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Originally posted by MoonFace
Yes and No. But it's best to be accompanied. cos many taxi-drivers especially will test your bahasa first. if they know you can't speak well, they know you are new here and so prepared to be slaughter.
But still depends on individuals..if you are street-wise. you can make your way around without any problems. Martini-Fan can advised you more perhaps.
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Hi mates,
Take chaep but groomed clothes.
No watch, a cheap handphone, so 2in1.
Around 50 US$, if it's gone, so what, who cares?
And go in Jakarta everywhere!!
If teksi, take a bluebird, the prices are reasonable.
The Indonesians are IMHO the friendliest people in SEA I've seen. I strolled around in Jkt after dark, no problems (Don't do that in Phnom Penh). There was no difference compared to the hours earlier. Anyway, I think the borderline for trips without a local is midnight. Then you should be in a safe heaven or in a teksi.
I've never had any problems, in dark areas of Haarlem, Bangkok or San Diego, maybe I'm meanwhile too careless, so do it in your way!
Sometimes I like the downscale areas, so I go there, not everyones taste. But the best service ............ (only MHO)