Scammed in Indonesia's Oldest Port 🇮🇩

Sunda Kelapa is the old port of Jakarta. I heard that you can actually jump on a local boat and go to a village and also see the old wooden boats that are still in use.
Upon my arrival I met a friendly man that showed the way but it turned out he was only friendly to then charge me 25 euro for a 1 hour guided tour. I kindly declined and went my own way.
I got invited on a taxi boat from a local man and after some confusion he charged me 200k Indonesian Rupiah which was definitely way too high but I wasn't in the mood to cause any drama so I paid and left.
After that I conquered my fear to get on a wooden schooner and got shown around there by the captain.
It was all a once in a lifetime experience!
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[@Gymson]

Oh no, Tim! Watch out for those tricky tides in Indonesia's oldest port. Scam or no scam, stay safe out there! 🤣🌊

[@timtense]

Dangerous tides there? The water seemed a bit wild indeed!

[@evoo1714]

WTF not good to go please scam🗿🇮🇩

[@giannishen]

The waves were so big that you didn’t get seasick, which shows that you are very strong! I appreciate your elegant way of handling unpleasant things! Please remember to never let anyone affect your beautiful mood! Fortunately, you are not fat. It would be terrible if those three bamboos suddenly broke, haha! That ship looks very historical and is indeed worth a visit! Thank you for sharing and happy travels! 👍🥰🙏

[@timtense]

Yeah, water was pretty wild and that bamboo bridge was a bit scary 😂

[@giannishen]

@@timtense Thank you for agreeing! 👍🥰👊

[@bug_on_internet]

According to CNBC Indonesia, in 2050, Around 90% of Jakarta is predicted to sink, especially the northern part. There are two main factors that cause Jakarta to potentially sink, first, sea level rise and second excessive use of groundwater which causes land subsidence.

[@miokaya4595]

Kinda wrong. 90% sink is only North Jakarta, not Whole Jakarta. So its will just 10-20% of all Jakarta that will sink in 2050

[@bug_on_internet]

@@miokaya4595 where did you get this news from?

[@fittrege2778]

Not just Jakarta. Many other places around the Island of Java are slowly sinking too.

[@timtense]

Yeah, I heard they are moving the capital. When will it be done?

[@bug_on_internet]

​​​​​@@timtense The relocation of Indonesia's capital is not certain, because it takes much time and a lot of money. but in many articles said that it will be relocated in mid of 2024. if you are still in indonesia and you have much time, try to go there in Muara baru, North Jakarta. You will see a mosque ( Wal Adhuna) which is currently almost drowned because of the high water level, or you can see its picture or video on google or youtube. and the most part teribble is the residents' houses which are located right edge on the beach, they only made a dike wall to keep sea water from entering their houses 😰

[@globalnews2150]

You should go to PIK or Muara Angke to have a good price for riding boat

[@timtense]

Where do the boats go? Maybe next time I'll go there!

[@maksumzaifudin5859]

Kemarin saya melihat di video lain, ada dua orang yang naik perahu klotok untuk berkeliling cuman bayar 100 ribu bukan 200 ribu

[@YT-87gaspoll]

sebenarnya bukan penipuan itu kesalahan si vlogger tidak memanfaatkan translater jadi sebelum naik bisa menjelaskan dulu dan tawar menawar harga. karena tidak mungkin cuma 2000

[@evoo1714]

​@@YT-87gaspollnamanya jugak penipuan ngak udah omong apa udah terbukti

[@soodamwelove5123]

@@YT-87gaspollkebalik bego, harusnya itu tugas si penjual jasa untuk menjelaskan kepada costumer yg pertama kali coba jasanya

[@tombulek5231]

I'm still watching your vlog.. Legeeend..

