JAKARTA HOTEL

Kota Tua has many interesting old and historical buildings to be visited by tourists. This condition is taken advantaged by street painters to earn money from tourists. They offer their ability in painting.The street painters have been part of Kota Tua. Every day, at least 30 painters stand by in several building corners.  They sit beside the old buildings on Jl Pintu Besar Selatan to...

Police and astronomers are investigating Thursday's blast from a falling object that damaged three homes in Duren Sawit, East Jakarta, which witnesses claim was a meteorite strike. Forensics experts from the police and National Aeronautics and Space Agency (Lapan) investigators are combing the site, with the latter saying that while there was no conclusive proof the damage was caused by a meteorite,...

Need an adventurous culinary experience? Put on your comfy shoes and casual clothes and head to the capital's long-standing food stalls to taste authentic Jakarta cuisines from tempo doeloe (the olden days). Gado-gado BonbinIf you love vegetable dishes, you can try Gado-gado Bonbin, which has delighted food lovers for 48 years, on Jl. Cikini IV, Central Jakarta. Bonbin is short for kebon binatang,...

Are you eager to embark on a bit of culinary traveling this holiday season? Why not start somewhere closer to home? After all, Jakarta makes a great place for starting your own culinary journey. The city offers an endless variety of local and international cuisines for the whole family to sink their teeth into - provided you know where to look! One specific group of food enthusiasts that should...

For one group of Jakarta residents, Saturday night was the night when the city's former colonial grandeur appeared to return to life, if only for a few hours.Saturday's night museum tour by the group Sahabat Museum (Museum Friends) gave around 180 participants in Kota, West Jakarta, a window back to the 17th century, when the Dutch ruled and the city went by a different name: Batavia. Sahabat...

For the past 25 years, 50-something Sachid, an operator at the West Setiabudi water reservoir in South Jakarta, has had to work 24 hours a day, five days a week. He never complains. With a monthly paycheck of Rp 1.5 million (US$160), the father of five says the meager pay is not his main concern. What annoys him is how his efforts to maintain the reservoir have gone unnoticed by the city's public...