Avoid Jakarta, we have been here for 2 months and cannot stop counting the days until we leave. This for us is country number 25 and Jakarta has been the worst city. People are very very nice but there are two things that made our stay miserable.
pollution. Jakarta is very polluted, it is hard to breathe and make it is impossible to go out unless you plan on wearing a mask all day. We didn't believe that the quality index was something to worry about but from now on it is something we will look at before choosing our destinations.
TRAFFIC!!!! 5 miles usually take 45 minutes to 1 hour and 30 minutes. Your days will be gone.
Fyi we are a family of 4 so we are stuck taking taxi or grabs maybe if you are willing to get in the back of a scooter traffic won't be a problem but it's still hell.
We visited other parts of Indonesia but pollution is still high, Bali is not even Indonesia with all the expats
Avoid Jakarta, we have been here for 2 months and cannot stop counting the days until we leave. This for us is country number 25 and Jakarta has been the worst city. People are very very nice but there are two things that made our stay miserable.
pollution. Jakarta is very polluted, it is hard to breathe and make it is impossible to go out unless you plan on wearing a mask all day. We didn't believe that the quality index was something to worry about but from now on it is something we will look at before choosing our destinations.
TRAFFIC!!!! 5 miles usually take 45 minutes to 1 hour and 30 minutes. Your days will be gone.
Fyi we are a family of 4 so we are stuck taking taxi or grabs maybe if you are willing to get in the back of a scooter traffic won't be a problem but it's still hell.
We visited other parts of Indonesia but pollution is still high, Bali is not even Indonesia with all the expats