Part 1 - Bali
After a week out at sea scuba diving in Komodo, I went to Bali and then Jakarta for sightseeing, culture and mongering fun. Actually my first three days in Bali was over in the little island of Nusa Penida for more diving so I wasn't really into mongering mode until I returned to the Bali main island in Sanur after that. There were two nights in Ubud too which was pure sightseeing so I won't bother getting into that.
For Bali, I know that there are freelancers in the clubs in the main party district of Kuta but that's really not my scene as I wanted to stay in a quieter area. I also know that there are local dudes on motorcycles who will show you photos of girls on their phones and offer to bring them to you. I encountered one of these guys in Sanur where I was staying. I read that the going rate is around 1 million Indonesian which is about $78 Canadian but didn't want to go this route.
Instead, for the only one single night I planned to monger in Bali, I chose to check out X houses which were within minutes walking distance of the homestay I had booked in Sanur. So I first went to the two behind the Circle K which are the ones most written about. They are accessed by an alleyway just on the left of Circle K. Once I got to the back area, there are several small buildings and the two X houses each have one building with a fishbowl type of window where immediately inside are the girls sitting on benches. I doubt these are one way windows so I'm pretty sure the girls can see what's going on outside where there are several local guys milling about just looking at the girls. The girls are mostly under 30 with a range of body types from slim to slightly chunky. Several were actually attractive enough but in general they all looked pretty bored which was quite different from a typical fishbowl at a Thai soapy massage venue where some of the girls smile or even wave at you to try and get your attention.
The papasan at the larger X house outside quoted my 500 to 800 Indonesian which I know is overquoting a tourist. I told him that I read it was more like 400 and walked away. After a few minutes he followed me outside and said okay he can offer some girls at 400. By that time I was already near the window of the other X house which had fewer girls and the papasan there quoted 500 Indonesian. I didn't really like any of the girls there so I decided to leave for another X house about another two blocks away down the road to the east near a scuba diving shop.
This other X house was also accessed by an alleyway and once this back area opened up to a few small buildings, I found the one with the window where more local guys were hanging around. This time it was a mamasan outside. In my observation, there didn't seem to be much action among any of the X houses even though local guys were around. Maybe it was just a place to hang out and local prices were still too high for them to pull girls on a regular basis. Anyway, I saw maybe about 20 girls on benches here and again most looked bored or were just chatting with each other not paying any attention to us. The mamasan quoted me 400-500 Indonesian depending on the girl. From what I can see, most were in the 500 range while a few bigger girls were in the 400 range. At least these rates were more in line from my prior limited research of X houses.
I decided on a young one at 500 Indonesian which is about $39 Canadian and the mamasan told me I have about an hour or one shot. After I paid the mamasan, the girl took me deeper into the complex of small buildings, picture a bunch of army barracks where all the session rooms were with each one having an exterior entrance door. Once inside the room, it was quite barren but at least was a decent size. The washroom inside was a joke though. The tub was not really usable and its faucet had a hose attached to it. This is what the girl used to wash me and at one point the hose actually detached from the faucet so she had to quickly reattach it back. But at least there was soap, water and towels.
I actually had a surprisingly decent GFE session with this girl. I learned that she was from Sumatra region of Indonesia so she came here from quite a distance. This girl here in Bali ended up being my favourite one on my Indonesia tour beating out the four I had in Jakarta later on. I do plan on returning to Bali in the future for more diving and I'll give these X houses another go.
Part 2 - Jakarta
The final stop on my Indonesia tour was Jakarta and it was my second time there. On my first visit two years ago, all I did was the Terminal 2 club at Classic Hotel. Since I had four nights in Jakarta, I wanted to return to Terminal 2 again but also visit the club at Hotel Travel as well as the Terminal 5 club also at the Classic Hotel complex just to compare them all.
