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 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.
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| E Nah |
16 January 2003 |
Stayed at Atlet Century Park Hotel - Jakarta, Indonesia.
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Always travel by meter when in a taxi. Go by Blue or Silver bird ONLY. Even so, make sure your driver knows the way or better still buy a map before you enter the country. Good Jakarta maps are hard to come by, even at the malls. Bookshops are a rarity for English books. It's best to know your way around by being orientated on the map via landmarks. Asking around may not help 'cos even the hotel staff may not always understand what you are saying in English.
Learn a few essential Bahasa Indonesia words for convenience/survival. Stay away from city central if you are Chinese-looking or caucasian 'cos at any time, an uprising with people brought in from other islands can occur.
Senayan is more or less, a safe place away from the crowds. Walking to Plaza Senayan after dark is ok. Just don't go beyond the area on foot. Try to dress down - don't show off and don't show too much skin. I was followed on my return walk from expensive Pasar Ria and Blok M (half hour's walk away) so you need to watch your back and keep in crowded and bright areas. If followed, make a u-turn, then follow the person following you. That shook my follower off.
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| D Rinaldo |
15 January 2003 |
Stayed at Gran Mahakam, Hotel - Jakarta, Indonesia.
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An interesting city. Had a delicious meal at a Japanese restaurant called Ambia (?).
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| O Dervout |
12 January 2003 |
Stayed at Senggigi Beach Hotel - Lombok, Indonesia.
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Great island but very expensive.
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| G Holt |
03 January 2003 |
Stayed at Mercure Rekso - Jakarta, Indonesia.
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Indonesia is going through difficult times at the moment with the almost complete disappearance of Western travellers, and one does not always feel comfortable in certain areas of the city: people do not smile very much in public in Java (unlike Bali) and one tends to wonder if one is welcome.
Just around the corner from the hotel is one of the main streets of Chinatown with several excellent restaurants. Ordering can be somewhat comical because most of the menus are in Indonesian only, but there are photographs of the dishes, and the staff speak at least 15 words of English, including "beef," "fish," "vegetable," which can be useful when in doubt.
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| S Ideta |
02 January 2003 |
Stayed at Novotel Yogyakarta - Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
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There is an Indonesian restaurant on the next shopping mall B1F. It's very delicious and serve very quickly.
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| M Minegishi |
01 January 2003 |
Stayed at Novotel Coralia Bukittinggi - Bukittinggi, Indonesia.
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Good weather condition to stay.
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| I Angell |
31 December 2002 |
Stayed at Senggigi Beach Hotel - Lombok, Indonesia.
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Took a day trip with a tour guide, nice fellow. Vendors unreasonable and irritating.
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| B Pohlmann |
29 December 2002 |
Stayed at Jayakarta Lombok - Lombok, Indonesia.
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Lombok was fairly empty of tourists. It's sad to see how the region has changed since October. It's safe, but no one is there.
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| K Wiegand |
28 December 2002 |
Stayed at Sheraton Mustika Yogyakarta - Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
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You can easily reach the famous Borobudur site even on public buses. Javanese people are very friendly. At Borobudur try to get Ms Aisha as a guide, she can tell a lot of interesting facts and stories in reasonable good English. She usually waits for customers at the ticket office.
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| A Ilangakoon |
27 December 2002 |
Stayed at Inna Garuda - Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
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Yogyakarta is a wonderful place to visit. It is in close proximity to the world heritage sites of Borabudur and Prambanan which you can visit conveniently either on your own using local transport or by arranging tours with local tour groups located in close proximity to hotel Natour Garuda.
We also visited Mt. Merapi an active volcano just 25 km away from Yogya. In Yogyakarta itself the Kraton is interesting and local transport includes Andongs (horse cart) and Becacks (bicycle rikshaws) which are cheap and great fun. Shopping along Jalan Malioboro and eating Indonesian food at night from street cafes is also good fun.
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