There's no such thing as a free lunch...Or is there?

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It's official. The next president of Indonesia is former army general Prabowo Subianto. Quite how the next five years will pan out is anyone's guess but hopefully the foreign pundits who always bring up his dodgy human rights record will be proven wrong. Nonetheless, on policy making, Prabowo's popularist move to literally offer the poor 'a free lunch' every day of the week does not augur well for the future. Such a policy - if it ever came to fruition - would cost a phenomenal amount of money and likely lead to huge inefficiencies (food waste) and poor incentives (make people lazy). Another concern is Prabowo's strong nationalist bent. Thus, in the possible event that he finds himself with his back against the proverbial wall in the face of stern economic challenges, there is a big chance that he will simply scapegoat foreigners. But he will have to be careful. Construction of the new capital city, Nusantara, for example, is highly dependent on foreign in

Hotel Travel, Mangga Besar

Holy crap! What is that?

Hotel Travel, Mangga Besar

There’s one thing you can say about this place – you’re never gonna mistake it for somewhere else!!!

Well certainly not another hotel.

But the preposterously large edifice of this modern day sleaze den – my picture doesn’t do it justice – does bare a striking similarity to Kota’s wonderful old art deco railway station.

And like the old railway station, Hotel Travel is also a place where you will be taken on a journey to some far away land - although the summit (or climax?) - will probably be reached in less time than it takes for you to get on the old train from Jakarta to Bogor!

Cited as “possibly the most sordid and disreputable venue in the whole of Jakarta” (and that takes some doing I can tell you!), the hotel’s “great value for money” and “exceptional quality of service” keeps the punters coming back for more.

How whorrific (sic) some might say.

Even if that’s the main attraction! Hahaha!

Travel Hotel Jakarta
Jalan Mangga Besar VIII, No. 21
Phone: (021) 6012721

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