For my first night, I walked over to Terminal 2 from Heef Hotel since I didn't want to stay at Classic Hotel this time (I think I got some bed bugs there last time). I liked Heef Hotel except that the odd mosquito got into my room at night. Anyway, upon arrival at Terminal 2, after the security check, I was given a numbered bracelet which all my drinks and session fees will be charged on. Same familiar scene at Terminal 2 when I arrived around 8:30 pm except this time around, the band as well as DJ played at higher volume levels than I recalled from two years ago. Also, there were lots of Chinese tourists all smoking away. This combination of loudness and smoke would later do me in for my Jakarta stay.
Anyway, the mamasans were just as aggressive as my trip two years ago about bringing your girls right away. I expected this so I just waved them off telling them I just wanted to walk around a bit. The club was filled with lots of girls, mostly average but certainly enough lookers for my taste. All young and dressed up for partying. The mamasans were going crazy with their laser pointers all night parading girls, sometimes 10-15 of them at a time to tables of guys. So girls were going back and forth from their rows of benches through the club to various tables of guys all night. This was actually a pretty cool scene to watch as high heels kept clicking by all night.
If one mamasan's group of girls did not appear to catch any of the dudes' eyes, another mamasan would soon bring her group of girls around. The girls must get tired of being paraded around like this but I'm sure it gives them higher chances of getting a session than just staying seated on the benches all night. Not surprisingly, most of the girls looked bored until they were actually picked by a guy.
At one point, one of the mamasans asked me if I was ready for a girl yet and I told her the place was way too loud. So she took my hand and walked me over to a side sofa area which was further away from the loudspeakers and of course proceeded to bring me girls. Sometimes they will bring you just one or two girls instead of an entire pack and this mamasan brought me this one girl which I actually found acceptable to me. So I decided to pick her and paid the mamasan 375,000 Indonesian or $29 Canadian. The girl took me down through the maze of internal rooms until we got to an available one. I tell you, if you haven't been to Classic Hotel, the entire complex is quite impressive. Almost like the FKK clubs in Germany which has large night club areas and then onsite rooms in another section of the building. The session rooms here are quite nice with ensuite showers but they do not have toilets so it's advisable to make a trip to the club washrooms prior to sessioning.
Without getting into specifics, I had a decent session with this girl although it started with cbj after the shower. Don't expect much GFE with these girls but at the rates they charge, I wouldn't complain that much. I understand that more services could be negotiated with these girls but I didn't bother. After my session, I paid for any other club charges at the cashier and left as I had enough of the loud volume and smoke.
For night 2, I took a Grab motorbike to the club at Hotel Travel which is a similar club to Terminal 2 at Classic Hotel. It's a smaller club with a different layout. Same procedure with numbered bracelets. The nightclub area is smaller and there is a large back room where all the girls are hanging out on multiple couches. Patrons are allowed to walk in there and mamasans will be waiting to show you girls. Like at Terminal 2, they also parade groups of girls from this back room to the nightclub area to the tables of guys there. At least the music volume was lower than at Terminal 2 although still just as smoky.
Similar price at 375,000 Indonesian from what I can recall so I took a girl here for a session. Similar experience as at Terminal 2 but my girl here at Hotel Travel had a bit of an attitude. All these girls are not shy about asking for a tip at the end of the session. I was about to hand out a small tip to this girl and she demanded more. I didn't think her session warranted any extra since it was non-GFE and she actually got pissed off that I didn't give her a bigger tip and stormed back to the nightclub area -- whatever.
For night 3, I decided to try out Terminal 5 at the Classic Hotel complex. This is a separate club from Terminal 2 although I'm sure they are both connected somehow. Terminal 5 is accessed from the elevators and there is a guy inside it that operates it (don't know why this is even necessary). As soon as the elevator opens on floor 5, there are security guys waiting to take you to the club entrance. Same numbered bracelet setup. The club layout is a bit different with just two sections of rows where the girls are seated and the nightclub area faces them. It's a smaller club than Terminal 2 and less crowded too which was good for me. Music volume was also lower.
