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Jakarta: The largest city in Indonesia, in the largest Muslim country in the world, has a very large number of ladyboys. The trouble is finding them. Because there are no dedicated ladyboy bars in Jakarta, neither go-go nor beer bars, there is no actual place you can go and sit and meet ladyboys in a quiet, comfortable atmosphere.

The ladyboys in this city have been sent off to one section of this large city called Taman Lawang; this is an exclusive area of the city which has nice houses, manicured lawns, and ladyboy hookers! Every night after dark you can find literally dozens in this area, walking around and waiting for customers to come by and pick them up. Take a taxi from your hotel and tell him you are looking for Waria [Ladyboys] in Taman Lawang; he will take you through this section, which is about 5 or 6 city blocks, and will drive really slowly so you can have a look. The hookers will come up to your window and look inside and try to get bought out by you. Be warned; the english spoken here by most of the girls is very shaky. But, if you can work out a deal and take one home, it should be about 200,000 - 300,000 rupiah. Not a bad place, but kind of difficult to have a good look at the merchandise before you buy, if you know what we mean.

There is also some straight bars where you can find ladyboys, and if you ask the right people they will point them out to you. The Jalan Jalan club has gay nights every sunday and is frequented by Waria. It is a very nice club and is on the 35th floor of a very exclusive apartment complex in downtown Jakarta, and even on regular nights you could find a few Waria and certainly some beautiful genetic females.

The Stadium is a 4-level disco/entertainment bar downtown which is packed wednesday through saturday with over 2000 people, many of which are ladyboys. Drugs are very prevelant in this place so be careful. Besides the ladyboys in here, there are hundreds of beautiful ladies, and Indonesian ladies are some of the hottest in the world. This place stays open 24 hours; be prepared for some late nights if you go here. The Police seem to look the other way in this place.

O'Reilly's is the bar inside the beautifully stylish and expensive Grand Hyatt in central Jakarta. Probably not any Waria in here but a great place to meet some beautiful girls, all of whom are probably working.

If you want to meet some horny looking GG's go to BLOK M. A good hotle there is The Melawai and it has a nice bar on the 6th floor. Try this place out - you will love it. - over 100 girls. There's also Top Gun, JJ's  and other bars/niteclubs in this area..

Tanamur is the most famous place in Jakarta for nightlife. This place has changed locations in the last year but is still THE place to be for trendy Indonesians, as well as for tourists from all over the world. This place would be likely to have some Waria in there; our friend Sumi goes there often with her friends. Like the Stadium club, don't plan on getting to this place before midnight or you will be the only one there and plan on staying very late.

Taman Lawang is a park with some big road crossing around... kind of a strange place. By night it's ladyboys (called 'waria' in Indonesian) hunting ground. There is a bit of everything, really. From boys with wigs and padded bras to operated Lbs that are practically naked with only a semi-transparent camisoles. Go and bring them back to your hotel...


Also, scout the discos and check facebook, tinder, twitter and other similar websites before you go. Many in there are pros. Quality, however, is very unsteady and some of these LBs are a bit risky when picked up from street. They may steal something for your room or simply, when you see them under the light back in your room, you may regret having taken them as they are quite dirty, full of scars and not as femmy as they were when you had that last beer in that dimly lit bar!

The authorities in Jakarta are kind of the anti-Bangkok. They allow all-night dancing and drinking (like Bangkok in the old days) and you can pretty much get away with anything in this wild city of 8 million people. For some reason they have no problems with all the ladyboys hanging out at Taman Lawang, and they don't enforce any type of regulations in this area for ladyboy hookers.

Take a drive through here some night and you are bound to see at least 50 girls hanging around, some from this very website. There will be absolutely no problems finding a ladyboy in Jakarta if you go to this place, but it will be a bit more troublesome at the above - mentioned regular bars.

Just a word of warning friends... stick to the 'Blue Bird' taxis, or better still get the hotel security to arrange a cab for the night. This may cost you $30/40 but it's well worth it. They will wait for you till the early hrs if you want and this arrangement cuts out the hassle of being ripped off from some mafia types who can be very dangerous in this city.

Bali keeps up the tradition of Jakarta in the sense that you can pretty much stay out all night in this beautiful island. Some of the bars have NO last call, and even when some are closing down at 3 or 4 AM, there are others just opening for the insomniac [or drug-fueled] crowd to meet and congregate. One thing about these Indonesian people; they sure do know how to party!

