all right welcome to joe jakarta train station everybody and today ivana and i are taking the
luxury train from jogja back to jakarta so if you're planning a trip to jogja or from jogja
this train is available both directions from jakarta to jakarta so it should be helpful
whichever way you're going and what's even better is last week ivan and i took the non-luxury train
so in this video we will be able to compare the luxury train from today
with the regular train from last week if you remember last week's video we were
quite pleasantly surprised with the quality of the train there was a laptop plug there was
air conditioning and it was clean and pretty good value for around 35 american dollars today's train
ride is around 70 american dollars so about twice the price we'll see if we can find good value here
but i think we will because our experience on indonesian trains has been good so far
so here's ivana the lovely ivana doing the electric check-in and here's everybody waiting
and so in order to take the train you actually need a rapid antigen test
that's less than 24 hours before your departure and so ivan and i came yesterday
the antigen test is just over here it's very convenient
that the test is offered in the train station and so we would recommend just coming the day of
your departure we came today early we thought if there was a line we might be late for our train
or something but without exaggeration we were getting our antigen test over the course of less
than seven minutes we walked in got the test and got our negative results printed in paper in like
five or six minutes so no worry you can probably do your test day of but with that we're ready to
go yvonne is leading the way she's got our tickets yeah and so let's go explore the luxury chain
to jakarta
okay here we go
thank you
i think the timing
feels a bit like i'm in an airport because of the pa it feels a bit like i'm in an airport
but here we go
so it feels like an airport because the pa and the uh flight attendant or train attendant at the very
least oh check it out it's like flying first class you found it yo this is it yeah this is amazing
oh my god this is so good this is so good 6p
with wi-fi okay quick review we got wi-fi that's a difference from the regular bus we've got a tray
here for the laptop which is a big difference from the regular bus oh it's so good we've got
all these funky buttons which probably work the tv we got a foot resting station oh my
gosh this is awesome blankets and there's a good there a gift in the box oh my god we got gifts
probably nintendo switch
wow i feel a bit out of place i feel a bit like a uh
like a two-star person on a five-star train you know
oh it's not munchables some crunchy munchies i love crunchy munchies awesome
okay so regular train to luxury train totally different experience yeah uh about twice the price
and probably worth it but let's settle in and see if we can have a little party in our booth awesome
is this the nice train you've been on yes i think it is right
the one in korea was nice too uh i don't remember
it being like this though i think this is the most luxurious train i've ever been in i think so
also pakistan was very nice but this is like a like really luxury uh first class flying yeah
take your seats take your seat
what is it
okay i'm gonna say steve having your own pod is nice but i'm gonna miss you not now
we're so far away and you got your own private room here i'm gonna miss
you too i am gonna watch movies and play games i won't be able to see your face
and we don't sit side by side by each other i'll be alone oh i got my own space magazine
my neighbor gave me this lumper
sticky rice with chicken plus not someone working here your neighbor this is the best train ever
so
so we just received this mask and wet wipes a sleeping mask
and breakfast chicken katsu very nice and coffee
how are you doing steve this is the best this is the best
listening to podcasts playing games getting some chicken catsuit
while having the movies playing in the background i chose a visual movie because
i can't hear it i got my audio here so i put on the green switch up here all right good visuals
let's be clear but we started traveling three years ago we would not be on luxury train
we would not be on regular train we would be on bus overnight bus right look at this
all right one hour chicken this is the greatest tree i've ever been on
let's go check in with you
so how's your experience with headphones yeah they gave you a headphone they gave you those
headphones yeah these are the these are the headphones it's usually a earbud it's so nice
so how's your experience so far so good watching uh watching chick flicks
yeah that's right chick flicks the best so far so good the scenery has been beautiful
lots of really gorgeous patti and so far so good really nice really comfortable yeah
actually you're going bathroom okay show the people bring the camera
bathroom review
right
the bathroom is actually pretty clean you guys cleaner than the usual
drain toilet and actually quite plenty of space very nice even a hot towel
wow so fresh you got some kind of like minty a romantic thing in it all right we have made it so
it seems like the luxury train is faster than the non-local train yeah which i don't know how that
works because it's all on the same set of tracks but we're back earlier than we expected here in
jakarta and obviously you guys saw the facilities really really nice facilities but let me give you
a breakdown of the entire experience once i get situated here on the platform oh yeah yeah
all right so first things first ivana in my experience traveling this great world has been the
sticker that says wi-fi is usually in the budget whereas the actual wi-fi that works and operates
for a whole train ride is usually not in a budget so i am impressed to say that the wi-fi worked the
entire duration it was fast it was smooth i was streaming videos i was playing games i was playing
chess i was doing everything i wanted to do yeah so the wi-fi was a great success uh the food was
pretty good i would say yeah it wasn't gourmet food but it was pretty good for a train food
it was still train food now the price of this is about twice as expensive as a regular train right
so i can see value in both if you want to get work done on a laptop the luxury train is the way to go
if you're just going to sit and read the regular train was spacious enough for us right we didn't
mind the regular train but in the end i prefer the luxury train naturally because it's awesome is it
worth the double price for me it's worth it worth it okay if you're gonna be a working professional
who still has things to do today and wants to work uh it's worth it if we were still backpacking like
we used to okay i would just say take a bus or take a cheap train that's true but when you're
working a lot and you've got things to do i feel fresh i do not feel like i just took a train from
jakarta i feel fresh it was smooth and it felt very quick very nice very very
nice so there you have it guys we're back in jakarta now just a simple video for you today
hopefully it's useful for you guys because we were able to compare the two train rides that was the
most luxurious train ride i've ever taken most luxurious trainer i've ever been on true right
oh title of the vlog most luxurious train ride we've ever been on
maybe okay thanks for watching everybody we'll see you as our indonesia series continues with more
jakarta stumps all right thanks for watching everybody