I think the mamasans here were a bit more easy going too than the ones at Terminal 2 and Hotel Travel so overall was a more relaxed atmosphere for me. I think session rates were the same or at least very similar. I don't even know if Terminal 2 and Terminal 5 share the same complex of session rooms or not. But overall session was similar here with girls about same overall quality as in the other clubs, just better atmosphere for me.
For my final night, I decided to return to Terminal 2 which is the biggest of all these clubs. Did a session here but I think I should have gone back to Terminal 5 instead because four consecutive nights of loud noise and smoke really got to me. During the daytime Jakarta had very poor air quality too (confirmed with online reports). So my entire stay in Jakarta was breathing in pollution which resulted in some coughing I had for a few days later.
I like the concept of these Jakarta clubs and the vision of groups of girls being paraded around is really a sight to see. But the air pollution outside in the city as well as inside these clubs is just too much. Unlike in Bali, there's not much to see or do as far as touristy things in Jakarta although the food scene is quite good. The session rates especially for young slim girls of this quality are unbeatable and the best mongering deal in southeast Asia (or likely in the world). But the music volume, especially at Terminal 2 is so unnecessary. I wish there was a similar club that play just quieter lounge music or jazz which would make the overall experience so much better plus you could actually converse with others easier inside.
Because of the overall atmosphere of these clubs (smoke and way too loud music) along with the city's bad air pollution, this might be my final trip to Jakarta. For those of you guys who do smoke and enjoy a loud nightclub atmosphere, Jakarta would be a decent place to monger. Imagine 150 girls you can see in real life and a team of mamasans actively bringing them over to your table for sessions starting at $29 Canadian. You can get two girls for about $50 Canadian from what I was offered. Although I'm returning to Indonesia, I think I can bypass Jakarta and just travel through Denpasar in Bali for international connections. Jakarta is a real shithole of a city in my view and even the low rates of available girls at these clubs are not enough to bring me back.
After a week out at sea scuba diving in Komodo, I went to Bali and then Jakarta for sightseeing, culture and mongering fun. Actually my first three days in Bali was over in the little island of Nusa Penida for more diving so I wasn't really into mongering mode until I returned to the Bali main island in Sanur after that. There were two nights in Ubud too which was pure sightseeing so I won't bother getting into that.
For Bali, I know that there are freelancers in the clubs in the main party district of Kuta but that's really not my scene as I wanted to stay in a quieter area. I also know that there are local dudes on motorcycles who will show you photos of girls on their phones and offer to bring them to you. I encountered one of these guys in Sanur where I was staying. I read that the going rate is around 1 million Indonesian which is about $78 Canadian but didn't want to go this route.
Instead, for the only one single night I planned to monger in Bali, I chose to check out X houses which were within minutes walking distance of the homestay I had booked in Sanur. So I first went to the two behind the Circle K which are the ones most written about. They are accessed by an alleyway just on the left of Circle K. Once I got to the back area, there are several small buildings and the two X houses each have one building with a fishbowl type of window where immediately inside are the girls sitting on benches. I doubt these are one way windows so I'm pretty sure the girls can see what's going on outside where there are several local guys milling about just looking at the girls. The girls are mostly under 30 with a range of body types from slim to slightly chunky. Several were actually attractive enough but in general they all looked pretty bored which was quite different from a typical fishbowl at a Thai soapy massage venue where some of the girls smile or even wave at you to try and get your attention.
The papasan at the larger X house outside quoted my 500 to 800 Indonesian which I know is overquoting a tourist. I told him that I read it was more like 400 and walked away. After a few minutes he followed me outside and said okay he can offer some girls at 400. By that time I was already near the window of the other X house which had fewer girls and the papasan there quoted 500 Indonesian. I didn't really like any of the girls there so I decided to leave for another X house about another two blocks away down the road to the east near a scuba diving shop.
