I'm back in Jakarta, the largest city and the capital of Indonesia.

I was here, previously, in 2019 when I had a 24 hour stopover in the city. I made the most of that day by visiting Dufan, the large amusement park in the Ancol entertainment area ([ Ссылка ]).

This time I hope to spend a little bit longer in Jakarta and explore the city.

On the last visit, I remember how bad the traffic was to and from the airport. So, this time I decided to travel by train to save both time and money. There's a modern train that runs from Jakarta's Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, right into the city centre.

At just 70,000 rupiah (just over $4) the train was much better than I expected. Spacious, clean, air conditioned and with leather seats.

I was more than happy with my decision to travel by train. When you take a taxi, you can't make friends, like I did during the train journey. Some local Indonesians were very helpful in giving me suggestions on places to visit and things to eat during my stay in their country.

My hotel in Jakarta was located near a train station on the commuter line. The airport line only stops at a few big stations, then you can switch the commuter line easily enough, although I did have to buy a card to load money onto. You can't just buy a ticket for a single journey.

I enjoyed the short ride on the commuter train with a sunset view of the Jakarta skyline. I had hoped to get to my hotel well before evening, considering that my flight was scheduled to land at 1 p.m. but with all that hassle at the airport with being made to download contact tracing apps and a huge queue for Visa on Arrival, that didn't happen.

Fortunately I still made it to my hotel, the "DoubleTree by Hilton - Diponegoro" in the Cikini area, just before the swimming pool was closing, so I got to enjoy a good swim to end the long travel adventure that started in Dubai.

0:00 Jakarta Airport
5:26 Airport Train
17:41 Commuter Train
22:48 DoubleTree Hotel

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