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The little known or visited magical island of Derawan

Posted by salemk

... even saw a large manta ray swimming right next to our room one night. We payed 150,000 ($12.50 US) a night and it's been our favorite in Indonesia so far. There is only electricity on the island at night when they turn on their generator, but this ...

Padang Bus Scam?

Posted by wandering_man

... to be rude to them and tell them to get away from us. It ruined that island. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I spent four months in Indonesia, two months in Lombok, one in Bali, and one in ...

Why I hate most of Indonesia

Posted by travelmonster

This is one of the main reasons I will never go back to Indonesia. 1) 99% of indonesians are out to scam & rip you off. I think I found 2 people that were not trying to take my money in some way. One scam I came across was being asked to pay ...

Why I hate most of Indonesia

Posted by salemk

This is some of the main reasons I will never go back to Indonesia. 1) 99% of indonesians I encountered are out to scam & rip you off. I think I found 2 people that were not trying to take my money in some way. One scam I came across was being asked ...

Padang Bus Scam?

Posted by salemk

This is one of the main reasons I will never go back to Indonesia. 99% of indonesians are out to scam & rip you off. I think I found 2 people that were not trying to take my money in some way. The bag scam I came across was being asked to pay extra ...

surfing sumatra

Posted by worm75

... since I'd been to indonesia - about 5 years, and previous to that - I'd spent 3 seperate trips travelling throughout indonesia - to many islands including Bali, Nusa Lemboggan, Lombok, Sumbawa, Sumba and also Java. Each time was an adventure and ...

Beautiful Indonesia

Posted by ima35

I want to welcome anyone who wants to come to Indonesia. It's an archipelago consisting of 14000+ islands, mostly composed of volcanoes. We have a lot of volcanoes, active or none active that we allow people to go up an take a peek at the crater. ...

Travel from Indonesia to Australia by boat?

Posted by nanddworldtrip

... doing a lot of research into this and it appears that the only options are 1) Finding a private yacht travelling from somewhere in Indonesia to Darwin/Cairns and paying to come on board/working on board 2) Finding a cargo ship willing to let us come on ...

Why I hate most of Indonesia

Posted by wakingdream

... which I totally understand. But hey, travel teaches us many things. Chalk it up to a learning experience. I quite enjoyed my time in Indonesia. I met many lovely people. Sure there were loads of folks trying to get me to spend in one way or another - and ...

Hikes, Landmarks, things to see...

Posted by bowo

... options and I would really like to go somewhere a little off the beaten path, any suggestions? And then I do fly out from Bali. If you have any websites you would recommend for research of different destinations in Indonesia I would be really grateful.

Getting around Indonesia

Posted by kimrox

Hi there, My sister and I are off to Indonesia in May and not only are we getting v. excited but I'm finiding more things I want to do and not enough time to do it in.. well unless one of us goes south and the other north.. hmmm Would anyone be able ...

Bintan Vs Batam

Posted by Sugar.Spike

My girlfriend and I are thinking of going to either Bintan or Batam Indonesia tomorrow for my birthday... we like seedy stuff... third world like places to explore and, since we only have the day and I have been in Singapore for awhile and not been to ...

Adventuring Trip

Posted by dirgantara

... been in many places, from Java and Bali, by car. (In my mind I wondering the beautiful places we'd been but only us admiring the scenery and experience it, and I ask myself why not sharing it with others they might also interested.) I never ever break ...

Driving To Pontianak - Pontianak travel question

Posted by michaelyk1962

... are very Negative, their advice it is better not to drive to pontianak, just to play safe. It sound very scary also. What are your advice to us? Do you think it is safe to drive to Pontianak? We are adventures, we like to drive and see the countryside.

Why I hate most of Indonesia

Posted by wakingdream

... 39;t argue about anything else b/c frankly there's just no point, but I will always stand up for those much less fortunate then us pampered little souls. I don't think it's about a 'right' for anything. I think it's about you being ...

indonesia - to oz without flying. how?!?

Posted by kavithak

... much luck finding anyone doing the route we're doing. We'd be really grateful if you wouldn't mind forwarding us those websites you've mentioned. Have you done the route yourself? Kavitha No worries. People have done it. You ...

indonesia - to oz without flying. how?!?

Posted by kavithak

... much luck finding anyone doing the route we're doing. We'd be really grateful if you wouldn't mind forwarding us those websites you've mentioned. Have you done the route yourself? Kavitha No worries. People have done it. You ...

Visa requirements on arrival in Jakarta

Posted by jeremystravels

I am not 100% sure since I have not gone yet, and my research is only from what I have read for US citizens, which is probably the same for UK citizens, but I would think that proof of onward travel is more than plenty. It seems that country sometimes ...

New President

Posted by skylab

... , Colombia Prague, Czech Republic Quito, Ecuador Paris, France Berlin, Germany Athens, Greece Jakarta, Indonesia Cork, Ireland Jerusalem, Israel Italy Morelia, Mexico Lima, Peru Lisbon, Portugal Johannesburg, ...

Adventuring Trip

Posted by dirgantara

... other ways of visiting places. It could be by boat, a small boat not a yacht or speedboat, a motorcycle and a bicycle instead of a tour bus fully aircon and reclining seat. I Think you have experienced that on your trip right. Please share with us here.

Adventuring Trip

Posted by dirgantara

... agencies and turn out to be so so trip (not bad but not good). Even they had tried the best to explainned or made us happy. And right after the tour I tried to find out places sorrounding it and had visited unpromoted places which was not published in the ...

Adventuring Trip

Posted by dirgantara

... adventuring and interesting trip. I do believe there are lots of places to be visited. Java and Bali Islands have wide land coverage waiting to be explore. Let's Start naming places and let us try to find out informations thru this forum. DIRGANTARA

Bintan Vs Batam

Posted by whereshegoes

Let us know which you decided on...was it birthday worthy? BTW...HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Racism down under..

Posted by rbisset

... GETTING BACK AT INDONESIA? Remeber the Bali bombings, the embassy attacked in Jakarta? Remember the anti-Australian sentiments by Indonesia or the billion dollars plus towards Aceh etc? Kill the infidel Aussies? The anti-Christian attitude towards us ...

Indonesia for 1-2 months - newbie!

Posted by marlie1929

Posted on Jan 6, 2013, 10:53:57

... I may be going back and forth a bit but getting rough prices (based on this year however) this seems to be the cheapest. See what you think anyway UK - JAPAN - INDONESIA - VIETNAM - PHILLIPINES - SINGAPORE - MALAYSIA -(Maybe Cambodia?)- THAILAND - UK

Hello Everyone

Posted by salemk

... the research. Oz is Australia as far as I know. Welcome to the forums Charlotte. I was in Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia & Indonesia last winter for 6 months and I have to say I will never return to any of them except Thailand. I loved Thailand' ...

Vietnam or Indonesia?

Posted by taude

Posted on Mar 28, 2013, 12:47:44

... three weeks at the end of may. Last year we visited Thailand for four week and we loved it!! Sadly we can't decide going to Vietnam or Indonesia and so an advice is needed.... Could someone help us with this? Thanks in advance! Taude

Visa help!!!!!

Posted by darrenstravels

... the day you enter the country, rather than a specific date. Best check that first). All you will need is some US Dollars for Indonesia, Laos and Cambodia, local currency for the others. Singapore is free. Also, having some loose passport photos is helpful ...

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