Originally Posted by GibSpmuh
Well at least the Hotel Horison in Bekasi is close to the mall, as there's not a whole lot of interest in Bekasi itself (mostly an industrial city that's become part of the Jakarta metro area).
On the plus side, it's not too far from Bekasi into Jakarta if looking for something more exciting, well so long as you travel outside of rush hour anyway (they know how to do traffic jams in Jakarta, that's for sure
). Later at night and on weekends it would be closer to 30 minutes than 1 hour from Bekasi into Jakarta.
Bekasi is on the right side of town to head up towards Bandung for a weekend escape as well, get some cleaner air into the lungs.
. Down side is it's on the wrong side of Jakarta for quick trips away flying to other parts of Indonesia - that trek out to the airport can be a killer with traffic.
Hopefully your husband gets the chance to get some spare time to look around Indonesia though, it's certainly an underrated destination.
He is hoping to get out a little and see Indonesia. We have a German friend who also works for the same company, that married an Indonesian woman, and they live close to Bali. He wants to get over to see him while he is there. Also, the other tech is from our Singapore office and he is fluent in the language, so he will act as tour giude and interpreter while there. He has promised to take my hubby around to see the island they are on.
Do you happen to know if the Hotel Horison has high speed Internet? The only site I can find for it, is through Asia Travels and has not been updated since 2004. We are to the understanding that this is a popular "chain" and should have it, but would like to confirm it.
Thanks for the reply!