[3 days, 1 night] Jakarta weekend travel guide and experience

📅Itinerary Schedule ☀️Saturday, June 19, 2023 🛫 Depart Narita Airport at 11:00 on JL725 and arrive at Jakarta International Airport at 16:50✈️. After immigration procedures, we went straight to the hotel and checked in🏨. After that, we enjoyed our first Indonesian meal at a local restaurant🍴✨. The spicy and fragrant food was even more delicious than we expected! ☀️Sunday, June 20, 2023 🕗 Get up early and start sightseeing! 1️⃣Monas (Independence Monument) 🗼 A 132-meter-tall monument that can be said to be the symbol of Jakarta. The golden tip of the tower is eye-catching and beautiful! From the observation deck, you can see the whole cityscape of Jakarta🌆. It is a place with historical significance. 2️⃣Istiqlal Mosque 🕌 The largest mosque in Southeast Asia, I was amazed by its overwhelming scale✨. The splendor of Islamic architecture and the tranquil atmosphere are soothing. Non-Muslims can also visit, so it was a good opportunity to learn about multiculturalism😊. 3️⃣Jakarta Cathedral ⛪ A beautiful Gothic-style church located right across from Istiqlal Mosque. The white walls and tall spires are impressive, and the sight of different religious facilities next to each other made me feel the diversity of Jakarta✨. 🌇 In the afternoon, I went to an area where shopping malls are concentrated! There is a wide range of shops, from luxury brand stores to local general stores, and window shopping is also fun🎁. I enjoyed afternoon tea at a cafe and soothed my travel fatigue☕🍰. In the evening, I departed Jakarta on flight JL726 departing at 21:55🛫. I spent the night on board🌅. ☀️Monday, June 21, 2023 7:25am. Arrived in Japan. 💡Travel impressions 🌏 A casual trip across the equator for 2 nights and 3 days! Jakarta was a more charming city than I expected. Three things I felt: 1. 🍛 The food was delicious! Everything was delicious, including the nasi goreng and satay. 2. 🚧 Infrastructure is under construction. The city is modernizing, but there are still many areas that are still developing. 3. 🤝 People are very kind! I was helped many times by the warmth of the local people. 🌟 However, I felt that it was a city with a very large gap between rich and poor. The luxurious areas were as good as any big city in the world, while the old areas were like a provincial city in Japan in the 1990s. I was surprised that this contrast was next to each other, separated by a single wall😮. My personal ranking of major cities in Southeast Asia: Singapore 🇸🇬 > Bangkok 🇹🇭 > Kuala Lumpur 🇲🇾 > Manila 🇵🇭 > Ho Chi Minh 🇻🇳 > Jakarta 🇮🇩 > Hanoi 🇻🇳 🤣 One last thing... 💸 The number of zeros in the Indonesian rupiah is confusing! I couldn't put my calculator down every time I paid (lol). #Traveling Abroad #Jakarta #Jakarta Tourism #Jakarta Airport