{"id":6413,"date":"2014-03-21T14:37:37","date_gmt":"2014-03-21T21:37:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ricobelled.com\/wordpress\/?p=6413"},"modified":"2021-01-26T00:32:25","modified_gmt":"2021-01-26T08:32:25","slug":"jakarta-part-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ricobelled.com\/wordpress\/?p=6413","title":{"rendered":"Jakarta: part three"},"content":{"rendered":"

So now what? It’s Monday afternoon, we don’t have to do anything<\/em> until Thursday! We haven’t left the hotel except to go to the festival grounds, but we can’t just do nothing and eat and drink everyday. Water is expensive at the Borobodur (think $5 per half liter!) so I decide to see if there’s a market or something around. I bought a SIM card at the festival for $5 that got my phone online with 2GB of data, so Google Maps is working. It was another great demonstration of the plight of the iPhone user, when you see them literally carrying another<\/em> (local) phone because they don’t realize you can unlock them. Oh that walled garden….but I digress……… My inquiry at the concierge desk leads to the Atrium Plaza, half a mile away. When I ask if we can walk they look very puzzled, suggesting we take a cab, but I convince Dave that we should go on foot anyway! It’s basically a straight shot although there aren’t really any sidewalks; we pass by people fishing in the dirtiest water, moped repairmen, bums chilling and some of the richest stenches I had ever experienced. There’s barbed wire, chemical clouds in ponds in which some are actually fishing….. wow!<\/p>\n

The mall is actually quite Western looking; there’s serious security of course: dogs, military police, metal detectors. But when we get inside, it’s pretty nice. We see a Burger King, Starbucks, but also a lot of vendors on the ground level selling clothes, wallets and shoes.\u00a0 The supermarket is in the basement, but we decide to go up first. All in all there are 6 floors in this thing, with many many restaurants, clothing stores and a few gift shops. Electronics are actually quite expensive here, phones cost even more than in the US, although the selection is enormous. Also in the basement are many, many telecom shops! I’m talking 30 of them with more Samsungs than you could ever imagine. Wherever Dave and I go, people are staring at us; surprisingly we are the only two gringos in the whole joint, a good foot taller than most locals. We end up buying a couple of bags of groceries for next to nothing and head back to the hotel. Still not over my jet lag, a couple of beers after dinner at the lovely Bogor cafe and I’m ready for bed. Tomorrow we go on a real adventure!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So now what? It’s Monday afternoon, we don’t have to do anything until Thursday! We haven’t left the hotel except to go to the festival grounds, but we can’t just … <\/p>\n

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