Travelling around Jakarta one finds it a wholesome city suitable for any family vacation. In Jakarta and all over Indonesia you will find no pornography,grafiti,pushy people,you will experience clean streets, friendly helpful people, amazing nature and the vacation of a lifetime. Prices are so low in Jakarta it is an incredible value. For instance, Theme parks are around 5.00 USD or 2 Euro,hotels are 1/2 what you would pay at home and great meals are typically 4-8.00 USD or 2-4 Euros stretching family vacation budget. Comparable quality Hotels are very inexpensive about 1/2 compared to most countries in the world.
Jakarta is one of the largest and modern city. Also, Jakarta, is one of the oldest cities in the world,and retains its old world flair in Old Jakarta. In fact, on Saturdays there are shows in center of Museum Fatahillah that mimics the old days of Dutch colonization.
Jakarta has prospered to a modern metropolitan city, with skyscrapers,theme parks, modern shopping malls and the exclusive blok.m their financial district.
Jakarta Indonesia
Every vacation to Jakarta starts off with a flight. Orbitz has many airlines on board and gets it's huge customer base the best deals. I really like using Orbitz for the flights and hotels on big cities luckily Jakarta is one of the largest cities in the world. Try orbitz on flight and then flight and hotel and then checkout Hotels Combines as they have hundreds of hotels both local and chained with reviews.
The code to Jakarta international airport called Soekarno-Hatta International Airport,is CGK.
Jakarta hotels
Jakarta has hotels to match every budget. Regardless of budget everyone in Jakarta will always get 5 start treatment. Customer service is a priority in Indonsia. Hotels in Jakarta towards the center city are going to be more expensice and smaller.But you will save time as you will have a great location to the attractions. North Jakarta the rooms are bigger and cost is less. Block.m exclusive area has expensive hotels but they are 5 stars like the St.Regis and Hyatt. Hotel from the airport to any hotel is no more than 15 USD or 8 Euro.
Calling home from Jakarta
When vacationing in Jakarta and you need to call home. Pingo phone cards are the ticket ! They have the lowest prices on international calling.In fact, I have replaced my long distance carrier from AT&T the charged me 1.00 USD each minute to Pingon who charges 7.5 cents per minute