Travel tales and tips for getting around in Indonesia by asiahotels.com

Traveller's Tales: Getting around in Indonesia

Know the most popular landmarks in Indonesia. You may read about best transportation, recommended travel itinerary, suggested routes and directions. Also, you might want to read our Bali city guide, and Lombok city guide.

C Byung soo	27 April 2002
Stayed at Atlet Century Park Hotel - Jakarta, Indonesia.
Korea restaurant "HAN KUK GWAN" was vary good taste and convenient to use. It takes around 10 minutes by take a walk.
N Johnson	22 April 2002
Stayed at Poppies Bali - Kuta, Indonesia.
Kuta is a the place to go if you like cheap copy t-shirts (or copy most things for that matter), cheap beer, dressing up as a surfer (noticed there were a lot of hangers on with all the clothes and no board!), actual surfing, and basically living a seriously hedonistic and borderline immoral existence. In short, Kuta is what many Australians would love Australians to be and probably would be if there were no goverment. There is another Kuta and that is the one which is choc-a-bloc with health spas, beatiful furniture and lace shops, some excellent seafood restaurants, some very cool local and expat run designer clothes shops and a beautiful clean beach. My ideal holiday is a combination of the two so Kuta was ideal. In my four night / three day stay we partied till four thrirty in the morning a couple of nights at the Hard Rock and Double-Six, ate delicious crab, shopped for clothes and gifts, visited Ubud (what a dump that place has become), spent a few hours in the galleries and furniture shops, tootled around on the USD5/day rental motorbike and generally lazed around the beach and the pool. In my humble but experienced opinion, Double- Six is one of the top clubs / discos in Asia (up there with Zouk in Singapore and Retro in Jakarta) along the beach at Seminyak. Well worth a visit, as it attracts its fair share from the local, tourist and expat community and also unites the gay and straight communities. Now there's a touching thought!
T Sarro	18 March 2002
Stayed at Melia Purosani - Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
I used Puri Tours in the hotel to arrange drivers to take me to Borobudur and Prambanan, and was very happy with this arrangement. The Melia hotel is in the center of Jogja, a short becak ride from the palace, post office, Malioboro and other places of interest. Watch out for the becak drivers! They are pleasant enough, but seem to have no scruples about charging 10 or 20 times what the ride is worth if they think they can get you to pay it. For instance, 5000 Rupiahs to get to the palace is VERY generous. Set the price before you get in. If a driver won't take your price, just walk away. There are PLENTY of becaks in Jogja, and your man will invariably break down once he knows he's about to lose the business. The sights and musuems are interesting, but I think the highlight of Jogja is the gamelan, dance and puppet performances. The Tourist info office hands out a little sheet listing the regular performances. I went to the Dalem Pujokusuman for traditional dance (Monday night) and it was just about the most beautiful thing I have ever seen. It is hard to find, don't try to find it on your own, my becak driver had to ask where it was, but its worth the effort. I also went to the shadow puppet show at the Sono Budoyo musuem (every night at 8), and the dance rehearsal at the palace (every Sunday morning) and both were very worthwhile. There are also gamelan rehearsals at the palce (Monday and Wednesday morning) which I missed, but I'm sure are very good. I asked which batik shopes were the best, and Margaria, Mirota, and DanarHadi were all mentioned. I bought some nice cloth at DanrHadi, but would have liked to see the selection in the other stores if I had more time. I sense there are a lot of unscrupulous batik dealers, so try to get a reference for any place you go into to actually buy.
C Gullberg	19 February 2002
Stayed at Ramada Resort, Benoa - Bali, Indonesia.
Bali is a great destination if you like hot weather, beautiful beaches and cheap hotels. Five-star hotels in Bali are considerably cheaper than in the west and the favorable exchange rate makes Indonesia very cheap. Taxis are especially cheap. International political problems have discouraged people from visiting but Bali is Hindu (not Muslim) and has absolutely no problems for the average tourist. I have been to all the major beach resorts in southeast Asia and I would rate Bali the top for value for money, cultural interest, variety and quality of food (esp. international cuisine) and freqeuncy of travel to/from the island.
Y Kolstrom	01 February 2002
Stayed at Puri Bambu Hotel - Bali, Indonesia.
The hotel is located near a fishing village and in a residential area; it is therefore isolated from traffic and is quiet compared to what we saw elsewhere. Because it is isolated, we used the hotel shuttle to the tourist town of Kuta, 20 minutes away, which departs daily at 1000, 1300 and 1500; from there it is possible to take various types of transportation elsewhere. Because we were unfamiliar with the transportation system, we preferred to book group and individual tours to the numerous attractions through the hotel. Jimbaran Beach is located some 400 meters away; there are some 80 eating establishments (warungs) specializing in fresh barbecued fish there. We enjoyed the walks along the beach, which is busy during the day with the small fishing boats; however, the rainy season brought extensive debris back on the beach, so there was little incentive to swim there at this time of year.
K Hughes	27 January 2002
Stayed at Ibis Arcadia Hotel - Jakarta, Indonesia.
Hotel is located near shops , email cafe , McDonalds , Pizza Hut and 2 Indonesian restaurants, all within 5 mins walk. It is about 15 mins in bad traffic to main business area but taxis are very cheap and airconed.
M Robertson	21 January 2002
Stayed at Atlet Century Park Hotel - Jakarta, Indonesia.
Close to the golf course, not too far from restaurants, clubs and bars with a large taxi on its doorstep - you cant really go wrong for a US$40 hotel room.
H Kano	13 January 2002
Stayed at Atlet Century Park Hotel - Jakarta, Indonesia.
Very convenient location. Close enough to a big shopping mall (Plaza Senayan). It was also easy to go to the airport because the hotel is located close to the entrance of the toll road.
D Chan	13 January 2002
Stayed at Ibis Arcadia Hotel - Jakarta, Indonesia.
It is very convenient to move around in cab, to Plaza Senayan, Grand Hyatt, etc. Try some foods at the Vietnamese restaurant, was not good.
S Wong	12 January 2002
Stayed at Pavilions Private Villas - Bali, Indonesia.
Local transport/with drivers easy and cheap. Quite knowledgable about (limited) availability of trips to ubub, temples et. Nothing to faze a reasonably savvy traveller. Sea food good at jimarang? bay, meals by room service adequate, better value at beach restaurants.

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