WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:16.860 what's going on everybody this is Island Hopper TV travel highlights coming to you from Jakarta 00:16.860 --> 00:23.100 now it's my first time in Jakarta I've been here for a few days and I'm going to share with you my 00:23.100 --> 00:28.500 first impressions I've stayed at some of the premier luxury hotels and they're definitely 00:28.500 --> 00:36.420 very nice. I'm at the Grand Hyatt right now. We've got the Kempinski right here. This is our mall area 00:38.020 --> 00:44.500 You can see a couple different malls here, but lots of high-rises down here in Jakarta 00:45.580 --> 00:52.960 Hello, sir. How are you? Good, good. Thank you so much. All right. Can I walk this way 00:52.960 --> 00:56.800 Or which way should I walk? This way. Okay, thank you, my friend 00:59.720 --> 01:09.000 So. Now. I did stay at the JW Marriott also 01:10.000 --> 01:17.360 As well as the Ritz-Carlton. You guys can watch those reviews over on that channel 01:20.180 --> 01:27.080 But. You get great value here in Jakarta if you stay at some of the luxury resorts 01:27.940 --> 01:33.620 For a lot better price than you would get in another country. So it makes it possible 01:33.760 --> 01:39.060 I mean, I was in Singapore. I was staying at basic hotels over there. And I come over here to Jakarta 01:39.180 --> 01:44.860 The next thing you know, I'm in luxury hotels. Better value. $200 a night 01:46.140 --> 01:56.620 And Singapore gets you like... Hello. Okay, thank you, my friend. Oh, she wants to help me cross the road, but I don't think so 02:00.180 --> 02:10.419 I think I'll keep walking this way. So anyway, just kind of giving you an insight into what I've been doing here 02:10.880 --> 02:21.900 The airport is like 20 miles away, but depending on when you arrive, it can take anywhere between 45 minutes to an hour 02:22.960 --> 02:32.040 Or even two hours. Like if you arrive on a weekday at 12 o'clock in the afternoon or 8 in the morning 02:32.820 --> 02:41.700 it'll take you a long time. What do we have going on here 02:43.680 --> 02:49.640 Freak food, huh? We're right in the heart of the city here 02:49.640 --> 02:56.960 I'm taking it one step at a time without getting run over, literally 02:59.020 --> 03:09.560 All right. We got a food streak going on here 03:13.300 --> 03:24.980 So grab is a great way to get around. So download the app Grab before you come here 03:27.880 --> 03:37.120 Nasi Uduk. Nasi, I think, means rice. So rice Uduk 03:37.920 --> 03:46.400 I don't know what Uduk means. Like, if you get Mee Goreng, that's fried noodle 03:46.540 --> 04:01.400 If you get Nasi Goreng, that's fried rice. So I'm gonna actually explore some more of these areas around the city here, but I just wanted to show you 04:01.400 --> 04:08.920 what is going on around here, but let's pick up at the next location 04:08.920 --> 04:19.519 All right, so I'm headed to Duka Atas. Yes, with my driver, Mulyadi. MRT MRT 04:21.519 --> 04:29.280 So it's basically the MRT station area, but it's a popular place. So I'll try to put the translation below 04:29.940 --> 04:36.780 Let's go there. Alright, so he dropped me off over here At a MRT station 04:36.780 --> 04:43.580 I don't think this is the one exactly that I wanted to go to, although I will say that I did stay at the Marriott executive apartment 04:43.580 --> 04:48.960 Which are right there so that could be a really good area to stay but you can see 04:50.700 --> 04:57.780 Massive skyline here busy road takes forever to get up and down this road here. So let's go down into the MRT 05:01.020 --> 05:12.040 We're gonna go way down Way down here so this is what it looks like under a MRT station 05:13.580 --> 05:19.740 Looks like we've got some security. Let's see what is going on down here 05:19.740 --> 05:28.980 Maybe I'll get a Jakarta Metro pass. See what goes into that 05:28.980 --> 05:35.580 Air conditioning works great down here. Seems pretty good so far. I like it 05:38.900 --> 05:46.900 Hello. Metro card. So this is basically what I'm getting. I just said MetroCard