WELCOME TO INDONESIA TODAY I'M GIVING MYSELF A BUDGET OF $20 TO SEE JUST WHAT I CAN GET. THIS IS
INDONESIA IT'S THE FOURTH MOST POPULOUS COUNTRY IN THE WORLD COMING IN BEHIND CHINA INDIA AND THE US
THIS IS THE OFFICIAL CURRENCY OF INDONESIA IT'S CALLED THE RUPIAH ONE DOLLAR IS EQUAL TO ABOUT
15 000 RUPIAH ALMOST HALF A MILLION TODAY I'M IN JAKARTA WHICH HAS ABOUT 33 MILLION PEOPLE
INCLUDING THE METROPOLITAN AREA I'M NOT REALLY A BREAKFAST PERSON SO I DECIDE TO SKIP IT TODAY AND
I START MY MORNING BY GOING TO FATAHILA SQUARE THIS AREA IS CALLED OLD TOWN BECAUSE THIS IS
WHERE THE DUTCH USED TO LIVE UNLIKE BALI PEOPLE HERE IN JAKARTA ARE NOT USED TO SEEING TOURISTS
SO EVERYONE I INTERACT WITH IS NICE AND WARM AND EXCITED TO SEE A TOURIST IN FACT HERE YOU
WILL COMMONLY SEE LOCALS APPROACHING FOREIGNERS AND ASKING IF THEY CAN PRACTICE THEIR ENGLISH
SO THIS SCHOOL GROUP APPROACHES ME THE TEACHER TELLS ME THAT SHE BRINGS HER STUDENTS HERE TO
PRACTICE TALKING TO FOREIGNERS I HAVE MANY STUDENTS AND TWO DAYS BASICALLY FOR TODAY
THEY WANT TO PRACTICE ENGLISH AND NOW I WANT TO ASK SOME QUESTIONS JUST A LITTLE BIT HELLO
HI EVERYONE SO I DO THE INTERVIEW THEY ASKED ME MY NAME WHERE I'M FROM AND IF I'VE TRIED ANY
INDONESIAN FOOD THIS IS A REALLY COOL SQUARE WITH A NICE VIBE AND MANY MUSEUMS BY THE WAY
INDONESIA IS A COUNTRY THAT CONSISTS OF OVER 17 000 ISLANDS AND HAS MORE THAN 280 PEOPLE OF THE 17
000 ISLANDS MANY FOREIGNERS ONLY KNOW BALI AND THINK THAT ALL OF INDONESIA IS LIKE THAT BUT TODAY
I THINK IT'S CAPITAL CITY JAKARTA WILL EXPLORE A MORE COMMON SCENE SO NOW IT'S TIME TO GO TO SOME
OF THESE MUSEUMS FIRST I GO TO A HISTORICAL MUSEUM THAT TALKS ABOUT THE TRADITIONAL AND ANTIQUE ART
OF JAKARTA AS WELL AS INDONESIA IT WAS ACTUALLY REALLY COOL TO START MY DAY LEARNING ABOUT THE
HISTORY OF JAKARTA IT KIND OF SETS THE TONE REALLY NICELY FOR WHAT'S AHEAD THE OTHER TWO MUSEUMS ARE
CENTERED AROUND LOCAL ARTISTS MASTERPIECES THIS MUSEUM IS ACTUALLY HOLDING LIVE CERAMICS CLASS
IT'S REALLY COOL TO SEE PEOPLE DOING A LIVE CLASS RIGHT NOW THE PRICE FOR ALL THREE MUSEUMS IS ABOUT
FIFTEEN THOUSAND RUPIAH WHICH IS ONE DOLLAR YES ONE DOLLAR TO GO INSIDE THREE MUSEUMS THAT IS
UNHEARD OF AND WHAT'S REALLY COOL IS THAT A LOT OF COUNTRIES I GO TO WILL HAVE A SEPARATE PRICE FOR
LOCALS VERSUS FOREIGNERS I'VE SEEN THIS IN TURKEY AND LEBANON SO YOU WOULD THINK THAT THEY WOULD
DO THIS IN JAKARTA HERE IN INDONESIA BUT NO THE PRICE IS ONLY 5 000 RUPIAH FOR FOREIGNERS WHICH IS
LITERALLY LESS THAN 33 CENTS IT'S REALLY FUN TO GO TO THESE MUSEUMS AND IT'S ALSO REALLY COOL TO SEE
THE ENERGY INSIDE THE TOWN SQUARE I LOVE HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE JUST SO EXCITED TO MEET FOREIGNERS I'VE
ALWAYS SAID THAT THE BEST PART OF TRAVEL ISN'T JUST THE FOOD OR THE SITES BUT IT'S THE PEOPLE YOU
MEET AND I'VE ALREADY MET SOME REALLY COOL PEOPLE TODAY I KEEP WALKING AROUND AND MEET THESE LOCALS
WHO ARE FILMING A TICK TOCK AND WE CHAT A LITTLE LET ME JUST SAY ITS YOUNG POPULATION LOVES TIK TOK
AND I SEE PEOPLE AROUND THE CITY DOING DANCES ON THEIR SELFIE STICK TRIPODS NEXT I SEE ALL THESE
