Thursday, August 6, 2015

4 THINGS TO BRING WHEN COMING TO JAKARTA



Welcome to Jakarta! As the capital of Indonesia, it's one of the most diverse and populated city in the world. There's just a few things to keep in mind when visiting, there are malls everywhere! If you want to go out in Jakarta you can go to a food stall, a club or the mall. With 173 locations to choose from, here's how you can prepare for your day out. 
  1. Credit Card
With so many malls to choose from, you’ll be able to find anything you want at anytime. You can break the bank at high fashion malls with products from Prada, Gucci, and Louis Vuitton. Or you can buy some great souvenirs by going to malls catering to Indonesian specialty goods.  You’ll even have the ability to buy things from technology, to see movies, get haircut, etc. In a mall everything you could want is for sale.
  1. Empty Stomach 
Just as there is an endless supply of shopping, there is also an endless supply of food option. Malls have more food than you can handle, so you have to come hungry. You can enjoy global food chains, SE Asian cuisines, sit down restaurants and anything in between. Food is not only available in the food courts of malls, but outside the mall, and on every floor. So enjoy reading the mall map and prepare to wander the pages looking for the perfect place to eat.
  1. Comfortable Shoes
Speaking of wandering, the average mall has 6 floors. Since you have so many options for food, clothes, entertainment, and grocery stores you have unlimited choices for anything you want to do. This means you’ll spend hours in the mall walking from floor to floor, spending time going up and down a trial of escalators.
  1. Compass 
You will get lost. There are 6+ floors on every mall. Each escalator leads you to a maze of stores on each floor. Each floor has a an army of sales people following you down the hall hawking their products. Basically you will either be very distracted and lose your way, or just give up because you found 1 of the 8 barbers/watch repairmen or magicians you were looking for.


As malls go extinct in the US they are expanding and evolving into a way of life in Indonesia. They have AC, they have an infinite supply of goods, and entertainment. You can go bowling, watch a movie, go ice skating, clubbing, and bar hopping. Your options are boundless

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