[@timtense]

I appreciate that! You are a #truelegendt

[@fian8661]

It’s really funny the way you respon to what their saying😅 like bangka is bangkok and makasih ya is gracias

[@timtense]

Haha, that's how it sounded to me 🤣

[@bug_on_internet]

brother if you want to go to random place like suburbs of the city of Jakarta or another city in indonesia in future, make sure to keep using google translate as your guide to speak to the locals especially for them who have less education because many of them cant speak english at all like on this video, it could be the real price to taking you around with boat about 20.000 - 50.000 IDR. i am quite sure the guy who taking you around with boat was defenitely misunderstandings about the indonesian amount money in english, he got langguage barrier. i think the guy who has the boat was also did a big mistake he just said yeah yeah but he doesnt understand what tim said to him 😑 . another time if you wanna asking for price to the locals who doesnt understand english at all you can show them the amount of money in Rupiah after that make a bargaining. 1.000/ seribu/ one thousand 2.000/ dua ribu/ two thousand 3.000/ tiga ribu/ three thousand 5.000/ lima ribu / five thousand 10.000 / sepuluh ribu/ ten thousand 20.000 / dua puluh ribu / twenty thousand 50.000/ lima puluh ribu/ fifty thousand 100.000/ seratus ribu / one hundred thousand 200.000/ dua ratus ribu/ two hundred thousand

[@user-et2zn2rr6w]

Hahaha jawab nya yess oke 😂

[@bug_on_internet]

@@user-et2zn2rr6w yes no yes no doang 😁

[@timtense]

Thanks, I think you are right but sometimes I feel like I understand but then sometimes misunderstandings happen like this one. Thanks for the translations!

[@evoo1714]

country scam people WTF😂.

[@mbahdunan1563]

​@@evoo1714malaysia skrg jd negri bangladesh yaaa.. country with many scamer.

[@gingerteddy618]

I have visited indonesia and yes I encountered many scammers.

[@cloudddd381]

Malaysia has a lot of fraud...the police also cheat

[@timtense]

Every country has scammers so it's a worldwide problem I would say. It's the sad truth.

[@MasboyRC]

There is old ports is van VOC (Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie) you can see Dutch heritage shipyard nearby.

[@Jejakdimo]

Wow, so fun 🤣

[@Woowosh]

Hi Tim, if you want to negotiate prices with the local, it's best to show them in numbers using your cellphone to avoid scammer and misscommunication 🤗

[@sarwoedi7853]

Hey Tim~ If someday you comeback to Jakarta again, you try to visit Thousand Island (Pulau Seribu) area, its beautiful, you can visit some of the island in those area, such as Pulau Tidung (Tidung Island), Pulau Pramuka (Pramuka Island), Pulau Ayer (Ayer Island, this one a resort island), Pulau Pari (Pari Island), Pulau Putri (Putri Island) and then Pulau Macan (Macan Island which is an eco resort island. This one a bit expensive). All this island can be visited through Jakarta (they are part of Jakarta, Northern part).

[@Patebon-iv3hg]

You go try batavia pik 2 Aloha in Jakarta north nice place bro

[@anugroho3110]

English skills of the boat man are very bad, you have to confirm the price, maybe google voice translate can help the transaction, be more careful...

[@timtense]

True, next time I'll use Google translate!

[@ikalheikal2848]

naik perahu kecil, wow pengalaman yang menakjubkan

[@evoo1714]

menanjukkan di scam😂

[@ikalheikal2848]

@@evoo1714 kacian

[@ChamodKalinda]

❤

[@anggadewimahayani8196]

Barakallahu❤ Ancestor of a sailor, ocean voyager..

[@cobain165]

Go to Ancol Beach

[@ahhammohamed1279]

I am Ahkam from Srilanka. We met at Port City

[@lelalela8449]

🥰❤

[@andreanes3204]

You know what Tim, once you visit Surabaya, you can get yourself into the submarine, the real submarine 😁

[@timtense]

I would love to go there in the future! Is it safe though? 😂

[@shetrong2213]

Yes

[@andreanes3204]

@@timtense absolutely, It's kind like a museum, but in a real submarine. People in Surabaya call it "Musium Kapal Selam". It's a tourist attraction So It's save

[@ahmadtarmiji5677]

Next exploring to skywalk Centeral park Neo Soho, pinisi Jakarta, PIK 2 aloha Jakarta, savaya beach club Bali, ATLAS BEACH FAST BALI, finns beach Bali, Gili Trawangan Lombok, Mandalika Lombok, mount Rinjani Lombok, mount Bromo in East Java, kawah Ijen in East Java, and labuan bajo 🏝️ komodo dragon island in Flores INDONESIAN ❤️❤️🇮🇩🙏

[@timtense]

Thanks for all your recommendations! I hope to visit some of those places soon!