KINDS OF STREET ARTISTS DRESSED IN COSTUMES AND I DECIDE TO TAKE A PICTURE WITH THIS LADY
I ASKED HER HOW MUCH FOR THE PRICE AND SHE SAYS IT'S TOTALLY DONATION BASED PICTURE WITH THE LADY
ONE DOLLAR TIME PASSES FAST AND I'M PRETTY HUNGRY AND MY FRIEND RECOMMENDS A RESTAURANT TO GET
THERE I GET A TAXI EVERYONE MOVES AROUND HERE ON MOTORBIKES BUT I'M A BIT SCARED ABOUT HOPPING ON
ONE SO I'M STICKING TO CARS FOR NOW THE PRICE TWO DOLLARS AT THE RESTAURANT I ORDER A KE-DONG-DONG
JUICE DRINK THE PRICE OF THIS JUICE IS TWO DOLLARS AND I WENT ON GOOGLE TO SEE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE
THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE FROM THE OUTSIDE IT KIND OF REMINDS YOU OF AN AVOCADO FOR MY MAIN MEAL
I ORDER A LOCAL DISH CALLED NILA KUA WARASAN IT'S BASICALLY A SOUR AND SPICY FISH DISH MIXED WITH
FRESH HERBS AND SAUCES AND IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE VERY RICH IN NUTRIENTS IT'S ONE BIG FISH AND THEY
CUT IT IN HALF SO THIS IS THE TAIL END AND THEN THE HEAD IS IN THE IN THE BROTH AS WELL THE PRICE
FOUR DOLLARS THAT IS REALLY GOOD IT TASTES REALLY LIKE HEARTY AND HOMEMADE AS WELL
OKAY I WANT TO GO TO MY NEXT DESTINATION BUT THERE'S QUITE A LOT OF TRAFFIC SO I DECIDE TO
FACE MY FEARS AND HOP ON A MOTORBIKE NOT GONNA LIE IT'S A REALLY FUN EXPERIENCE AND A QUICK WAY TO
GET TO YOUR DESTINATION WHILE DISCOVERING THE CITY FROM A DIFFERENT UNIQUE ANGLE 20 MINUTE RIDE ON A
MOTORBIKE ONE DOLLAR I DECIDE TO VISIT THIS MOSQUE CALLED ISTIKLAO ALMOST 90 OF THE POPULATION IN
INDONESIA IS MUSLIM SO I WANTED TO COME CHECK OUT THIS MOSQUE AND IT'S ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL AND OF
COURSE BECAUSE IT'S A HOUSE OF WORSHIP IT'S FREE TO ENTER IT'S THE LARGEST MOSQUE IN SOUTHEAST ASIA
AND THE SIXTH LARGEST MOSQUE IN THE WORLD OUTSIDE OF THE MOSQUE AND NEXT TO THE STREET I SEE A LOT
OF LOCAL SHOPS AND I GET MYSELF A COCONUT BUT TO BE HONEST IT'S NOT THAT GOOD I'VE HAD SO MUCH
BETTER IN BALI FOR CHEAPER AND THERE'S REALLY HOT COCONUT WATER INSIDE THE PRICE IS ONE DOLLAR JUST
ACROSS FROM THE MOSQUE YOU HAVE THIS BEAUTIFUL CATHEDRAL AND IT'S REALLY NICE IT'S REALLY COOL
THAT IT'S IN THE SAME PLACE SHOWS THE OPENNESS AND DIVERSITY OF RELIGION HERE IN INDONESIA NEXT I
TAKE A TUK-TUK I FEEL A LOT SAFER THAN BEING ON A BEAR MOTORBIKE AND IT'S STILL A GREAT AND FAST WAY
TO SEE THE CITY TEN MINUTES AND IT TOOK TOOK TWO DOLLARS I ARRIVED TO 132 METERS MONAS TOWER THIS
SYMBOLIZES THE FIGHT FOR INDONESIA IT IS THE NATIONAL MONUMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA
THAT WAS BUILT TO COMMEMORATE THE STRUGGLE FOR INDONESIA'S INDEPENDENCE IT'S ACTUALLY REALLY
BEAUTIFUL AND IT KIND OF REMINDS ME OF A SITE I WOULD SEE IN WASHINGTON DC OR PARIS BUT HERE'S THE
BAD NEWS OR BECAUSE IT CLOSES AT 5 00 P.M AND I ARRIVED AFTER THAT I'M SO SAD I THINK IT'S CLOSED
IT'S ABOUT SIX O'CLOCK AND I THINK IT'S ALREADY CLOSED I'M SO SAD BECAUSE THIS IS SO BEAUTIFUL
AND I READ THAT THIS IS A MUST-SEE IN JAKARTA IT'S GETTING DARK BUT EVERYONE SAYS THE COFFEE
