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  1. TRAVELLING IN 
  2. INDONESIA
  3.  
  4. The country of
  5. Indonesia is spread
  6. over 13,677 islands
  7. of which 3000 are
  8. inhabitable.There
  9. are five main islands
  10. - Sumatra,Java,Sulawesi,
  11. Bali and Kalimantan
  12. together wiht the
  13. western half of
  14. New Guinea.
  15.  
  16. Capital:Jakarta
  17.  
  18. Pop:159,000,000
  19.  
  20. Language:
  21. Bahasa Indonesian
  22. which is a varient
  23. of Malay.Older folk
  24. still speak Dutch
  25. but many younger
  26. folk speak English.
  27.  
  28. Time:
  29. There are three time
  30. zones:-
  31.  
  32. Java,Sumatra,Bali
  33. are GMT+7
  34. Kalimantan,Timor &
  35. Sulawesi GMT+8
  36. Molucca islands &
  37. Irian Java GMT+9
  38.  
  39.  
  40. Electricity  110v
  41. apart from Jakarta
  42. which is 220v.
  43.  
  44. Passports/visas
  45. UK Full passport
  46. Visa not required
  47. as long as not
  48. stopping for more
  49. than 60 days.
  50.  
  51. Money:Rupiah
  52. All major credit cards
  53. are accepted though
  54. travellers cheques are
  55. a little more limited
  56. and usually only
  57. accepted at banks and
  58. hotels.
  59.  
  60.  
  61. Health:
  62. Cholera/Typhoid/Yellow
  63. Fever/Polio are
  64. recommended.
  65. Water- boil all!
  66.  
  67. Boil milk and avoid
  68. salads,fresh food.
  69. eat well cooked
  70. foods.
  71.  
  72. Air Travel:
  73. Indonesia's national
  74. airline is GARUDA
  75. and especially cheap
  76. fares are available 
  77. through this airline
  78. to Far east and
  79. Australasian desti-
  80. nations.
  81. Approx flying time
  82. from the UK is
  83. 17 hours.
  84.  
  85. Second airport is
  86. DENPASAR on Bali.
  87.  
  88. BEACHES:
  89. Good beaches at
  90. Kuta in Bali
  91. Sanur in Bali
  92.  
  93.  
  94. OF INTEREST:
  95. Many of Indonesias
  96. islands contain
  97. temple sites and
  98. old royal palaces
  99. and remains such
  100. as Narmada in
  101. Lombok with it's
  102. huge complex
  103. of palace dwellings.
  104.  
  105. NIGHTLIFE:
  106. Jakarta nightlife
  107. is quite lively and
  108. there are over 40
  109. cinemas in the city
  110. some showing English
  111. /subtitled films.
  112.  
  113. CLIMATE:
  114. Tropical climate varying
  115. from area to area.The
  116. Eastern monsoon brings the
  117. driest weather(June to
  118. September)The western
  119. monsoon brings main rains
  120. (dec to March)Rainstorms
  121. can occur all year.The
  122. higher regions are cooler.
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