This other X house was also accessed by an alleyway and once this back area opened up to a few small buildings, I found the one with the window where more local guys were hanging around. This time it was a mamasan outside. In my observation, there didn't seem to be much action among any of the X houses even though local guys were around. Maybe it was just a place to hang out and local prices were still too high for them to pull girls on a regular basis. Anyway, I saw maybe about 20 girls on benches here and again most looked bored or were just chatting with each other not paying any attention to us. The mamasan quoted me 400-500 Indonesian depending on the girl. From what I can see, most were in the 500 range while a few bigger girls were in the 400 range. At least these rates were more in line from my prior limited research of X houses.
I decided on a young one at 500 Indonesian which is about $39 Canadian and the mamasan told me I have about an hour or one shot. After I paid the mamasan, the girl took me deeper into the complex of small buildings, picture a bunch of army barracks where all the session rooms were with each one having an exterior entrance door. Once inside the room, it was quite barren but at least was a decent size. The washroom inside was a joke though. The tub was not really usable and its faucet had a hose attached to it. This is what the girl used to wash me and at one point the hose actually detached from the faucet so she had to quickly reattach it back. But at least there was soap, water and towels.
I actually had a surprisingly decent GFE session with this girl. I learned that she was from Sumatra region of Indonesia so she came here from quite a distance. This girl here in Bali ended up being my favourite one on my Indonesia tour beating out the four I had in Jakarta later on. I do plan on returning to Bali in the future for more diving and I'll give these X houses another go.
Part 2 - Jakarta
The final stop on my Indonesia tour was Jakarta and it was my second time there. On my first visit two years ago, all I did was the Terminal 2 club at Classic Hotel. Since I had four nights in Jakarta, I wanted to return to Terminal 2 again but also visit the club at Hotel Travel as well as the Terminal 5 club also at the Classic Hotel complex just to compare them all.
For my first night, I walked over to Terminal 2 from Heef Hotel since I didn't want to stay at Classic Hotel this time (I think I got some bed bugs there last time). I liked Heef Hotel except that the odd mosquito got into my room at night. Anyway, upon arrival at Terminal 2, after the security check, I was given a numbered bracelet which all my drinks and session fees will be charged on. Same familiar scene at Terminal 2 when I arrived around 8:30 pm except this time around, the band as well as DJ played at higher volume levels than I recalled from two years ago. Also, there were lots of Chinese tourists all smoking away. This combination of loudness and smoke would later do me in for my Jakarta stay.
Anyway, the mamasans were just as aggressive as my trip two years ago about bringing your girls right away. I expected this so I just waved them off telling them I just wanted to walk around a bit. The club was filled with lots of girls, mostly average but certainly enough lookers for my taste. All young and dressed up for partying. The mamasans were going crazy with their laser pointers all night parading girls, sometimes 10-15 of them at a time to tables of guys. So girls were going back and forth from their rows of benches through the club to various tables of guys all night. This was actually a pretty cool scene to watch as high heels kept clicking by all night.
If one mamasan's group of girls did not appear to catch any of the dudes' eyes, another mamasan would soon bring her group of girls around. The girls must get tired of being paraded around like this but I'm sure it gives them higher chances of getting a session than just staying seated on the benches all night. Not surprisingly, most of the girls looked bored until they were actually picked by a guy.
At one point, one of the mamasans asked me if I was ready for a girl yet and I told her the place was way too loud. So she took my hand and walked me over to a side sofa area which was further away from the loudspeakers and of course proceeded to bring me girls. Sometimes they will bring you just one or two girls instead of an entire pack and this mamasan brought me this one girl which I actually found acceptable to me. So I decided to pick her and paid the mamasan 375,000 Indonesian or $29 Canadian. The girl took me down through the maze of internal rooms until we got to an available one. I tell you, if you haven't been to Classic Hotel, the entire complex is quite impressive. Almost like the FKK clubs in Germany which has large night club areas and then onsite rooms in another section of the building. The session rooms here are quite nice with ensuite showers but they do not have toilets so it's advisable to make a trip to the club washrooms prior to sessioning.