[@akradjab9858]

Actually thats not tourism spot...thats traditional port...you can go to fish market muara baru , ancol beach or tourism spot...in any foreign country there is also person like that boat man...cause he is feel own his boat...my advice is make sure the price or bargain it or leave it take another boat...thanks and welcome to indonesia...great vlog

[@timtense]

I try to avoid going to tourist spots whenever I can because it's more interesting to me. I know there are no regulations there so they can set their own prices but I had heard from friends that paid less than half of this. It's a lesson learned for me.

[@shaktidiraga7614]

it's better for you to visit the maritime museum, there is the zero point of the very historic city of Jakarta, the area is cleaner and safer for tourists, what you visit is just a port for unloading goods, not for tourism and you really lose out on paying 200k just to enjoy a place like that because actually you only need to pay 100k

[@tombulek5231]

😅😅

[@FREDWALKERINDO]

It's better for you to go to Thousand Islands, friends, it's still part of Jakarta

[@timtense]

I was planning to go there but I didn't make it. Maybe next time I will!

[@denisetiawan2632]

Why you go there sir😢 I'm sorry for the bad experience.

[@andreallbertaries5446]

wajar mahal inikan kapal nelayan bukan objek turis dan kenapa anda gak naik jakarta phinisi aja ?

[@officialr2l949]

200 thousand is too much i think fair price is cost 100thousand 😅 if you stay longer in jakarta please go to PIK 2

[@tmsgaming3986]

Beras = Rice

[@samuelherman9706]

Perahu yang anda gunakan menggunakan mesin berbahan bakar Diesel. Itu membuat suaranya lebih berisik.

[@AngelaErlando9]

Im a Jakarta person but when the holiday time is coming Bali is the only way to spend ur whole day on a beach club

[@evoo1714]

country scam people WTF😂

[@mummymio5327]

Don’t be foolish Tim. You’re supposed to be a seasoned traveler

[@timtense]

It's always tricky when arriving in a new country and dealing with a new currency. I didn't really think it through honestly.

[@Dyudha99]

At that time Ken abroad only paid 150 thousand for his boat, not 200 thousand. that's too much

[@aidanross9489]

Je zou inmiddels begrepen hebben dat er zoveel oplichting is in Indonesië, het is een manier van leven! Hetzelfde kwam ik tegen in Jakarta en Bali. Ik heb het godverlaten land opgegeven. Echt, nooit meer!! 👎👎👎

[@timtense]

Spijtig genoeg gebeurt dit in vele landen, niet alleen Indonesië.

[@dawudsajo4446]

If you talking with local who can not speak english just use google translate.

[@mohdfizlanshah]

3:50 enjin zaman bila ni???

[@YussiO]

they transported "beras' which means rice, not brass bro.. 😂

[@user-lw1jc5zs6t]

Beras is rice. Not brass.

[@timtense]

Haha I had no idea he was talking about rice 😅

[@hatewarwar]

Please catch him, he wants to cheat or doesn't know English ​

[@antontoni6748]

Next go to orangutan jungle trek in sumatra,bukit lawang 🇮🇩

[@timtense]

Sounds very tempting, I might do that!

[@rocupacu]

i think at first is just him mistranslation between two thousand (which is imposible price) and two hundred (we usually skip next three zero) but still based by the price he ask at the end i understand why you feel riped off by him, its too much. 20.000 may be reasonable. please becareful next time.

[@domba767]

Gak mungkinlah 20 ribu....abis buat beli bensin doang...😂....menurut gw harga wajarnya sekitar 100 - 150 ribu...

