Scoop Airport/Hotel/Travel Thread

[JWags85]

Just returned from Jakarta.  3rd trip in just over 2 years.  It's really grown on me.  Can't say enough about it.

Indonesians are extremely friendly people, fantastic service/hospitality, and Indonesian food is INCREDIBLY underrated.

Jakarta, which just became the world's largest city, is a sprawling monstrosity, but when I compare it to cities in India or some others in SE Asia, it's actually rather clean. It's also fantastically cheap.  Hotels are the cheapest I've found in a major city (Brand new JW Marriott was $115 a night this week, the Ritz was $120), everything is inexpensive (from nice restaurants, to retail, to attractions (national aquarium was $7).  Traffic is brutal but luxury car service is again inexpensive and, unlike some similar places, it's not constant beeping and honking

Everyone knows about Bali, but I've told multiple people to spend some time in Jakarta on the way to/from Bali.