Here the guide, for you who will do some traveling to indonesia. first you must buy the flight ticket, you can got them from here. it's my friend recomendation. in that site the price of the ticket is include the tax. if you are from newyork, that's only two direct airport in indonesia from new york. that's jakarta cengkareng (CGK) and Denpasar Bali (DPS). it's up to you. you can chose from both city to stay.
If you choose jakarta. you must becarefull for the taxi that you will use to go to the hotel. the best taxi is bluebird. almost all the driver can speak english. and those taxi is very famous in indonesia. in another taxi (not all), usualy if they know the passenger is tourist from another country.you will be brought around Jakarta for the expensive taxi fares. if you not sure about that you can ask in airport. a tour guide from the goverment can expalin to you what can you do in jakarta.
for hotel. i can give you a suggest the cheap and good hotel in jakarta rate from 50 - 100 USD a night.
