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Anyone live or spent time in Jakarta?

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emmajb Joined: Sep 04 Points: 8 Posts: 2 Posted: 2004-09-21 15:05:00    Hi people! I am on my gap year after finishing university, and am planning to travel and get work experience over the next year. I have just been offered a job in Jakarta for 4 months but I don't kow anything about the area and any info I have found so far seems to be a bit scary since I will be going alone and am from the UK! I would really apreciate any advice from those who have any personal experience of the city - whether it would be safe to go and work there alone for that time and what it is like etc. Thanks Emma Reply    Reply with quote    Contact emmajb   wreckit2 Joined: Jul 04 Points: 251 Posts: 21 Posted: 2004-10-13 18:39:00    Dear Emma, Jakarta is a relatively dangerours city. Crime, bribery is rampant in the city, Bombs, massive ones by terrorists happens all too often. Although people living in Jakarta may not agree wth my opinion, I have avoided this city in my travels for more than a year (I used to travel there for business monthly). Never move around on your own without a local friend !! Reply    Reply with quote    Contact wreckit2   emmajb Joined: Sep 04 Points: 8 Posts: 2 Posted: 2004-10-14 22:35:00    Thanks so much or the advice. I had heard mixed reports about the region in books and on the net but it is hard to work out what has been exagerated and what has not been mentioned. I did have a bad feeling about going there on my own but you've helped me make up my mind not to risk it! Thanks again! Reply    Reply with quote    Contact emmajb