[@rocupacu]

@@domba767 ok lah 20 ribu masih kemurahan, tapi tetep 100 juga kemahalan wkwk. beda cerita ya kalo misal dia punya izin khusus buat apa yang dia lakuin, ngasih guide service, ceritain sejarah sekitar, nyediain life jacket buat jaga jaga.

[@domba767]

@@rocupacu coba lo pergi ke ancol..😁 Di ancol ada perahu model kayak gini...PERAHUnya percis kayak gini..... Memang 1 orang diminta bayaran 20. Ribu...tapi dalam perahu itu mengangkut banyak orang..... minimal ada 10 orang yg naik perahu kayak gini...itu minimal yaaa....nah tinggal lo kalikan aja.....

[@1000guy1]

Honestly Indonesia is so much better then Mexico

[@andreallbertaries5446]

Lagian nih bule juga aneh konten nya,orang luar mah jalan-jalan ke Indonesia nyari tempat bagus biar bisa healing tapi ini ketempat ala kadarnya, apalagi vlog yang kemarin malah ikutan demo untung aja gak di deportasi bang 😂

[@miokaya4595]

Wkwkwk, ga masalah kan liat bobroknya indonesia. Di Filipina aja orangnya gak se bobrok di kita.

[@rifki0930]

Namanya di indonesia gaborong...naik perahu mau 1 orang sampai 8 orang harganya sama 200 000 ( two handred tausen)

[@makinVIRAL532]

itu mh bkn taxi boot, kapal buat nyari ikan asin 😂,, salah naik anda.hha

[@Netizen62-kc9ns]

iya gk apa", yg pnting mau Naik, dan itu juga bukan mata pncaharian nelyan, kalau di suruh Keliling di bayar juga akan di manfaatkan, begitulah Bisnis transportasi Laut dngan ala kadarnya. 😆😆😆

[@kebunbukuhijau]

I m legend

[@timtense]

Yes you are a #truelegendt

[@user-fz4xt2kp9k]

It was not a scam... But you are not clear enough said to the boat guy... Both of You miss understood abt the price.....

[@timtense]

Yeah, big misunderstanding sadly enough

[@RizkyMuhammadNanda-ux3ji]

Hola bro, sebelumnya selamat datang di Indonesia... semoga kamu nyaman disini di Indonesia.... kembali ke video.... sebelum anda menaiki kapal seharusnya anda melakukan negosiasi harga ke tukang perahu menggunakan google translate karena sangat sulit memang untuk berkomunikasi karena terkendala bahasa inggris dan Indonesia... sebenarnya yang terjadi di video ini adalah dikomunikasi saja...kalau memakai google translate setidaknya menjadi lebih baik supaya anda tidak dirugikan... maafkanlah negara kami jika masih banyak kekurangan, saat ini Indonesia terus berkembang dan belajar ke arah yang lebih baik

[@lambemukeduten]

OMG, Already miss understanding with the price. Becarefull with some of locals, sometimes they take advantage. Use google translate please because most of locals dont speak english

[@zahuriismail3196]

yes..that is right..i already got it..first he said 100 thounsand..but when it was over..he said 200 thounsand..this is scamer..i m from malaysia

[@lambemukeduten]

@@zahuriismail3196 lots of Indonesian locals dont speak english, so miss understanding could be happen many times, specially if you are new here in Indonesia.

[@timtense]

Yeah, it's tricky sometimes!

[@akumembuatmugundah8630]

it's not a scam.....it's just a misunderstanding of the language....... Do you believe in 2000 rupiah notes?? 😂....2000 is just to buy 1 candy in Indonesia

[@timtense]

Yeah it's a big misunderstanding but kind of a scam because 200k is outrageous for a 20 min boat ride.

[@alicelim1419]

Orang aneh pergi ke pelabuhan yang jelas bukan tempat wisata

[@zahuriismail3196]

bukan aneh tapi ada di katalog di pusat penerangan di kota lama..tempat wisata

[@user-zr7zi1qf6p]

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