Indonesia..

Hi

I will be travelling from Southern Thailand in May, through Indonesia for a
month and flying out of Bali - I have heard that the Indonesian Islands are
some of the most beautiful places in the world, if anyone could suggest the
best places to stop/see/visit on this route or offer any travel advice i
would be very grateful, i am on a small budget, 'backpacking' with a
friend..

Thanks in advance,

Beej

Hi,

To help plan your route check out my "Maps of Indonesia" at,
http://users.powernet.co.uk/mkmarina


Selamat Jalan,


Pete Loud





"Cloudsteppa" wrote in message
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Hi

I will be travelling from Southern Thailand in May, through Indonesia for
a
month and flying out of Bali - I have heard that the Indonesian Islands
are
some of the most beautiful places in the world, if anyone could suggest
the
best places to stop/see/visit on this route or offer any travel advice i
would be very grateful, i am on a small budget, 'backpacking' with a
friend..

Thanks in advance,

Beej

From my 4 months there i remember the togian islands the most beautufull
islands, in the center of sulawesi. quiet paradise. No fullmoon party, etc.
Just water, light, sun, swimming, diving.. Very peacyfull. Believe me
Also for snorkling/diving bunaken on the northtip is a nice place. And the
toraja highlands is very good. But you'll need some time there to get away
from the guides. Rent a mountain bike. Then it´s fantastic.

I did the bali to east-timor journey. And scuba diving in east timor is a
MUST. Renting a motorcycle the same. Nice people, fantastic countrysite.
Just great.
-Lombok is also somewhat great, but turisty. The gilis is good for a few
days of partying
-Alor. Well i wish a made it, but ended up waiting 5 days for the ferry. But
everyone said it´s a fantastic place.
-Flores for scuba-diving, vulkano climbing (kelimuto), and trips to komodo.
-Sumba. Off the beaten trek. Nice oportunity to stay very local. Spent one
night in the cheefs hut, just above 10 waterbuffalos there
-sumbawa. Dont know - just passing through. Beautyfull though.

Finally you have palau weh north of sumatra. A cheap paradise where everyone
i meet intended to stay 2-6 day but ended up staying there for min. two
weeks. Its very possible that its impossible to go there right now though.
But i havent kept uptodate on the ACEH conflict.

/Kim Isaksen



"Cloudsteppa" wrote in message
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Hi

I will be travelling from Southern Thailand in May, through Indonesia for
a
month and flying out of Bali - I have heard that the Indonesian Islands
are
some of the most beautiful places in the world, if anyone could suggest
the
best places to stop/see/visit on this route or offer any travel advice i
would be very grateful, i am on a small budget, 'backpacking' with a
friend..

Thanks in advance,

Beej

(Cloudsteppa) wrote in message . com...
Hi

I will be travelling from Southern Thailand in May, through Indonesia for a
month and flying out of Bali - I have heard that the Indonesian Islands are
some of the most beautiful places in the world, if anyone could suggest the
best places to stop/see/visit on this route or offer any travel advice i
would be very grateful, i am on a small budget, 'backpacking' with a
friend..

Thanks in advance,

Beej

Here is one of the less known links with some info about the things
you might see on your way through Java to Bali

http://www.my-capung.com/

have fun!

(Cloudsteppa) wrote in message . com...
Hi

I will be travelling from Southern Thailand in May, through Indonesia for a
month and flying out of Bali - I have heard that the Indonesian Islands are
some of the most beautiful places in the world, if anyone could suggest the
best places to stop/see/visit on this route or offer any travel advice i
would be very grateful, i am on a small budget, 'backpacking' with a
friend..

Thanks in advance,

Beej

I've been told the big lake in Sumatra is great and quite cheap.

Everybody says Mnt. Bromo is amazing, and Jakarta is nasty. Bali is wonderful.

Hi,

The big lake in Sumatra is "Lake Toba", it is a valcano lake. The water is
crystal clear. Nearby lake Toba, you can go to Bukit Lawang and
Bukittinggi. Over there, you can see "Orang Utan". However, both are far
from Bali.

Actually, nearby Bali, there are quite a lot of islands and fantastic place,
like Lombok, Flore, Komodo. You can see some volcano in Lombok and Flore.
And Komodo Dragon in Komodo. ( The biggest lizard in the World ).

Moreover Mt. Bromo is around 7 hours by bus, you can go there to have a
look.

Thomas


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(Cloudsteppa) wrote in message
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Hi

I will be travelling from Southern Thailand in May, through Indonesia
for a
month and flying out of Bali - I have heard that the Indonesian Islands
are
some of the most beautiful places in the world, if anyone could suggest
the
best places to stop/see/visit on this route or offer any travel advice i
would be very grateful, i am on a small budget, 'backpacking' with a
friend..

Thanks in advance,

Beej

I've been told the big lake in Sumatra is great and quite cheap.

Everybody says Mnt. Bromo is amazing, and Jakarta is nasty. Bali is
wonderful.

(Patrick Powers) wrote in message . com...
I've been told the big lake in Sumatra is great and quite cheap.

Lake Toba has island in the middle of it, it's named Samosir and it's
around the size of the Singapore island.

Everybody says Mnt. Bromo is amazing,

Yes, and Mt. Bromo is in East Java.

and Jakarta is nasty.

There are some problems in Jakarta (which is in West Java):

- Traffic

- Difficulty of commuting if you don't know how and when to commute

- Lots of people along with their own uniqueness (some you may like,
some you may want to avoid)

But nevertheless, Jakarta do have its own charms in some ways or
another.

It should be noted that Jakarta is a place to live, and not somekind
of tourist place.

Bali is wonderful.

Which seems to be have transformed into a non Indonesian place, many
Indonesians don't go to Bali anymore, since travelling there feel like
travelling to another country (even Singapore feels more Indonesian
than Bali).

They prefer to visit elsewhere in Java, like some of the places below

West Java:

- Anyer (beach)

- Bogor (cultural)

- Puncak, between Bogor and Bandung (mountain)

- Bandung (mountain and cultural)

- Pelabuhan Ratu (beach)

- Cirebon (harbour)

- Garut (hotspring)

Central Java:

- Jogyakarta (cultural)

- Semarang (cultural)

East Java:

- Surabaya (cultural)

East Java:

- Surabaya (cultural)

How could you miss out Malang, with the nearby Singosari temples?

And it has one of the nicest hotels in Indonesia (the Tugu).

"Mike987" wrote in message
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East Java:

- Surabaya (cultural)

How could you miss out Malang, with the nearby Singosari temples?

And it has one of the nicest hotels in Indonesia (the Tugu).

Perhaps the list is imperfect even with this addition.

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- Garut (hotspring)

If you're going to Garut, better do it fast. The destruction of the
forest (burning for farming) is getting worse. I was there late last
year. Beautiful in spots, depressing in others. It's going to end up
looking like central Sumatra if they're not careful.