and she knew what I was talking about 05:46.980 --> 05:53.260 By the way, here in Indonesia, English is not widely spoken. So, or at least here in Jakarta, it's not widely spoken 05:53.520 --> 05:57.420 So, take that into consideration. Do you have cash? I have cash 05:58.140 --> 06:07.480 Oh, okay. Is it 100,000? So, one card is 50,000 06:07.820 --> 06:13.320 Okay. With balance, 50,000. Is that right? Okay, no problem. So the card you can use in another transportation 06:14.040 --> 06:23.320 Okay. Alright. So I've successfully crossed the road here. Walk up those stairs 06:27.000 --> 06:38.580 That Marriott apartments is pretty good. So, yeah 06:38.580 --> 06:45.400 50,000 for the card and she put a balance on it of like 25,000 06:45.400 --> 06:57.820 interesting so let's keep going so I noticed around here people drink something out of a cup 06:57.820 --> 07:04.100 something like a wine or a soda some sort of mix in there I don't know exactly 07:04.100 --> 07:15.000 what's in the drink I just know it's commonly drank It's usually in a small plastic cup if anyone knows comment below 07:15.000 --> 07:20.020 So that's duca atas. I'm assuming the guys had just walked this way 07:20.020 --> 07:31.100 So we'll kind of press back down the direction we came Basically what he was saying was this is the main drag to walk 07:31.100 --> 07:35.620 Again, it's my first time in Jakarta. I've been here for three days 07:36.880 --> 07:44.720 It takes time to familiarize yourself with the place, especially a mega city like this where not many people speak English 07:46.560 --> 08:01.920 I finally understood Bangkok, but Bangkok took me a while also. Heck, Tokyo took me a while. Kuala Lumpur, I still am like probably 25% comprehension of Kuala Lumpur 08:01.920 --> 08:20.019 I mostly just know Bukit Bintang, KLCC. That a Megatropolis This one even bigger But yeah I surprised at how few people speak English here so 08:21.019 --> 08:30.019 Google Translate for sure is going to be needed. Like, obviously it's a foreign country, so you can't expect them to speak your local tongue, but.. 08:31.019 --> 08:36.019 Usually, English is widely spoken. This is just not one of those places where that is the case 08:37.019 --> 08:53.039 So I'm constantly... Hello, hello. How are you? Welcome to Jakarta. Okay, thank you. Okay. Thank you. We got an electric bus. That's pretty good 08:54.419 --> 09:01.079 I'll tell you one thing that's like a natural boost of energy is having an interaction with a human being 09:01.079 --> 09:12.419 that's like fun and exciting. Like those guys. Those guys, you know, everyone drinks coffee or beer or whatever 09:12.599 --> 09:18.399 but you encounter someone that's good spirits like that, it'll lift you up 09:19.939 --> 09:23.699 Anyway, let's keep cruising here and see what we can come across 09:24.539 --> 09:28.579 Okay, thank you. What is the name here? Name, name, name. St. Regis 09:29.499 --> 09:35.179 No. Hotel name. This is an apartment. Oh, apartment. Office. Office building 09:35.359 --> 09:42.879 Yes. Okay, okay, sir. Thank you so much. So, Astra. That Manara Astra 09:43.119 --> 09:46.859 Okay, that's what that is. Well, either way, I was asking them where to go 09:46.959 --> 09:52.219 and none of the three guys spoke any English. They were so friendly and wanted to help me 09:52.479 --> 10:05.759 but I don't speak a lick of Indonesian. I just know Salamat, Nasi Goring, Nasi Lamak 10:08.619 --> 10:12.439 I mean, I got to learn Indonesian if I'm going to come to Jakarta again, I'll tell you that 10:13.979 --> 10:22.139 It's a good challenge, right? It's a good challenge to put myself through it. But the guys were so friendly, I mean, I just wish I could communicate with them 10:22.139 --> 10:33.319 Back to the Marriott Executive Apartments. All right. Setia Budi Astra 10:37.319 --> 10:47.479 That's where we came out of. Some real nice hotels around here 10:47.479 --> 10:56.639 We definitely stay at that Marriott again, the Marriott Apartments. Great price 10:57.339 --> 11:06.939 Huge room. Great location. I mean, I love the JW