The only dedicated 'waria' bar on Bali before 2005 was the world-famous Hulu Cafe, run by the very playful and fun Graham from Australia. He had a nice bar and cabaret here, and 6 nights per week they put on a great show with betwen 8 and 10 ladyboys. The show was different and unique every night and the girls are beautiful and very exotic- looking. The beer is cold and cheap and this is a good place to start the evening and see some ladyboys before you go out to the late-night bars later on. Closed in 2005.

Most of the crowd seems to head down to the Gato-Gato section, which is actually just one long road with at least a dozen really fun bars on it. The Q bar is mostly gay, and 5 or 6 nights per week you may find a few Waria in there. But on Monday nights they have a small cabaret show and you will see about 15-20 ladyboys in there. The newly-opened Spy Bar is packed, literally, and there are several beautiful ladies in here every night, as well as a smattering of ladyboys mixed in. Both of these places, indeed most of Gato-Gato, begins to happen at around 12:30 and continues unabated until 4AM.

At the beginning of Gato-Gato is the Santa Fe Cafe, which is open 24 hours [we told you these people can party] and has a good mix of people from all around the world and some local Indo hookers, but not a lot of Waria. Same thing with the Bounty 1 and 2 bars closer to the city center; lots of late night partying to be had here, and you can stay out all night if you so choose.

The Club Double 6 is on the beach and stays open until 6AM. It seems like most of the crowd from Gato-Gato makes its way down to the Double 6 after about 3 AM, and this is THE place to be in Bali just about every night of the week, and you may even spot a celebrity or 2 in here. Any late-night ladyboys looking to meet guys would definately end up here, and we saw at least 10 during our trips to this crazy place, which spills out on to the beach during the full moon. They also have a bungee-jump set up as well as a full-sized swimming pool, open all night. You can meet ladyboys in this bar for sure, and if you would prefer to meet a lady, you can do that as well.

A special mention should be made about Oscar's pub down in the city center, not far from the Bounty 1 and 2 bars. This is just a small pub and there is no real reason to go here except for one; they will mix you up a very special potion of locally-grown mushrooms mixed with strawberries, all natural and very legal, and with this magic shake you will have the uncanny ability to dance the night away without getting tired, and laugh your ass of the whole time. If you don't believe us, ask Fiona. And, we thank Harley from the Oscar's pub for making the late-night reporting in this section even easier, and indeed possible. Have a nice trip!

Check out this amazing trip report from our friend Ernesto that we were sent recently...

Bali day 1
Following the recommendation of ATS members I booked a room at Courtyard, a good advice, especially when you can get a  room at the groundfloor around the pool (which I did). I started at 9 pm what is actually much too early for the Hulu Cafe, at around 9,30 the dancers started to drop in. It was a kind of disillusioning watching them marching through with their crash helmets and in their (male)street dress, there was nothing female at all. I just managed to watch the first two performances of the show,a few drag queens moving more or less gracefully to an overmodulated playback music, then tiredness and Wodka overwhelmed me in equal shares. The outlook  to get up early morning for catching my flight to Sulawesi was no incentive either to stay any longer. But during my warm-up drinks I had got a few tips from the friendly bartender which I can use at my return.

Sulawesi day 1-4
From Sulawesi is not much to report , not even a real girl could be found, high in Torajaland the sin really sleeps. But you get a lot of culture and tradition ,doesnt hurt from time to time. There is a limited LB-scene in Makassar,actually almost every girl you find in the streets at night ,walking or hanging on their motorbikes ,is a ladyboy. They can also be found at most of the night bars. (information from Sashy, who comes from Makassar). Also Mandao has some LB's (information from Chiara, originating from there) but who to the hell goes to Mandao? They also are frequently working in the beauty business (this applies for whole Indonesia) so just keep your eyes open when going there. What's about a manicure or a face treatment? But I was neither in Makassar nor in Mandao ,but fortunately I had some other places to go.

Bali day 2

After my days of  mediation and contemplation in Sulawesi  and now already the fifth fuckfree day in Indonesia it got about time for an earthy orgy. My first contact adress was again the Hulu Cafe,the first evening show was already going on,the place crowded with Aussies, whereby their ladies seemed more interested in the ladyboys than the guys, at any occasion they got hold of one they grabbed him  and kissed him. If they checked the cocks I could not see.I myself found among the whole crew about 2-3 who seemed absolutely usable, one of them attracted me really, but that one should turn out to be a major disappointment. When  the dancers after the show swarmed out among the spectators my favorite really came to me, and I saw myself already in bed with  this cutie.But she let me know that she did not go with Bule at all and apart from that she was a dancer and not a prostitute.Bang! What a shame ! For the non Indonesia experts; Bule is the same like Falang in Thailand but by far not that friendly, it has a more depreciate meaning.