Without getting into specifics, I had a decent session with this girl although it started with cbj after the shower. Don't expect much GFE with these girls but at the rates they charge, I wouldn't complain that much. I understand that more services could be negotiated with these girls but I didn't bother. After my session, I paid for any other club charges at the cashier and left as I had enough of the loud volume and smoke.
For night 2, I took a Grab motorbike to the club at Hotel Travel which is a similar club to Terminal 2 at Classic Hotel. It's a smaller club with a different layout. Same procedure with numbered bracelets. The nightclub area is smaller and there is a large back room where all the girls are hanging out on multiple couches. Patrons are allowed to walk in there and mamasans will be waiting to show you girls. Like at Terminal 2, they also parade groups of girls from this back room to the nightclub area to the tables of guys there. At least the music volume was lower than at Terminal 2 although still just as smoky.
Similar price at 375,000 Indonesian from what I can recall so I took a girl here for a session. Similar experience as at Terminal 2 but my girl here at Hotel Travel had a bit of an attitude. All these girls are not shy about asking for a tip at the end of the session. I was about to hand out a small tip to this girl and she demanded more. I didn't think her session warranted any extra since it was non-GFE and she actually got pissed off that I didn't give her a bigger tip and stormed back to the nightclub area -- whatever.
For night 3, I decided to try out Terminal 5 at the Classic Hotel complex. This is a separate club from Terminal 2 although I'm sure they are both connected somehow. Terminal 5 is accessed from the elevators and there is a guy inside it that operates it (don't know why this is even necessary). As soon as the elevator opens on floor 5, there are security guys waiting to take you to the club entrance. Same numbered bracelet setup. The club layout is a bit different with just two sections of rows where the girls are seated and the nightclub area faces them. It's a smaller club than Terminal 2 and less crowded too which was good for me. Music volume was also lower.
I think the mamasans here were a bit more easy going too than the ones at Terminal 2 and Hotel Travel so overall was a more relaxed atmosphere for me. I think session rates were the same or at least very similar. I don't even know if Terminal 2 and Terminal 5 share the same complex of session rooms or not. But overall session was similar here with girls about same overall quality as in the other clubs, just better atmosphere for me.
For my final night, I decided to return to Terminal 2 which is the biggest of all these clubs. Did a session here but I think I should have gone back to Terminal 5 instead because four consecutive nights of loud noise and smoke really got to me. During the daytime Jakarta had very poor air quality too (confirmed with online reports). So my entire stay in Jakarta was breathing in pollution which resulted in some coughing I had for a few days later.
I like the concept of these Jakarta clubs and the vision of groups of girls being paraded around is really a sight to see. But the air pollution outside in the city as well as inside these clubs is just too much. Unlike in Bali, there's not much to see or do as far as touristy things in Jakarta although the food scene is quite good. The session rates especially for young slim girls of this quality are unbeatable and the best mongering deal in southeast Asia (or likely in the world). But the music volume, especially at Terminal 2 is so unnecessary. I wish there was a similar club that play just quieter lounge music or jazz which would make the overall experience so much better plus you could actually converse with others easier inside.
Because of the overall atmosphere of these clubs (smoke and way too loud music) along with the city's bad air pollution, this might be my final trip to Jakarta. For those of you guys who do smoke and enjoy a loud nightclub atmosphere, Jakarta would be a decent place to monger. Imagine 150 girls you can see in real life and a team of mamasans actively bringing them over to your table for sessions starting at $29 Canadian. You can get two girls for about $50 Canadian from what I was offered. Although I'm returning to Indonesia, I think I can bypass Jakarta and just travel through Denpasar in Bali for international connections. Jakarta is a real shithole of a city in my view and even the low rates of available girls at these clubs are not enough to bring me back.
