Its amazing. When you think the population in KL or Bangkok is a lot. Wait till you see Jakarta! Every single road, small, big, highway, smallway, lanes, single streets, anything - you will find cars and bikes kissing bumper to bumper. They are like everywhere! People EVERYWHERE!
and ... SERIOUSLY - JAM!
One advise, do not even think about traveling with their public transport. Thorn buses with ripped off paints, falling number plate and shattered glass. Yes, their public bus is like that! Blue van with no door. YES! I repear NO DOOR ... so if they turn violently at a corner, you better be hold on to anything that is glued to the vehicle.
The way they charge is also absurb. No ticketing system, you ride along the way and once you get down, you pay as per your arrive. Easy way to trick and cheat tourist.
No wonder you can't find any whites traveling around the city. I was lucky enough to have Angel to pre-warn me all these stuff and rented a personal transport, which is WAY CHEAPER and way more comfortable.
OK - I should stop listing the bad things. Now, the good thing is:
Their culture and language are still very rich and persistent. Everyone here speaks beautiful indon english and when it comes to english, they can hold it quite well too. Of course, I am judging them based on the few clients I met today and also the waiters who has been serving me.
The thing I like the most about INDON is how well they treat each other's salutation. They still refer their peers, community, people and practically anyone by "pak" or "bu" which means sir or madam. Regardless of your status and level of income - standard salutation. Very nice and EVERYONE uses it. Including those samseng, gila people, muka-tembok and indon-ahlian-ahbeng. YES, they have that here too.
Well ... I am so going to fall sick soon. My headache is getting worse, my throat healing bit but my flu stays the same. GOSH - I wish I had more rest. Signing off and till then ...
*culture shock*
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