Indonesia travel tales and tips

Indonesia travel tales

Our customers share their travelling experiences in Indonesia. Read about first hand stories on travel tips and guides, events, entertainment,shopping, food, business and transportation. Also, you might want to read our Bali city guide, and Lombok city guide.

H Sano	28 February 2003
Stayed at Ibis Hotel Slipi - Jakarta, Indonesia.
Traffic jam in Jakarta is getting worse, so I would recommend to have a certain allowance of time for appointment or any other moving especially in the morning/evening rush hours.
J Affeldt	20 February 2003
Stayed at Mulia Senayan, Hotel - Jakarta, Indonesia.
Travellers are advised to carefully choose their means of transport in Jakarta nowadays.
R Schafer	10 February 2003
Stayed at Park Lane Jakarta, The - Jakarta, Indonesia.
Jakarta is a difficult city to get around in. The best option is to get a Silverbird taxi from the hotel and have him standby while to are shopping, eating, or in meetings. This practise is costlier than it use to be but is still the best way to get things done in the city. Plan your travels to avoid heading the same direction as rush-hour traffic. The best restaurants include Stix, Riva, Hazarra, Porta Venicia, Batavia Cafe, and Paprika. All very good. There are also now a few Starbucks in the city. Batavia Cafe is also a great place to visit from a historical perspective.
K Haramiishi	09 February 2003
Stayed at Jakarta Hilton International - Jakarta, Indonesia.
Security situations seem to be improving. Major international hotels, such as Holday Inns, Grand Hyatt, etc. provide good restaurants as well as entertainments.
R De plus	07 February 2003
Stayed at Novotel Coralia Lombok - Lombok, Indonesia.
We also stayed at the Holiday Inn Resort in Senggigi and would recommend that hotel as well: lovely garden, nice pool, excellent food, free tennis court, convenient apartments for larger families. We visited the Sasak Village not far from Novotel Coralia: not to be missed!
I Mcleod	30 January 2003
Stayed at Le Meridien Jakarta - Jakarta, Indonesia.
Visitors to Jakarta love it or hate it. Bad traffic pollution and slow to move around but friendly people more than compensate. I've been going several times a year, most recently Jan 03 and I've never experienced any problems of any kind.
M Okamoto	29 January 2003
Stayed at Melia Purosani - Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
My main destination was the Borobudor. The travel agent in the hotel do not offer group tour, but personal tour only, which costs you about US$50 per person (to Borobudor and Prambanann). (over $60 if you are alone.) If you want to save a bit, you could just ask for the car and a driver, that cost about $30 to $40. If you want to save more by taking a group tour, try an agent in Ibis Mariobolo Hotel. The tour I took cost less than $10 though you have to pay for your lunch and entry to the ruins. ($7 each and less than $2 for lunch at a local restaurant.) Even it was called as a group tour, it was only me and a couple and a baby from Sumatra. In Jogjakarta, there are a lot of batik stores that are overpriced. (though I do not know how much was the RIGHT price, and the people in general was very friendly to me and tended to give me better price because I am Asian...). If you want to see art batiks (not for clothes but for decoration) at a reasonable price, there is "goverment art center." I was told about the place from a guide at the king's palace('Kraton'). (There you have to be guided at first to take a look.) He also instructed the Becha (bicycle taxi) driver to take me there at a very reasonable rate (that you would never get when you ask one on street). I think the price was reasonable there, they only show you the final price on the list. (or at least I was just comfortable with the endorsement of the government...?) If you need to bargain, you'd never know the right price and you tend to pay much higher than appropriate range unless you know the market very well or you are exceptionally good at bargaining, so... Then one of the staff there took me to my next destination, a museum. (He actually wanted to take me to his gran'ma's batik store after the museum, that I declined...) May be because of the drastic reduction in tourists, people selling things/service in Jogjakarta as well as Bali were TOO eager to sell you, that made me very tired. But people in general was pretty kind and nice!
F Thomas	25 January 2003
Stayed at Crowne Plaza Jakarta - Jakarta, Indonesia.
My trip was a business trip so I visited no place, didn't have any tour. I recommend "Pulau Dua" as a nice place for dinner, even though it's located close to one of the main roads...
S Stevens	25 January 2003
Stayed at Aston Hotel Jakarta - Jakarta, Indonesia.
Recommend Twilite restaurant in Kemang and BATS bar and the Shangri La for a good evening's entertainment.
D Arbuckle	24 January 2003
Stayed at Dusit Mangga Dua - Jakarta, Indonesia.
Actually, Jakarta seems like a desperate place right now. It is hard not to see the desperation in people's eyes. Country is beautiful, but capital looks a little scary.

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