and everything, but there was nothing really going on around there 11:08.339 --> 11:20.759 Not much to do. So anyways. I wear these glasses at night to protect against the blue light 11:21.679 --> 11:29.899 Blue light protection because they use LEDs and fluorescence. And it irritates my eyes 11:32.339 --> 11:43.479 I got those custom made in Singapore. They're actually transparent lenses or transition lenses 11:44.179 --> 11:51.079 So in the daytime, they get dark. At night time they are see through with a little bit of yellow 11:51.079 --> 11:57.639 So UV and blue light protection all in one glass. Works great 11:57.639 --> 12:09.519 Also I look at my screen a lot. So I need blue light protection from that 12:09.519 --> 12:32.279 Here is called DaVinci. I have no idea what exactly this place does or is, but, uh, looks a bit Roman or Greek 12:33.279 --> 12:43.419 Look at that. That's the direction in which I'm walking. Very lush here 12:45.839 --> 12:56.339 All right, so I've arrived at Senopati 12:56.719 --> 13:01.179 We're just going to walk around. What is the name of this place? Nectarine. Oh, that's the name 13:01.859 --> 13:12.219 Hello, how are you? Do they have upstairs? Yes. Thank you. Thank you so much 13:12.219 --> 13:19.219 Well, there's my sashimi dinner. I think I'm going to need a little more than that 13:22.099 --> 13:29.359 Wagon, lightly torched. All right. So after a good time in there, that's a nice place 13:29.459 --> 13:33.739 I definitely recommend it. Hello, sir. Maybe in a little bit, I'm actually going to be walking this way 13:34.039 --> 13:42.899 So, pancha. Pancha. Okay, good, sir. so had a great time in there 13:42.899 --> 13:47.859 they took great care of me people were buying me shots and stuff I'm like wow 13:47.859 --> 13:56.699 so nice patrons were buying me shots totally unnecessary because I'm fine 13:56.699 --> 14:04.339 but appreciated 100% I guess in this bar or club right here 14:04.339 --> 14:12.679 there's a lot of people who are working to cater to men 14:14.419 --> 14:19.019 Long story short, I don't know what the name of it is. I think it's called Kaiman 14:19.339 --> 14:26.499 C-A-I-M-A-N. I'm not going there, but that's, I guess, what they were telling me 14:28.699 --> 14:40.899 Chengdam Garden. So, this is considered a nightlife area of Jakarta one of many 14:50.539 --> 14:57.779 I'm just the type of guy to find out all the good spots if I can get a hold of it just so I can provide 14:57.779 --> 15:02.999 accurate and relevant information to you the viewer that's why you should subscribe to this 15:02.999 --> 15:11.999 channel because I go out of my way to cater to the viewers men women 15:13.879 --> 15:28.159 Asian Americans Latinos anyway I don't know we've got across the street I guess so based on what the 15:28.159 --> 15:32.119 locals were telling me they like when you spend money they like tourists that 15:32.119 --> 15:42.119 spend money. Go figure, right? Like, that's a common commonality you'll notice in all tourist areas 15:46.439 --> 15:50.919 What is that place? It looks almost like a hotel. I can't tell, though 15:53.239 --> 15:59.539 If that's a hotel, that would be like the hotel to stay at. It says like Pritz? I Pritz or something 16:00.159 --> 16:08.399 I don't know. What do I know? Fritzhamton, I think this is more of a locals area 16:09.499 --> 16:18.839 But either way There's this Ballet service the harvest It's a great area 16:18.839 --> 16:23.639 Wow, H Club, but look at the moon behind it. Oh my gosh. I had no idea the moon was full tonight 16:24.559 --> 16:38.339 Apparently it was going on here Tam Ling all right So we just figure out a way to get around here Alright so this is SBDC which is like 16:41.639 --> 16:51.879 Hello, sir. What does SCBD mean? It's kind of... The first S. What does S stand for 16:53.579 --> 16:59.159 So the road is called Sujurman. So Sujuman Central Business District. Oh, good 16:59.319 --> 17:07.399 Okay, thank you, sir. Okay, the Langham Hotel over here? Langham? All right, I trust security 17:07.599 --> 17:18.159 Security knows best. All