Glodok is Jakarta's own Chinatown being set up during the Dutch colonial era .Harco Glodok along Jalan Pintu Besar Selatan,Kelurahan Pinangsia,Taman Sari,Jakarta Barat is a very large shopping mall with most of the shops selling telecommunication,office equipments,audio hi-fi system and all consumers electronics.
Orion Plaza Glodok beside Jalan Pancoran is also a shopping complex with mixed merchandise and most are Chinese owned.
Sidewalk artist completing the touchup of an Indonesian couple in a Central Java wedding costume.
Indonesia has many diverse cultures. This enormous variety in cultures has a great impact in marriage ceremonies.
As a center of culture, civilization and power ever since the Hindu period of it’s story, Java has great wedding ceremony.
Artist impression of a mystic supernatural creature--the JENGLOT,a vampire in Indonesian culture and mythology found especially in Java.
Jenglots are said to be found anywhere, from under the ground, on a wrecked house roof, and even in the trunk of a huge tree.
Jenglot 'keepers' feed their creature with blood, either animal blood (goat) or human blood. According to an Indonesian legend, Jenglot was a ascetic who wanted to learn the "Ilmu Bethara Karang" or the way to eternal life.
It also said to be a hermit whose worship demons and gain a certain power and ability. They say if a person with great supernatural power meditates in a certain cave, they`ll become jenglot.
Artists along the five foot ways of neglected shoplots near Orion Glodok Plaza.
They were concentrating on paintings ordered by customers.
A 15 minutes walk towards the right at the traffic light junction will lead to Mangga Dua area.
Mangga Dua area covers a wide area with the most crowded traffic of cars and people.
The area is bordered by at the west is Jalan Gajah Mada and in the east is Jalan Gunung Sahari, while in the middle is Jalan Pangeran Jayakarta and Jalan Mangga Dua Raya where the shopping centers are located.
The shopping area is consist of 6 main complexes such as Mangga Dua Mall, Harco Mas Mangga Dua, Mangga Dua WTC, The ITC Mangga dua I, ITC Mangga Dua II, Dusit Mangga Dua and Pasar Pagi Mangga Dua.
They are all look as giant shopping mall with unlimited types of products, as one to another without clear border.
Normally what are people looking in Mangga Dua are clothes and electronic goods.
According to shoppers enthusiasts the best place to look for clothes in terms of variety and price is the WTC Mangga Dua and the Pasar Pagi Mangga Dua.
WTC also has entertainment such as swimming pool, hypermart, apartment and food court ( restaurant ).
While best place to hunt electronics are at Dusit and Harco Mas.
In the complex of Mangga Dua as a whole one can find night clubs, just like those being offered in old town to mention of them are Lido Palace inside Harco Mangga Dua Plaza and Antik Discotheque at Jalan Pangeran Jayakarta.
Food court such as the Sarang Kepting at the front of WTC Mangga Dua serves various crab dishes.
Dim Sums at the Taipan ITC Mangga Dua which is considered the best in the area.
As for accomodations,Mangga Dua have some choices of hotels from 3 star to 4 star.
Yet with the popularity of Mangga Dua shopping centers with not only Indonesian shoppers,buyers from other Southeast Asian countries in general, also converge here.
Hotels here have become more expensive compared to the same level of hotels in the city. Hotel Ibis Mangga Dua and apartment offers room rates from Rupiah 357,000.
Harco Mas Mangga Dua Mall near Ibis Hotel.
WTC Mangga Dua and Mangga Dua Square are complete shopping and entertainment center with a food court, swimming pool, hypermart and residence apartments.
The Novotel Mangga Dua Hotel is Located inside The Mangga Dua Square.
The Le-Grandeure Hotel (formerly named The Dusit Mangga Dua) is connected to Orion Mangga Dua.
Wisma Eka Jiwa along the main Mangga Dua Raya road houses some of the reputable companies like PT LG Electronics Indonesia,PT Orion Health Management,PT BII Finance Center,PT Trimegah Securities Tbk.
Stasiun Jakartakota is a train terminal in the old city core of Jakarta (Batavia as it was called during Dutch occupation).
The station was built in 1870 and regarded as a heritage site.
At that time it was called Beos (Bataviasche Ooster Spoorweg Maatschappij-East Batavia Train Company).
Jakarta City train station is a two storey station surrounded by streets at its three sides with one main entrance gate and two side entrance.
The main entrance a barrel-vault roof with openings horizontally composed with the top dominated by vertical units.
Indonesia has the most heritage train station of Dutch colonial architecture.
At that time Bogor was the last final train stop and was built in 1881.
Pasar Senen was opened in 1773 and the train line began operation in 1894.
Jatinegara Station at Bekasi Barat Street was built in 1901.
Tanjung Priuk Harbour is the main gateway to Batavia and the train station was built in 1914.
Bandung Station was first operated on May 17,1884.
Cirebon Station built in 1912 by the train company Staats Spoorwegan.
Jakartakota Train schedule :(info)
Museum Bank Mandiri located at the corner of traffic light junction a short distance from Jakartakota Stasiun.
Constructed in 1929 in the Neiuw Zakelijk architectural style, the building was initially used to host the Nederlandsche Handel Maatschappij NV office in Batavia (present-day Jakarta).
The museum hosts a collection of banking-related items, such as securities documents, numismatics (coin collections), general ledgers, cash counters and a safe from the era.
The entire collection is displayed in attractively designed showrooms which allow visitors to experience the atmosphere of the bank in the old days.
Opening Hours Tuesday-Sunday 09:00 a.m.-16:00 p.m.
Closed on Monday and Public Holidays
Admission Fees Adults: Rp 2,000,- Group of 20 people or more: Rp 1,000,- Mandiri card holders, students & children: No admission fee
Plenty of chinese restaurants around Glodok to Mangga Dua area:-
Restaurant Fu Qing Sanur Mangga Dua Jalan Mangga Dua Abdad No 45 (near Hotel Le Grandeur/Dusit Mangga Dua) North Jakarta
Tel: +62-21 659 0880 or +62-21 628 5808
Pad Thai Restaurant Tom Yum and Kwetiaw Khas Thailand
Jl. Mangga Besar 1 No. 61 D Jakarta Barat
Tel: +62-21 9127 3883
King of Thai Hayam Wuruk Jayakarta Tower, The Food Place,
Jl. Hayam Wuruk Tel: +62-21 639 1214
Chasio Garing Acc (Chinese restaurant)
Jalan Pangeran Jayakarta (Pang-J) No. 34 DD (Panca Warna), Jakarta
Tel: +62-21 659 7263 / 625 0767
Liyen Restaurant Authentic Chinese Cuisine
Jl. Asemka Raya no. 168A Jakarta Kota 11110
Tel: +62-21 693 0108 - 693 0208
After office hours traffic was choke up in downtown Jakarta.
Even the five foot ways were not spared by the many motorcyclists and I have to squeeze through the mess cautiously.
The vast sea of small 100-200cc motorcycles create most of the traffic noise and pollutants to the surroundings.
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