After that rebuff I left and headed for Q-Bar, where at 10,30 pm still everything was totally dead and quiet, but right across at "Kudos"  the party was going on, but in a rather warm atmosphere.Crowds of styled local gays, mixed with foreigners , also a few goodlooking girls, dancing ,drinking,laughing,but I could not see a single ladyboy among them. While hanging alone at the outside bar of the Q-Bar a young gay offered me his services.Telling him I was not for guys at all, but for ladyboys, he rushed off coming back a few minutes later towing  a ladyboy behind. Anita  was not a real stunner,but nice and friendly, so I took her with me home. The junior pimp tried to get some commission for that but I told him to settle that with the girl (which I guess he would do anyway).The girl had her own moto, but not knowing the way to the hotel I took a taxi and went ahead, Anita on her moto behind. But the taxidriver didnt know the way either, so we cruised about half an hour, through whole Kuta and Legian  - Anita on her moto behind.

In my room we went straight to facts,whereby she seemed very much (positively) surprised to receive a BJ, seems not to be common on behalf of the man in Indonesia, as the guys seem in general not to extend much service to the ladyboys,they concentrate mor on assfucks and seem not to have much interest in passive sex. Also here she looked quite surprised when  I proposed that to her.Anita came rather fast, for me it was either already to much or still not enough Wodka, but the night was still young. We went back on her moto and arriving at Q-Bar she was gone in a second,eventually to deliver money to her pimp,who knows? In the meantime the situation had completely changed,a great number of LB's sitting on their motos trying to attract more or less agressive potential customers. I was approached by a young attractive ladyboy with some traces of titts, rather rare in Indonesia where most of the ladyboys are untreated (and also unfortuantely unshaved). I made the mistake to invite her for a drink at Kudos,because as we just had sat down in a free niche, another 5 ! ladyboys were around us, all wishing to join us.

Well a sixpack was even too much for my taste, finally we agreed on a foursome. Marsya, that was my new goldfish,Cynta (allegedly her sister) and Clara a cute black haired. First of all they tried to aid their taxidriver(friend) who asked 100.000 Rupies for a 10.000 Rp ride.He must have  considered me to be a complete idiot! When I told him that 10.000 was the going rate und he would not get one Rupie more he lost interest and look !  All the girls had their own moto on which we left for the hotel.Three of us had a shower together, while Clara was waiting in the room.At my routine check after showering I found out that my wallet must have joined the weightwatchers in the meantime , it appeared much slimmer as before. I told the girls to fuck off all together - great discussions - great show - the two sisters started swearing at Clara, I didn't believe them a single word, and threw  their clothes to the door.A wonder happened - all of a sudden 250.000 Rupies showed up again and Clara begged under innumerable submissive gestures for forgiveness.The two others sentenced her to go down on her knees in front of me and give an immediate blowjob.

She did not look particularly scared from this kind of punishment and started her correction work with great devotion. It was not easy for me to remain serious at such a show,I have to admit the Bj of Clara was absolute top, so I allowed the girls to stay.All three of them , the same as  Anita before , had minicocks, which one  only could get by intensive blowing and masturbating to a practicable size. After I finally had brought up her cock Marsya tried to penetrate me, but when she had  fixed the rubber her cock had again returned to inoperative position.Though they were not on hormones there was no cum, dont know why , maybe they fuck too much during the day.. At the sister also alcohol showed some effect -  all three of them had  taken a few proper sips from my Absolute bottle.Finally Marsya did the only right thing,she inserted two finger and started gently fucking my ass while Cinta and Clara  alternately sucked my cock.This way they finally achieved  the desired (and  for them badly needed) result.Now I was willing to pay out their fee. I had offered them 200.000 each but they wanted more and after a lot of begging and kissing I agreed to a lump sum of 800.000 inn total.Well at a rate of 1 US$ = 9.000Rp , less than 90 US$ for all the party is a good value for money.

Cynta wanted to return alone next day and Marsya left her mobilphone number incase I would feel for a daytime fuck . Only Clara kept silent, she still was ashamed for the grip in my wallet,respectivly that I caught her with that, whereby I would not mind at all to let her do another blowjob. Around 4 am the 3 Graces pulled off.