right, this way. So we're... Yeah, they're like, oh my God, who's this crazy freaking white guy 17:18.859 --> 17:24.939 He's an American. He's got to be an American, only crazy white. All right, so anyway 17:25.199 --> 17:37.219 We're going over here to the Langham Hotel because I was told it's a rooftop bar on top of a hotel, and it's one of the best hotels in the city 17:38.979 --> 17:48.899 So, we're just walking around the SCBD. So, the name of the road, Central Business District 17:50.179 --> 17:58.359 Oh, wow. Okay. It's actually quite nice in here. Oh my gosh 18:01.059 --> 18:10.919 This is really nice. Oh, I gotta go to the restroom 18:11.199 --> 18:17.199 Because they gave me five beers at that last place. I was drinking beer like a tank 18:17.199 --> 18:26.459 They also gave me two free shots so I'm like oh boy oh boy 18:28.159 --> 18:38.499 Once you break the seal you know how it goes. I Don't have to go but I should go because I don't want to be pressed when I'm trying to check into the Langham for rooftop 18:39.819 --> 18:44.959 All right, so from SBDC we're gonna go past the ramen Sanpachi 38 18:44.959 --> 18:50.959 so in case i haven't said it i'll say it now jakarta is exceeding my expectations 18:50.959 --> 19:00.219 what i expected i had no idea actually but i will say that i didn't expect this 19:00.219 --> 19:05.039 this much modernity look at the police they ride around on bmw bikes 19:05.039 --> 19:10.419 you know one of the things that caught my attention about jakarta i was looking at a 19:10.419 --> 19:16.779 Bloomberg report, I believe it was by Chase Bank, J.P. Morgan. And Jakarta was actually, or I'm sorry 19:16.999 --> 19:28.299 Indonesia was in the top 10 countries for the next 30 years for GDP 19:28.879 --> 19:33.779 So the projections for Jakarta are quite high. Oh, wow. Look at this 19:36.079 --> 19:46.319 Again, just more and more life and vibrance i have no idea what this song is i'm oh is it a live band 19:46.319 --> 20:04.339 great band they're doing a great job and now we're headed off to the langham hotel for our next uh 20:04.339 --> 20:08.799 adventure. We're going to go up to the rooftop of one of the best hotels 20:08.799 --> 20:17.459 in the city. Look at this kid. He's feeling the music. Great music. Local Indonesian style 20:18.659 --> 20:22.759 So we got Langham Hotel. I think it's right there. Or is that 20:22.759 --> 20:28.859 St. Regis? I cannot make out the words yet. I better get on the road before I get 20:28.859 --> 20:33.979 or off the road before I get in trouble once I get up here 20:34.339 --> 20:41.939 As I'm walking to the Langham, we've got like an empty lot, probably zoned out for commercial or maybe residential 20:42.099 --> 20:47.539 I don't know what they'll build there, but they've got like four banana, 10 banana trees at least 20:47.959 --> 20:51.559 I just see four immediately close to me, but there was a lot more than that 20:52.519 --> 21:00.439 And it's just funny. Banana trees, fruit producers. All right, so we're walking 21:00.859 --> 21:09.119 We'll see where we end up. All right, so I'm headed up to the 65th floor. There was some security coming in so I didn't film any of it 21:09.119 --> 21:14.439 But yeah, that's where we're going. 65th floor at the Langham Hotel, Langham Jakarta 21:14.439 --> 21:21.919 There you go. Yeah, there we go. This is the vision bar. Okay 21:21.919 --> 21:26.959 You see from the corner there, you can see the whole Jakarta? Yeah, that's nice. That's a very nice view 21:26.959 --> 21:40.119 Okay, we got live music, saxophone stuff. okay all right this is chilling 65th floor oh we got outdoor right here yeah I just want to see 21:40.119 --> 21:48.939 the beautiful views of Jakarta she's doing amazing that's great oh my gosh look at this 21:48.939 --> 21:58.919 we got this outdoor rooftop here hello thank you so much oh my goodness look at this 21:58.919 --> 22:05.919 Let's see what the views are. Mmm. Oh wow, look at that 22:05.919 --> 22:13.919 Not gonna get any better than that, are ya? Okay, so we've come to this place called Monas 