Can anybody recommend any reasonably-prices places to stay in the M Blok area of Jakarta? Im looking
to spend under $20/nite and am looking for a basic accomodation. I do not want to stay in that backpackers
area of Jakarta, if it can be avoided. Also, what is the best way from the airport to the M BLOK area? Is there
a bus, or is taxi the only option? Thank you!
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There is an OK looking small hotel on the west side of Blok M, roughly facing Blok M Plaza.
It is on Jalan Panglima Polim... the big one that becomes Fatmawati a bit further south after you cross Jl. Melawai.
I guess it would be around 200,000 or so. Can't remember its name, sorry.
You could also look on http://www.goindotel.com/</a>, they may have something. You can email them - their rates are very good usually, but they do not always reply.
The area is likely to be given as Kebayoran Baru rather than Blok M.
There are 2 branches of Hotel Melawai which may be in that price range or a bit more (I am just guessing):
- an older one on Jalan Melawi, formerly called the Interhouse and famous for its massage parlour (but also used as a resular hotel)
- a newer one, looks nice, just down a side street roughly opposite. It may be called Hotel Melawi II.
These two are listed on http://wikitravel.org/en/Jakarta/South</a>:<BR> Juseny, Jl. Senayan 29, Block S, Kebayoran Baru, Jakarta Selatan 12190. Tel.: (62)(21) 720 6565. Fax.: (62)(21) 7208304. Class: 1 star. Price: approx. US$ 16/person.
Kebayoran Inn. Jl. Senayan 87, Kebayoran Baru, Jakarta 12180. Tel.: (62)(21) 724-6208. Fax: (62)(21) 739-8926. Price: approx. US$ 21/person.
I don't know them or that street.
#1 Radson: There are reasons to stay there. Shopping from the posh plazas down to the street markets (including the flower and animal/pet markets nearby). Japanese and Korean restaurants in "little Tokyo". Dodgy expat bars in Jalan Falatahan. Good transport links including the Busway. Cinemas, 10 pin bowling, etc.
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