Bali day 3

Cynta did not show up at noon, of course not,so I called Dashy in the afternoon.Her telephone number including recommendation I got from a generous forum member...  thanks for that! At 3,30 Sashy war here, a nice femboy and after a drink at the poolside and some courtesy small talk we crossed the 10 meter distance between pool and bed. In my room  things were easy,deep klisses, down with her shorts  - we both had already showered in advance - beautiful her young skin and her shaved sweet cock! I licked her all over, she obviously enjoyed  and I got soon got hjer load in my mouth.We were lying side by side and pretty soon she got another erection. I suggested her tyo fuck me what she gladly accepted but the  whole glory did not last until  a finish. I also tried to penetrate her, she sat down on me, but sorry not enough hardness! As a planned to keep her during my whole stay the matter was not that urgent so we were just lying playing and kissing as I suddendly felt something warm in my hand. Sashy had come for a second time !Then she went home, changing dress,new make up etc  for coming back for dinner.

The sweetheart arrived more than one hour late checking out my tolerance limit. In regard to my wallet she didn't show any mercy, she had ordered a table at the Gado Gado restaurant, one of the top end places in this area, having no credit card with me I was lucky just to make it with my cash. The bill went up toi 800.000 rupies! After dinner she took me to "Mixed Well", what was not well mixed at all, it was purely gay. Bali in general seem to be a gay-paradise. Back at the hotel we had a long night session, this time she got inside me without any problems, obviously she liked it as she kept on lying on me and kissing me long after she had finished.

Bali day 4

The (late) morning started with fondling and playing but now I wanted to know it. Sashy drew up a condome over my cock and sat down on me. She proceeded very carefully as yesterday  we failed at that stage.A few times she made a face, now I understand the  full meaning of " a pain in the ass", but once fully in she seemed to enjoy it again.She went slowly up and down on me,her little cock was hard as a stone, and when she started scratching my balls I was lost ! She loooked happy having me finished too.As I am norubber-fan  at all ,that ment really a top performance. We had breakfast together at the hotel,a big french group was just checking in, we got a few eyes mostly from the ladies.Sahy told me that her parents wer mixed, father chinese (Buddhist) mother indonesian (muslim) , what a nice mixture ! Though also muslim she didn't take it that serious, she  did not drink much but  a few Kir Royal the last evening did not seem to be a major moral problem for her.After breakfast she left to torganize a roundtrip for the next day. I enjoyed spending the rest of the day on my own.In the evening she showed up in time and we went to "Ku de Ta" restaurant. Obviously she regarded me as a close relative of the Sheik of Brunei as this time the bill was almost twice as high as the day before and exceeded the 140 US$ limit, but main issue: Baby was happy! The night skirmish was not very productive, on her behalf the hormones, on my behalf the double A combination  ( Alcohol + Age = 0 ).

Bali day 5

Baby had organized a car plus driver for a full days excursion.Costs 50 US$ for 10 hours including driver and gasoline ( according brochure). At the first gas station the driver stopped to take fuel,unfortunately he had no cash so I had to pay the 100.000 Rupie bill. The few highlights (Ubud town and Besakih temple) on the trip I knew from previous visits, so the rest was not too exciting. Stopped twice by police controlls the driver just handed out 5000 Rp without further comments and we went on. Generally the corruption in Indonesia and with the police especially is ernormous, good to know if one should get ever in troubles.It's some kind irritating that they try to cheat you all the time, you have to pay entrance fees even for a publicv beach , like Dreamland Beach without seeing any ticket, it's the security guard who collects the "entrance fee" !

As a Rule you are just a milker. That spoils somehow the impression of the otherwise so beautiful island. After a romantic sunset on Dreamland Beach back to the hotel, a few hours rest and out again for a late dinner and to Q-Bar, which was fully crowded mostly with gays. At 1 am starts the ladyboy show, but we didn't watch it to the end.Sashy Baby, fueled by a few coctails, had a nice erection which she made full use of.She fucked passionately and came in record time.But now 'Good night" Oh - there was something more : In the morning I had cashed 1 million Rupies at the ATM,deducting the gas (100.000) and another maximum 200.000 for entrances, food and drinks should be left around 700.000  ,but they were not.My wallet looked rather slim, no matter how I twisted it, I didn't find more than 300.000 Rp inside. I could not help but Sashy appeared to have collected a kind of down payment .Even the greatest love ends when filthy lucre gets involved!

Bali day 6

I released her after breakfast with 150 US$ for the 3 days , she had to organize her trip next day to Sulawesi,baby wanted to come back in the evening,but did not anymore. For me the loss was a limited one,as I wanted to check the scene once more alone.Maybe the 150 bucks seemed her to poor but I cannot help I also have to relate to her the mysterious  disappearance  of the 400.000 Rp, so that she actually had cashed around 200 US$,not talking about the luxury dinners she may dream of for the next few years ,if not for the rest of her life, as the half - life period of a ladyboy is a rather limited one and young talents push after. After a good dinner at a Swiss/Thai restaurant  (what combination ever) I layed down for a few hours for starting again at prime time (midnight). There is a good  old russian saying; "There aint anything bad having not anything good".