22:13.919 --> 22:24.919 It's right here in the central Jakarta area. It's more laid back than the city of all the high-rises 22:24.919 --> 22:32.959 This is more of a down-to-earth experience that you'll get here in Jakarta 22:32.959 --> 22:44.219 But Monash, the actual monument, is closed for cleaning. Sir, which way is Monash, the monument 22:44.219 --> 22:56.499 Monument, yeah. Can I look in close? Hello! Monash? They're not trying to sell to the foreigners here 23:01.619 --> 23:07.759 They're trying to hawk to the locals like we don't need foreigner 23:13.659 --> 23:36.419 And Bali would be the other way around All right, so the Monas here is not open on Mondays and it's actually closes at 4 o'clock 23:36.419 --> 23:42.539 every day. So, I'm in a predicament here, it's Monday after 4 o'clock, so there's no getting into 23:42.539 --> 23:49.059 this place. But just thought I'd point that out. This is like the main monument in the city 23:53.059 --> 23:59.019 So it is what it is. And here we are at the Istiklal Mosque 23:59.019 --> 24:12.119 Masjid Istiklal, Jakarta, Indonesia 24:12.119 --> 24:25.559 Across the street here they have a beautiful cathedral actually. This is a much larger facility, but that cathedral has more of that old world architecture 24:25.559 --> 24:51.238 This looks a lot newer. Okay so from the mosque there a cathedral right across the street here 25:01.238 --> 25:12.698 Hello. I have driver, but thank you. I have a taxi 25:13.058 --> 25:31.978 Otherwise I would do a tuk-tuk. That sounds like fun. Now for the tricky part, getting across the street here 25:37.578 --> 25:50.178 How do you do it? Let's see here Okay, thanks that bus I was able to do it 26:10.578 --> 26:25.618 Here we have the cathedral Cathedral Jakarta. All right, so here we are at Kawasan Glodok, Panakoran. This is Chinatown Jakarta 26:26.338 --> 26:31.298 And right over here is a holiday inn if you guys wanted to stay there, but this is Pastor Jaya 26:32.598 --> 26:38.678 Got a car moving, but it's absolute chaos down here Look at this 26:39.938 --> 26:49.718 It is chaos. Let's see here. Through the gate 26:57.278 --> 27:04.538 Hello. Well, let's keep exploring around here and see what else is going on 27:05.538 --> 27:10.498 So this here is Kota Tua. It's essentially the old town of Jakarta 27:11.318 --> 27:18.798 You can see they've got a museum here. And basically what I'm going to do is actually walk down this way 27:19.598 --> 27:27.798 But just giving you an idea of the vibes. Yeah, I probably would suggest coming down here at nighttime instead of in the daytime 27:28.498 --> 27:37.798 It can be quite hot in Jakarta. Hello. Magic Art Museum. 3D art 27:48.378 --> 27:52.598 You can see the whole way they spelled Jakarta. With a D 27:55.818 --> 28:12.618 Is this tattoo? Oh yeah, they're tattooing themselves. Oh no, he's engraving something 28:34.538 --> 28:47.158 Okay This is more of an old Dutch colonial place just like the old Dutch village 28:50.378 --> 29:40.858 So you'll see like some Dutch influence here Well, see if we get across the street here 30:02.538 --> 30:17.058 Alright, so if you guys plan to take a train across Java, you would come here to Jakarta 30:17.058 --> 30:28.258 Kota, which is the train station. Yeah, so, Station Jakarta Kota 30:28.258 --> 30:45.758 from here you can go to bandung bandung i think is what it's called uh chokakarta chokjakarta yeah 30:45.758 --> 30:57.018 it was used on world war one first world war japanese soldier japanese soldier bike ah is this samurai 30:57.018 --> 31:17.418 the bike world war ii they come here i'm here my character i'm finished to our soldier to come 31:47.418 --> 32:10.498 Still very old world 32:17.418 --> 32:31.418 I think we can look at a train here. I think they call it a fast train 32:38.418 --> 32:46.418 Well, I'm back here at the Jakarta Grand Hyatt in front of Plaza Indonesia 32:47.418 --> 32:57.298 Yep. It's such a busy road, I'm trying to figure out how to get up on top of there, get a good 32:57.298 --> 33:02.238 view of the waterfall. But I'm not quite sure how to do that