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 Traveller's Tales: Places to go and see in Indonesia
Take a tour of the top places to go in Indonesia. You may read about must see places and activities in the area. Also, you might want to read our
Bali city guide,
and Lombok city guide.
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| S Skirl |
04 May 2004 |
Stayed at Bali Royal Hotel - Bali, Indonesia.
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Don't go to Tanjung Benoa (or even Nusa Dua) for the beaches! They might have been charming once, now the whole stretches are split with stone walls and little pavillions. But do go to Bali: Landscape and temples and so many details truly make it the Island of Gods! In only 4 days and with two infant children, we managed to go elephant trekking in Taro, art-buying in Ubud und fire-dance -watching in Ulu Watu. One of the best Balinese retaurants was to be found in Tanjung Benoa: The Bumbu Bali offers original culinary delights and great ambience at a very reasonable price (sea turtles swimming at your feet!).
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| B Suda |
02 March 2004 |
Stayed at Ramada Resort, Benoa - Bali, Indonesia.
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Bali is a nice relaxing destination. It was not very busy which may be a result of the lingering doubts felt by some tourists after the Kuta bombings of October 2002.
I felt entirely safe the whole time I was there and would not hesitate returning.
I would recommend hiring a taxi for the day. 8 hours will set you back aorund 250,000-300,000 rupiah which is a bargain. Places to see are Tanah Lot, Mt Kintamani (I hope that's how it is spelt), Ubud and the nearby monkey forest.
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| P Sykes |
08 February 2004 |
Stayed at Qunci Villas - Lombok, Indonesia.
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OK, first Lombok is not the new Bali. Lombok has a charm all of it's own. Lombok is for those looking to relax and unwind and do nothing too exhausting. Don't expect streets lined with bars and night clubs or huge shopping centres. Tours are available to the watersfalls (2hr drive from Senggigi), the Monkey Forest (1hr drive from Senggigi) and other areas, but we spent most of our time at our fantastic hotel, sitting on our balcony, swimming in or lying around the pool, or lying on the balcony day bed sleeping. We also went to Mataram (the main city) using the local public transport, but unless you speak Bahasa Indonesian (we do), we recommend that you get taxis. A trip from Senggigi to Mataram costs about 25,000rp and they are clean and safe. Just make sure they use the meter. Mataram has the only Shopping Mall in Lombok and it is rather small. We will be back!
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| W Crewe |
27 January 2004 |
Stayed at Balihai Resort and Spa - Bali, Indonesia.
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The only downside is the location of Bali Hai as it's not too near Kuta itself or other restaurants and shops (although there are some just outside). However, taxi prices are so low - it's only about $1.50 to Kuta - that it's not a big problem. If you want to eat out, there's a range of restaurants along the main Tuban road to Kuta (Jalan Kartika Plaza). We had an excellent Indonesian meal at the Bali Terazo there as well as reasonable meals at other restaurants in that area. Made's Warung in Jalan Pantai Kuta is famous - deservedly so - and serves excellent local food at reasonable prices, too.
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| I Karim |
24 January 2004 |
Stayed at Novotel Yogyakarta - Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
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Yogjakarta is a great city, cleanest compared to Bandung, Medan and Jakarta. Borobudur while interesting is overhyped. Nothing compared to Angkor Wat. Needs better facilities and knowledgeable guides. Kraton was worth the visit as it displayed the lifestyle of the Sultans. The temples at Dieng are nothing to look at, not restored and just mounds of stones left, no written history. Same at Prambanan.
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| J Brownjohn |
21 January 2004 |
Stayed at Melia Bali Villas and Spa Resort - Bali, Indonesia.
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Third time in Bali and still surprisingly charming, despite the hyped-touristy image. Worth another visit, exploring with a hire car and staying away from the big three resorts we've already done.
Telumban dive site is worth a visit but 3 hours drive(!) from southern resorts. As an alternate to the volcano I recommend Bedugul.
To my surprise and despite I enjoyed the freelance entertainers at Jimbaran; grilled fish also pretty good.
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| E Steenvoorden |
19 December 2003 |
Stayed at Waka Shorea - Bali, Indonesia.
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We really love Indonesia and go back every year and try different places every time. We donīt like the very touristy places. Besides Menjangan we stayed this trip in Ahmed (The Santai hotel) which was really quiet as well but with beautiful gardens, lots of birds and flowers and very good Indonesian food even for vegetarians. We started at the Bali Intercontinental, a very nice hotel but there was a group of 400 people there as well, that we found a little too much.
Besides that we went to the Novotel in Tanjung Benoa. It has beautiful surroundings but the food was not good, very European, hardly no Indonesian at all, and very poor veggie food (the cook had no imagination). Afther a couple of days you want away from there back to Indonesia. Afther that we went to Lombok,a very nice and quiet place to go to if you want to relax, do some sight seeing and some diving or snorkeling. On earlier trips we went to Java and Sulawesi, which are still for us the best islands to visit.
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| J Sanchez mayoral |
07 October 2003 |
Stayed at Puri Bambu Hotel - Bali, Indonesia.
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Jimbaran is a beach located south of the airport (10 minutes by car). It's a really nice place to have dinner on the beach and eat fish and seafood in a great atmosphere. It is easy and cheap to travel around south Bali (Kuta, Seminyak, Legian, Sanur,etc) with a taxi (just control the switch the taximeter on). If you want to know a little about the island you should also visit Ubud, Mount Batur and the east beaches of the island (Amed is a quiet nice place perfect for diving). It is easy (and cheap) to rent a car at Kuta or directly at the Puri Bambu and driving around is quite a balinese experience.
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| S Flint |
08 September 2003 |
Stayed at Puri Dalem Hotel (BSB) - Bali, Indonesia.
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We visited Ubud, Gunung Batur, Paddy Fields, Monkey Sanctuary, Legian and Nusa Dua. Recommended restaurants - Ubud Dirty Duck and Indus. Tip for taking long distance taxi agree the price before getting in and whether this is per person. We agreed a rate for Sanur to Ubud only for the driver to stop after a mile and say that this was for one person only.
Trip up the Volcano, Gunung Batur. We were led to believe that this can be only done with an official guide. Well worthwhile but cost is Rp300,000 per person.
Middle range restaurants are excellent value in Bali as long as you do not expect to drink wine.
It costs Rp 100,000 Passenger Service to exit Bali from the airport.
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| D Lambert |
05 September 2003 |
Stayed at Hyatt Regency Yogyakarta - Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
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Places to visit are obviously Borobudur Temple (40km) and Prambanan (17km). It is better to have a guided tour (not vey expansive-compared with the entrance fee- and very interesting).
Restaurant : You have to try the newly opened Mlengy: the Chef is the former chef of the Hyatt Regency & the ambiance is very romantic (within 5min you'll forget the noise of the cars).
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