The scene around Q-Bar was in full swing, further on in front of "Well Mixed" about 10 ladyboys hung around, one cuter as the other, I could not resist!
I invited three of the hottest for a drink, Tracy - blond, Chiara-black and Olivia also dark ,the latter two from Sulawesi.Actual I would have preferred to take all three,
but  as one is. I was content with Chiara,tipped Olivia with 50.000,as Tracy permanently switched between the bar and our table the drink was enough for her,another cutie also trying to join us I had  to leave behind. At the hotel Chiara kept all what she had promised, she posed for every pic, sucked my cock exactly the way mamas darling likes it,unfortunately she was not able to come (dont ask me why), but anyway there is a lot of good stuff in Sulawesi. She was from Mandao (capital of North-Sulawesi). As she really implored for 400.000 Rp(I have to pay my room tomorrow - Aug.1st) I made an exception and gave her that,and she was really  worth the money! She wanted to stay until morning but I sent her away,Which turned out to be a mistake.

In the morning I realized how fast a piece of gold can turn into a piece of shit. Finishing my shave I was searching my after shave in vain. My expensive eau  de toilette (Gaultier) had left together with the girl, which made the whole fuck now  for 60 bucks more expensive.

Bali Conclusions

Principally an interesting LB-destination,first of all for those who are looking for some variation to Thailand. The ladyboys are in common rather good and sexy looking, but very little hormone treatment and not at all implants.So more or less femboys and not really for those who like big tits.

When to go : Best time is between May and August (dry period)

Where to stay: As the eye of the taiphoon is on Jalan Dhyana Pura it is recommended to book a hotel upper Legian (northend where Legian turns to Seminyak). Can recommend Courtyard ,other middle priced hotels in strategic position: Kumala,Raja Gardens or Blue Ocean. Around Q-Bar around 1-1,30 am starts the street action, almost every female (looking) standing or walking around there is a ladyboy,those who sit on there motorbikes are for 100%. The famous Hulu Cafe is no ideal pick up point (IMHO),first of all most of the girls are by far not that attractive as their collegues in the streets,there are a few real drag queens among them (for those who like that ok.), second you have to wait for the end of show II and then most of them continue anyway direction Q-Bar, and apart from that I got the impression that they are not so eager to go with Bules, at least they dont want to show that in front of the whole bar. An early start is not recommended either, it might end with a knockout before the final round. Better to sleep a few hours in advance and start at midnight.

Beware: The girls have rather sticky fingers, even the lovliest ones - see Sashy resp. Chiara - better to lock everything of some value in your room safe, including mobile and as we have seen even expensive after shaves etc. No cash in advance, dont worry ,once in your room they dont run away before having their money. There are much to few customers and  too much competition.

Taxi drivers: Same bastards as everywhere else in the (third)world, never ask them for a price , give them 10.000 Rupies when getting out at your hotel except you stay somewhere far away, but that you should not do in any case. Apart from that many of the lb's on Bali have motos.
I have also learned a new lesson: Never tell that you are leaving the next morning, better say you stay another few days, that should reduce their appetite to swipe, in this case their risk to meet you again is a rather high one - Bali is small!

Price list: The going rate was around 200.000 Rp, ST but that usually means as long as you want and/or can. For the whole night including morningfuck&breakfast and maybe even lunch next day ( who ever needs that) you should calculate 350 - 400.000 ( rate August 2007 : 1 US$ = 9000 Rp). Principally there is not talk about money in advance, who is starting like that you better forget about right away, usually the girls are very nice and lovely (except you are looking like Frankenstein or Quasimodo) and never forget it's a buyers market! It 's absolutely not uncommon that your sweetheart wants to stay with all you time you are there, only a depraved guy like me doesn't want that. Of course when you start with a three- or foursome real love feelings dont come up.

Language skills: All of those I met understood at least basic English, some of them were quite fluent.

Pics: I didn't find a single one refusing pics,the contrary, they all posed with great pleasure for every position as you can see at my pics

Changing money: When changing money you better ask your reception for the next reliable (authorized) money changer and there check if the announced rates are net (without further commission). Sometimes you can find much better rates but then you could get a bad surprise and at end you get a lower rate than with other changers offering a net-rate. For myself I take the money from the ATM, you'll find one on every corner.