welcome to Indonesia
hello welcome to another traveling solo log it's me solo back at you with another video
about Indonesia so I was recently in Indonesia for about one month so I want to give you my honest
opinion about being Indonesia as an American traveler and just you know let you know how
it is just to be in Indonesia just in case if you do want to travel there so as always please
smash the like button and subscribe and I'll just jump in it so first of all let me give you some
facts about Indonesia just in case you don't know about it Indonesia is located in Asia it's one of
the most populous countries in the world it's actually ranks as number four it has around 280
million people yes that's a lot of people and also the country has many islands it has about
17 500 Islands so there's a lot of islands a lot of things to explore most of the people identify
themselves as Muslim around 87 percent of people identify themselves as Muslim and then they'll
rust 13 identify them as other religions such as Buddhists Hindus Christianity and other religions
it does have a lot of ethnic groups to it too I heard it has around 600 different ethnic groups
a lot of things to explore about the country when I was in Indonesia I went to one of the largest
Islands there called the Java Island and I went to the capital city called Jakarta you don't know
Jakarta Jakarta also has millions of people it's estimated that has around 11 million people in
order to arrive to Indonesia let me talk to you about it real quick that depending what country
you're from you could possibly get a Visa upon arrival I'm from America and I got a Visa upon
arrival depending on what country you're from you might want to check online and just see if
you could obtain a Visa upon arrival and the Visa plan arrival is valid for 30 days so that's what I
got and I I paid for it around 500 000 Indonesian rupiah which around 30 some dollars but the price
on the screen see that's what I got as an American so when I went from the airport you have some a
few options to go from Jakarta airport to the city center you can take a train you could take
a bus or you take a taxi depending what you want to do I'd say the fastest the most efficient way
to go from Jakarta airport to Jakarta City Center is to take a train because Jakarta does get very
busy with traffic jams and so you can be stuck in traffic for an hour two hours just depending what
time you arrive in Jakarta so keep that in mind a lot of traffic jams in the city so let me talk
to you about a little bit about my experience so when I was in Jakarta I stayed in a hotel around
a three-star hotel I paid around 15 on average per night and you can see from the video it's pretty
nice hotel spacious it was next to the National Monument that you can see over here was pretty
nice Monument so I advise if you do go to Jakarta because of the traffic jams come somewhere in the
city center there are parts of the city that were very developed very new nice big malls
there's also some parts of the city that wasn't really developed so Jakarta you kind of get like
the best of like both worlds in a way like you see developers and undeveloped Parts well let me talk
to you about the transportation in Jakarta real quick so getting around Jakarta could be a little
bit hectic because you know you don't want to be caught up in traffic why did most of the time was
I used grab which is similar to Uber that I just booked a grab and you can either book A book a
motorbike I advise you to do a motorbike if you're one person maybe it's not as safe but it's a lot
faster because you just weave through traffic or you get a grab car if you don't want to do that
and you want to take public transportation they have buses they have a new Metro System that runs
from the center of the city to the southern part of the city they have other metros too that runs
certain parts of the city as well so they have a lot of public transportation but just keep in mind
that Jakarta is known for it's traffic I know I said traffic a lot but maybe you want to go
distance like two three kilometers you might be stuck in the car for like 20 minutes so that's
something to keep in mind I want to talk to you about like Indonesians in general of how I felt
being in the country the people were friendly I had a good time there every person I met for the
most part were friendly but keep in mind it's a very populated country in also City so Jakarta
you have to watch out for your safety so if you have like some valuables with you just make sure
it's like securely in your pocket and if you're running the public transportation maybe you want
to put your backpack in front of you because uh the people are very friendly for the most part but
you know just because it's a big city any big city you just have to watch out for your belongings the
food the food is amazing they have this one thing called Satay which is like barbecued meat you get
like barbecued meat like chicken or beef I went with the chicken once it's called saute am so
delicious and I went to one street vendor I paid for about like less than two dollars for some like
10 chicken skewers of barbecue meat with some rice it has that peanut sauce oh so good they
also have a nice dessert food street food called mortabach so I advise you guys try it out so
uh Jakarta or even Indonesia has a lot of different types of foods street foods to try out
and very affordable prices I also tried out their one of their famous national dishes called Nancy
udak which I paid I think around like four dollars for that a little bit on the pricier side but for
me as being American it wasn't that pricey so that in Indonesia they have a lot of affordable
prices if I want to talk to you about how I like being in Indonesia I thought it was nice Jakarta
is a massive City lots of things to do that a lot of different shopping malls I was impressed they
had like this one wholesale shopping mall that I showed you guys too and all the things that
I'm telling you guys just go to the videos on my channel and you have more of like a description
of like how certain things are in Jakarta if you do come to Indonesia I advise you go to Jakarta
which is the capital city which I went to and then also go to Bali which is a beautiful island
unfortunately this time I wasn't able to go to Bali and other places in Indonesia and if you're
from Indonesia let people know down below what areas should they explore because it's a massive
country and and even like one of the islands called Borneo Island I hope I'm pronouncing
it right it's uh borders with Malaysia and also Brunei so if you go to Indonesia there's a lot
of things to see a lot of you know if you want to go to the neighboring countries you go to
the neighboring countries just uh I had a good time there I plan on going back to Indonesia
pretty soon I don't know when exactly but if I do go back there I'd love to check out more of
the islands I heard they have Komodo Island which is famous for the Komodo dragon if you don't know
yeah there's just so many different Islands so if you like Island life and you see a lot of Nature
and stuff Indonesia is the place to go to and also they do have a lot of you know major cities in a
nutshell I think Indonesia is a friendly country affordable one dollar equals around fifteen
thousand of their money so you could get meals for like two dollars accommodation was pretty
reasonable about three star hotel 15 a night if you're wondering how much I spent there spent
around I would say in one month I spent around 800 which is pretty reasonable for me being a traveler
some countries I spend a lot more some countries a little bit less but yeah 800 so uh if you're from
Indonesia let me know more facts about the country let us know in the comment section down below
and that's all I want to cover real quick just a quick little video as always smash
the like button subscribe and I'll catch you on next one peace guys