First Impressions of JAKARTA Indonesia - NOT what we expected (Indonesian food,Monas,Kota Tua)

First Impressions of JAKARTA Indonesia - NOT what we expected (Indonesian food,Monas,Kota Tua)

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after spending an amazing year and a half  in Thailand it was time for us to explore   somewhere new and Indonesia sounded like the  perfect Adventure we'll be spending the next   two months seeing as much of this diverse  country as possible starting in its capital   city Jakarta we weren't sure what to expect as  it was our first time here but we were Amazed   by what Jakarta had to offer come with us as we  explore the largest city in Indonesia so guys we are in Jakarta Indonesia yeah  it's both of our first time ever in Jakarta so   that's exciting like one thing you see everywhere  is that the traffic in Jakarta is terrible but   then we saw that today every Sunday they have  a car free day and the main road through the   center of the city there's no cars there is a  whole seven kilometers that you can run you can   bike we see all these people here there are no  Cars so I don't know if we're gonna do the whole   way but it's seven kilometers to the National  Monument that we also want to see but there are   buses yeah which is also cool there's apparently  in Jakarta there's like bus lanes for only buses   which is amazing we're super super excited to see  this huge street with no cars on it I mean that's   amazing that's the best way to start yeah our  first day and we get car free day this is amazing   looks like a movie yeah just  walking here with no cars it's crazy I mean I'm really surprised at how green and clean like even right here this is the biggest   the busiest Road I guess in the whole city  but there's green everywhere in the middle of   the street there's green lining the streets it's  green there's trees all around like good morning this is amazing I think we're both just like what  is this this is not what we were expecting no   not at all and the people are so friendly just  with the bike and saying good morning good   morning good morning yeah I've never seen this  in a city like every Sunday like we have it in Barcelona once per year when there is running or a race or something but every Sunday yeah   here's a Metro Bus Station you want to take that  one yeah let's take that one we don't have   cards we're hoping we can buy a card there and  then we'll Metro bus up to the Monas there's a   bunch of things listed there so I don't know if  there's different buses or not and we can't check   if there's different buses or not because our  phones aren't working so we're just gonna jump   on a bus and hope it goes the way we need to go I  mean it's so easy because it's just straight so   yeah if we see that it's like turning or something  we can say stop yeah here there is no one just people working out that is amazing and the other side amazing how are we in the  center of the biggest city in Indonesia and it's   this I don't know there's so many trees though  just right here in the middle of the road that is   so cool there's the bus now coming  oh well we're gonna miss that one too I don't know how it works we need a card there should be English we need to download an  application a trans trans Jakarta yes JakLingo we're getting Wi-Fi to search an app and then  hopefully we can get tickets we don't know we   don't know we totally failed at getting a card  in the station but the girls were so nice like   they gave us Wi-Fi off their phone yeah and then  we just met this man who speaks perfect English he   explained to us the machines usually sell cards  but at this station they're out so yeah he told   us all about the cards and he's literally walking  us to Indomaret so we can buy a card so thank you thank you so much oh my god that guy took us around everywhere  he was amazing ordered our cards for us walked   us the whole way back gave us like all  these tips and now you have to wear a   mask to use the train Carles doesn't have one and some guy just gave him a mask   he was like can I pay you and the guy's like  no no no seriously it's our first day here and we   keep failing but everyone's so nice everyone is  so friendly that's amazing so now we're getting   on the train we have our cards he topped up money  for us everything yeah he has a mask now and now   we're gonna go explore here's our friend Afo oh he just looked no I didn't see us though yeah   Afo he's amazing he helped us so much what  is it number one Kota we can take this one there is an air conditioner and the seats are good like the bus is super new it's so nice we just realized we were in the ladies only section this sign we asked this guy and he said yeah so  now we moved back here it's okay for   you but yeah it was in the girls  section oh I'm on this side getting out was a lot easier than getting  in but that was so convenient it doesn't have to stop for any traffic it's amazing we haven't even done  anything yet and we've met so many nice people   and like I just can't get over how green it is  yeah green everywhere trees everywhere flowers   I don't know so many times we've said it's amazing  yeah even now it's a police station there's all barbed wire so we didn't know how to get  into Monas and this guy's just taking us thank you I don't know why there's all this barbed wire here  that's kind of weird but that guy though he   was gardening he literally just walked us over  here we made it to Monas the National monument and   you can already see there's so many people at the  bottom so we want to go up to the top apparently   you can go up to the top but maybe there's a big  line now I don't know yeah we have to get closer and see we just met this tour   guide here he was super nice just said you want a  tour and we're like no we're just walking around   and you know okay cool we just chatted for a  minute he said that the line to go to the top is one hour yeah we're so hungry right   now yeah we can't wait an hour to go to the top so we're just gonna try and check out this   like lower platform here and hopefully later  in the week we can go to the top 5,000 for the   museum and goblet 15,000 to the top after a detour  we made it yeah which there's supposed to also be a   museum here so I guess we can check out the Museum  Part if we find it in here somewhere okay yeah how   tall is this it's huge this museum is about the history of Indonesia which is cool because honestly I've never been to  Indonesia before until like yesterday was my first   day getting here so I really do not know anything  I didn't know much either this will be cool we can learn about Indonesia  I think we started on the wrong side because here the history was  in the 1960s and then went from 60s to 55 to 50.   