be a maverick driver in the rest of the world.