CULTURE IS BOOMING IN JAKARTA SO I GO TO THIS HIP COFFEE SHOP AND I GET MYSELF AN ICED DRINK
MADE OF LOCAL INDONESIAN COFFEE BEANS THIS IS A REALLY COOL COFFEE SHOP THERE'S A COUPLE LOCATIONS
AROUND JAKARTA I ORDERED AN ICE LATTE WITH BEANS COFFEE BEANS FROM HERE IN INDONESIA HERE IT IS THE
ICED COFFEE LET'S GIVE THIS A TRY AND ONE THING THAT'S SO INTERESTING I'VE NEVER SEEN THIS BEFORE
EVEN THOUGH YOU GET IT ICE THEY PUT IT ON A PAPER CUP SO NO PLASTICS HERE THEY'VE MADE A PLEDGE TO
GO SUSTAINABLE SO IT'S ALL PAPER CUP UM EVEN THOUGH IT'S ICE WHICH IS WEIRD BUT COOL
IN TERMS OF SUSTAINABILITY LET'S GIVE THIS A TRY THAT IS DELICIOUS THE PRICE TWO DOLLARS
NOW I'M WALKING AROUND AND HEAR MUSIC SO I HAVE TO GO CHECK IT OUT AND THAT HONESTLY
MIGHT BE THE HIGHLIGHT OF MY DAY BECAUSE I SEE THIS INDONESIAN KID HAVING A CONCERT
I LOVE HIS CONFIDENCE AND HE REALLY REMINDS ME OF JUSTIN BIEBER IN 2009
LET ME KNOW IN THE COMMENTS IF YOU FEEL THE SAME VIBE THE PRICE FREE I LOVE THE VIBES OF
A SATURDAY NIGHT IN INDONESIA ALL RIGHT IT'S TIME FOR DINNER AND MY BARISTA TOLD ME THAT
THERE'S A COOL KIND OF OUTDOOR FOOD COURT NEAR HERE I GET THERE AND SEE THIS NICE BAND PLAYING
IT'S A VERY NICE LOCAL VIBE I CAN'T LET MY DAY IN INDONESIA PASS WITHOUT HAVING AN ICONIC NASI
GORENG NASI GORENG IS CONSIDERED THEIR NATIONAL DISH ALTHOUGH IT'S EATEN AROUND THE REGION THE
PRICE TWO DOLLARS SHE ASKED ME SPICY I SAID NO SPICY AND THIS IS SO FREAKING SPICY BUT MAYBE
YOU KNOW SPICE IS ALL RELATIVE FOR HER SO FOR HER MAYBE THIS IS MILD OR A LITTLE SPICE BUT
FOR ME THIS IS A LOT ON MY WALK BACK TO THE HOTEL IN THE SAME AREA I FIND THIS KIND OF COFFEE TRUCK
THAT'S BLASTING MUSIC SO I ORDER MYSELF THIS DRINK BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE SOMETHING SWEET THIS DRINK IS
A MIX OF PALM SUGAR LEMONADE SYRUP AND APPLE CIDER VINEGAR THAT'S TOPPED WITH JELLY FRUITS
THE PRICE TWO DOLLARS I'M NOT GONNA LIE THIS IS WAY WAY WAY TOO SWEET I FEEL LIKE I NEED
A GALLON OF WATER TO DILUTE IT IN BUT I'M STILL GLAD I CAME TO EXPERIENCE THIS I DID IT I SPENT
20 DOLLARS IN ONE DAY IN JAKARTA I DEFINITELY DIDN'T BREAK THE BANK AND IF YOU'RE COMING FROM
CERTAIN COUNTRIES LIKE THE UK OR SINGAPORE YOUR BUYING POWER IS AMAZING HERE IN INDONESIA ONE
OF THE REASONS THAT I LOVE THIS COUNTRY SO MUCH IS BECAUSE OF THE PEOPLE THE PEOPLE ARE SO WARM
SO GENUINE AND SO HAPPY AND IT REALLY MAKES YOU REALIZE LIKE SOMETIMES HOW LITTLE YOU NEED UM TO
BE HAPPY BECAUSE MOST OF THE PEOPLE THAT I'VE MET TODAY YOU KNOW MAYBE THEY'RE SELLING FOOD ON THE
SIDE OF A STREET OR SOMETHING AND ULTIMATELY THAT IS ONE OF THE REASONS THAT I TRAVEL IS
NOT JUST THE FOOD OR THE EXPERIENCES BUT THE PEOPLE I MEET AND I PROMISE YOU THAT THE PEOPLE
YOU MEET IN INDONESIA ARE SOME OF THE WARMEST AND MOST GENUINE KINDEST PEOPLE YOU WILL EVER FIND LET
ME KNOW IN THE COMMENTS WHAT YOU THOUGHT ABOUT INDONESIA AND WHERE SHOULD I GO NEXT AND WHAT'S
MY BUDGET DON'T FORGET TO CHECK OUT MY OTHER EPISODES LIKE 30 DAY IN BALI OR 100 DAY IN DUBAI
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