so we're gonna go to the other side now we're in the  Neolithic Age this is the beginning we made it outside and there is the line here yeah the line looks long it's so nice this huge Park in the middle  of the city there's trees all around it is amazing and I guess  this is where we're going next the famous   Istiqlal mosque and the cathedral we're leaving yeah we asked again and they said it is an   hour but she said if you come when they  open at 8am like there won't be a wait   you can just go to the top we made it yeah  finally come early during the week yeah we   didn't wait at all just the elevator  one time yeah it was like two minutes oh I see the cathedral and the mosque there oh I see the mosque where's the  cathedral next oh I see it in the distance that's where we're going next the whole thing's caged in though right  there's no like open air let's go to eat something and try to go to the mosque you know what you want no I don't know anything I  don't know anything about that nasi goreng is like the normal   one right yeah I don't know what it is either  though rice and something 25 yeah let's try here   we're just staying in Monas we were walking  to the exit and there's like a bunch of food   stands here and we have not eaten anything yet yeah  we're so hungry and this is I guess our first time   eating Indonesian food well you had before in  Indonesia I've never had Indonesian food before yeah but I   don't remember anything here so yeah luckily  the menu is all photos so we can just you want Nasi Goreng right we should get one nasi goreng and one this also looks good ayam I think is chicken chicken we still don't have SIM card yet so even  with the food some of it like we don't know what   it is but we can't even Google it because we  still don't have phones so we're gonna try and   get phones after here so yeah right now we're just  looking at pictures water is aqua it's almost like   agua yeah more Spanish and I got the mango that  it's manga and juice and jus is juice we're   gonna try at the same time yeah I don't see any meat  which is good I see egg yeah just egg cheers me it's good it kind of just tastes like fried rice  it is really good though fried rice is my favorite so first Indonesian food is a win if I  don't know what else to eat I can get Nasi Goreng I think your'e going to eat this every day maybe and Carles got here's the chicken rice and what's this on   top it's like salsa I don't know it looks like  tomato but it's called ayam bakar ayam bakar   okay I think I'm gonna love it is the sauce  spicy it looks like it would be spicy is it spicy? no I want to try wait it's getting a little spicy he says  no and then oh wait yeah let me try   I'll just steal some from here yeah it's a little spicy now all right some sauce with uh  or rice with an unknown sauce that's definitely  spicy it's really good but it is spicy how did you say that that was not spicy at first at first it was not spicy okay it is spicy rice   the sauce oh my God and the chicken good I want to try it because  this chicken looks really good it is   I have to eat it together yeah  all together no I got it it is really good yeah look at this mmm I'm surprised because I don't  usually eat like meat yeah meat   but yeah no the chicken's really  good first meal is a success yeah so good we got all of that the nasi goreng chicken ayam with rice your mango juice and two waters for  75 000. which I will put how much that is in   dollars once I know alright we left the Monas now  and we're trying to walk to the SIM card store   and it's still so nice and green and  hot now it's really getting hot it is   hot yeah but this is still super nice  but it's the middle of the day I mean   we'd be hot in Bangkok too but I'm still  just amazed look at how green everywhere   green green green green green Green Carles  even across the street everywhere and we   still have all day to explore if we can get SIM cards we might end up doing more than we planned   we have worked 15,000 steps already and  it's not even noon we have phone numbers we can use our phones now it took a while a really long time yeah but okay how weird  is this so it's a prepaid card but apparently   it only works in like Java and Bali Java Bali  and Lombok yeah so we're going to Sumatra next   week and we're gonna go to salawesi also so uh  we'll have to add more money there yeah but it's   really weird because like it's all Indonesia so  you'd think if you have a SIM card it would work   everywhere but apparently yeah different parts of  the country you have to pay separate so that's a   little weird but hopefully we can use it the  whole time I don't know at least it's working   now so we can use Google Maps and get around  the rest of Jakarta it's the Indonesian tuk-tuk yeah right but they are just TukTuks right Masjid Istiqlal or something like that entrance five where do we  go hopefully there's somewhere to rent clothes   though or I won't be going much farther shoes  off and in here we're in the woman's entrance   following a security person to the tourist  registration yeah he's the only guy it's so weird yeah it's like you're not allowed to be here but  you are so the security lady brought us here in   the women's entrance like Carles and now we're  here with three other I guess tourists and she   said wait 10 minutes so we're just gonna wait  here and someone's gonna come take us somewhere   but it's really awkward to be here like in shorts  you are allowed to take a picture or make a video   inside okay there's a tour schedule and we happen  to get here five minutes before nice thank you you look cute yeah nice we're all covered now he said we can take  as many pictures and videos as we want   and I'm pretty sure this is free so cool so our tour guide Yusuf was saying this  mosque is the third biggest in the world so   there's two that are bigger in Saudi Arabia  and then this is the third and it holds 200,000 people 100,000 inside