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 Traveller's Tales: Advise for travellers in Indonesia
Heed our handy tips on safe travel in Indonesia. You may read about travel warnings, health, what to wear, travel with kids, travel with pets, local weather, local government, medical information and traffic information in the area.Also, you might want to read our
Bali city guide,
and Lombok city guide.
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| Y Matsumoto |
10 August 2002 |
Stayed at Ramada Resort, Benoa - Bali, Indonesia.
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- There are many insects, especially the mosquito. So it is good to take an insect avoids spray.
- It is better to walk round, if you would like to buy a souvenir. Because the price is much different by the place.
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| C Webber |
05 August 2002 |
Stayed at Ibis Rajawali Surabaya Hotel - Surabaya, Indonesia.
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Surabaya is not a place to go unless you have to, being a fairly large, grey and polluted city. However, it is significantly better than Jakarta and women receive slightly less hassle here. If you have a free afternoon, the zoo is substantially better than some in Indonesia and has a good array of animals.
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| S Rutherford |
30 July 2002 |
Stayed at Novotel Yogyakarta - Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
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Dieng plateau is a must. The city itself has very nice character, although many locals are agressive when it comes to transportation.
Watch taxi prices. Be careful of handicrafts on Malioboro. Look deeper and go to the places where they are made. Prambanan temple is magnificent, on par with Angkor Wat but with less tourists.
The BEST restaurant in Yogyakarta is easily "Gadja Wong"
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| M Joing |
27 July 2002 |
Stayed at Puri Bambu Hotel - Bali, Indonesia.
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Be sure to ask for the "cheap" menu when going to the seaside restaurants at Jimbaran Bay; they have a separate menu for those guests for whom they provide "free" transportation to and from the restaurant, which lists higher prices. Bargaining is also accepted at the above restaurants.
Bemos are difficult for tourists to negotiate for a fair price; furthermore, often multiple bemo transfers are required to get to certain destinations (i.e., to Ubud from Kuta) and the fare goes up along the way for each segment for unsuspecting tourists. An alternative is to hire a taxi (metered) or to hire a car for those who have international driver licenses and nerves of steel. Tourist shuttle buses are another option, but are generally more expensive on the return portion of the trip.
Overall, Bali had a lot of natural beauty to offer. Unfortunately, the atmosphere was somewhat ruined by the blatant attempts to exploit tourists for their money, as well as by the aggressive, rude, never-ending touts lining the streets.
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| J Bynner |
20 July 2002 |
Stayed at Griya Santrian Beach Cottages - Bali, Indonesia.
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Sanur is a perfect place for a totally relaxing Bali holiday. Laid back life style lots of things to see and do and relatively little hawking and hustling by the standards of some other places. By comparison, Katu, the resort nearest the airport and very popular with surfers and young people generally, is the complete opposite: an appalling place, polluted, traffic-congested and overcrowded - to be avoided at all costs.
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| P Ryan |
17 July 2002 |
Stayed at Puri Dalem Hotel (BSB) - Bali, Indonesia.
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Bali, despite being the most "touristy" place I have ever visited, still has many redeeming features. The "in-your-face" constant demand for money gets wearing after a while but I retained the impression that this was a means to an end ... maintaining a culture.
Bali seems to have managed to embrace rampant capitalism but retain its culture and the charm of its people. But this opinion was based on only three days in Bali and I still have much to learn. Would I go back to Bali? Certainly, in a month would be perfect.
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| R Thayer |
06 July 2002 |
Stayed at Paradise Seminyak Hotel and Spa - Bali, Indonesia.
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Overall I was unimpressed with Bali. It was my first trip and outside of the resort areas I thought it was dirty and the people tried to rip you off. If I was going to travel to an exotic location I would recommend Phuket Thailand over bali anyday.
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| L Yong koon |
22 June 2002 |
Stayed at Novotel Coralia Bogor - Jakarta, Indonesia.
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transportation is monopolised by the hotel, extremely xpensive compared to even downtown jakarta !
not a single taxi avail.
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| B Parsons |
14 June 2002 |
Stayed at Bali Dynasty Resort - Bali, Indonesia.
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Definitely go to the kecak dance in Ulu Watu and the Barong Dance in Ubud. Both are so worth seeing. Do beware of the monkeys in Ulu Watu though -- they will take anything off you that they can get their hands on.
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| Y Seng tone leow |
07 June 2002 |
Stayed at Mandarin Oriental Jakarta - Jakarta, Indonesia.
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This is my 6th visit and Jakarta is pleasantly calm this time, maybe it's due to her birthday celebrations.
I just heard that they had a bomb blast last weekend, one day after I left.
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