As we were originally going to Sri Lanka rather than Indonesia, we had a flight booked from Kuala Lumpur to Manila. The cheapest place to fly to Kuala Lumpur from was Jakarta, and so we decided to spend a couple of nights there. When we told anyone that we were going to Jakarta their response was always along the lines of "spend as little time there possible", to the point that people suggested taking a day train rather than a night train just to use up time. As it turned out the city wasn't great, but they were perhaps a little dramatic!
Accommodation
We stayed in Wonderloft hostel. The free breakfast was excellent- unlimited toast, cereal or porridge with peanut butter and dark chocolate spread, with fruit and free flow tea and coffee. The hostel had good communal areas, pod style beds and a rooftop. The staff were friendly and helpful and yeah just a great place to stay
Things to do
Cinema- Lol. We thought we might as well kill some time and toy story 4 had conveniently just come out. Popcorn and a ticket for a couple of pounds, it was the perfect way to stay cool in the midday sun. I love going to the cinema abroad because it's SO much cheaper than in England. We went to a cinema in a massive shopping mall and had a little browse afterwards
Museum/main square- We wanted to go to the heritage museum as I don't know anything about Java's history, but it was closed as there was a festival going on. It was actually pretty cool to see lots of people in traditional clothing and a huge street market. We also found a nice cafe nearby to people watch, so the museum being closed worked out pretty well
Food
Omg. We had THE BEST vegan food here!! I went on happy cow and found a vegan restaurant so we took a grab there. The menu was so extensive that we checked a couple of times that everything really had no meat in it. They had so many meat alternatives and we had probably my favourite food of the whole trip here. Crispy tofu nuggets, a vegetable and noodle soup, mushrooms and vegan chicken... It was all so nice and still super cheap. They even had an amazing looking caramel cake which I resisted as I'd eaten so much but it was tough!!
Getting to/from
From Jakarta we flew onwards to Kuala Lumpur, and took an Uber to the airport. The traffic there is BAD so allow yourself plenty of time!
Laura x
Accommodation
We stayed in Wonderloft hostel. The free breakfast was excellent- unlimited toast, cereal or porridge with peanut butter and dark chocolate spread, with fruit and free flow tea and coffee. The hostel had good communal areas, pod style beds and a rooftop. The staff were friendly and helpful and yeah just a great place to stay
Things to do
Cinema- Lol. We thought we might as well kill some time and toy story 4 had conveniently just come out. Popcorn and a ticket for a couple of pounds, it was the perfect way to stay cool in the midday sun. I love going to the cinema abroad because it's SO much cheaper than in England. We went to a cinema in a massive shopping mall and had a little browse afterwards
Museum/main square- We wanted to go to the heritage museum as I don't know anything about Java's history, but it was closed as there was a festival going on. It was actually pretty cool to see lots of people in traditional clothing and a huge street market. We also found a nice cafe nearby to people watch, so the museum being closed worked out pretty well
Food
Omg. We had THE BEST vegan food here!! I went on happy cow and found a vegan restaurant so we took a grab there. The menu was so extensive that we checked a couple of times that everything really had no meat in it. They had so many meat alternatives and we had probably my favourite food of the whole trip here. Crispy tofu nuggets, a vegetable and noodle soup, mushrooms and vegan chicken... It was all so nice and still super cheap. They even had an amazing looking caramel cake which I resisted as I'd eaten so much but it was tough!!
Getting to/from
From Jakarta we flew onwards to Kuala Lumpur, and took an Uber to the airport. The traffic there is BAD so allow yourself plenty of time!
Laura x
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