and 100,000 can fit outside   he said 70% of the people in Indonesia are Muslim  so that's a lot yeah you can see Monas from here and our guide   said it was the same architect that built Monas  and the mosque and he was Christian so a Christian   architect built Monas and then this mosque  there's only one minaret and this whole Courtyard and the cathedral they purposefully built the mosque here right next  to the cathedral to show peace and tolerance yeah   the Islam and Christianity are just right next  to each other yeah two religions together and they   never fight but it's really cool yeah we just  left the mosque here it was actually a really cool   free tour and he said they have tours every day  except Friday because Friday is like the day that   they're praying so you can't go Friday but every  other day there's tours and they just give you   clothes so you can show up in shorts and it's fine  and now we're going literally right across the   road to the cathedral that's so cool I've never  seen a cathedral like this it's yeah the design   is so interesting like the top of the spiers  yeah it's all Stone and then at the top it's that so nice this is as far as we can go there's no tour in here which one do you like more   I really liked that we were able to do a  tour there yeah because he told us so much cool info but I think it's just like amazing that the  two of them are right next to each other like I think that's what makes it so amazing you can go to the mosque and after come here it was just a quick run into the cathedral  yeah we could not go farther yeah it was nice   it was nice to see we have to find a Tuktuk now I  want to ride a tuktuk yeah after we walked past all those   tuktuks earlier now Carles wants one so we are like a  15 minute drive to the next place we want to go to   so yeah I mean maybe there's a bus  I'm not sure but I think we're yeah I   think we're gonna try out a tuktuk if we can grab one here we asked how much to where we're going the  old town area he said 100,000 we   we made it for 50 yeah we said 50 and he said okay which is double grab but it's okay at least we're not gonna get wet  because it seems it's gonna rain yeah it's starting to rain a little but we get to see more of the city right now and honestly I love it literally every single street is so green it is so cute and we still have to see the old  town that is where we are going now yes thank you oh I don't want to  jump out here we're in Kota Tua   aka the big Dutch area where there  was lots of like Dutch Trading   um so a lot of the buildings have like Dutch  architecture and it's like the old town so   it's supposed to be a cute area to just walk  around we are gonna go grab a coffee because   we're sleepy so yeah we're gonna grab a coffee  and then try and explore around here a   little it looks so cute this road in  front looks really cute yeah it's totally   different from the rest of Jakarta that  we've seen so far yeah it looks very European it looks so historical like all the buildings are just so different there's so many little artsy things pictures   things you can like what is this a magic Art 3D  Museum oh here's the main Square ah I see the cafe that you want oh there's a cannon so many people here seriously  so many people there's so many more people than I   was expecting yeah yeah and it's so cute doesn't  it seem like we're back in like Europe seriously   it looks like Europe like the square and like a  city yeah yeah and these cannons here oh there's   all the bikes ah so we can rent bikes and yeah you  want to bike around I kind of like walking but it   would be fun to bike we have done a lot of exercise today yeah I'm fine just going to a cafe yeah   let's grab a coffee and we can decide when we get  a coffee Cannon oh he's getting on the cannon okay   live music oh yeah there's a stage back there  more cannons this is so cool this is where we   are going Cafe Batavia it's also the perfect time  for us to grab a coffee because it looks like   it's gonna pour right now it started raining when  we were in the tuktuk it did it rained a tiny bit and   then it stopped but it's so dark right now it's  crazy it's like we are in Belgium I'm excited to see the inside of it I think the coffee might feel  we can sit outside you want to? the music's down here yeah oh there's cakes do you want cake maybe this is cool in the menu it has like the  history of the cafe and it says it was constructed   between 1805 and 1950 and it's the second  oldest building after the Jakarta History Museum   so it's so old we're in history right here and it's not that expensive no? coffee is like 40K it's cheaper than at  Starbucks really yeah so there you go cheaper   than Starbucks and these cakes up here look good  and there's a band over there there's live music this looks amazing the tiramisu you would probably love this looks amazing how cute is it here? so cute even the toilets are so cute really oh I can't wait to see it's full of pictures like this nice this looks so so so so so good I  wanted to wait for my coffee but yeah try it amazing you look like it's amazing I love it oh my God it's amazing? it's the best dessert we've had in so long really really good we have the coffees are you happy now I mean we walked a lot today so  we deserve all of this we're leaving the cafe and   it's raining it's not that bad it's not really bad  maybe it was bad though because this was so busy   and now everyone's gone oh nope it's raining  yeah where do we go we need to make a plan   we're just walking in the rain yeah  Pretend We're in the Netherlands   we have been out walking all day I think yeah we  might end day one in a little now? maybe yeah and   then I don't know I don't know because we still  have so many things we want to do we have to go to   Chinatown there's a beach in Jakarta yeah we have  to try all the food yeah we haven't we just had   lunch we got to try two things but yeah there's  still so much we want to do here but it was an   amazing first day yeah the coolest first day in  a long time yeah Jakarta is definitely worth it   seriously yeah we didn't think but yeah it is worth  it yeah one week to discover more places yeah we're   here for a whole week so let us know where to  go but yeah let's go back now let's go okay bye

2023-05-12 07:55

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