| 30/04/97 - 01/05/97 |
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| Flight Amsterdam - Singapore by Singapore airlines |
Flight Singapore - Solo by SilkAir |
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| 01/05/97 - 02/05/97 Solo / Surakarta |
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Stay:
| Hotel Griyadi Sahid Kusuma |
| Beautiful place to stay but very expensive. |
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Eat:
| Perfect place to have dinner, excellent food for a very reasonable price. You can meet a lot of travelers here … |
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Other:
| Visit the Mankunegara Palace and Pasar Triwindu. |
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| 02/05/97 - 07/05/97 Yogjakarta |
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Yogjakarta / Surakarta area map |
Stay:
| Clean place, rooms between 20000 - 65000 rp. |
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Eat:
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Other:
| Borobudur (1 hour by public bus), 5000 rp. entrance fee |
| Prambanan (0,5 hour by bus), 2000 rp. entrance fee |
| Try to be there at sunrise, than still very quiet and best light for pictures. |
| Kraton Palace |
| Waterpalace |
| Marlioboro road |
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| 07/05/97 - 08/05/97 Ujung Pandang |
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Stay:
| Clean place, all aircon rooms rather expensive though. |
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Eat:
| At the boulevard (2nd floor) Excellent seafood.With a beautiful view at Losari beach; "the longest dinner table of the world" |
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Other:
| Fort Rotterdam |
| Harbor |
| At night:Losari beach |
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| 08/05/97 -10/05/97 Bira |
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Stay:
| 17500 rp. Incl pancake breakfast. Real quiet place with bungalows in a beautiful garden. |
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Other:
| Bugi boat building |
| Very quiet beaches, good snorkeling. |
| Perfect place for a few days rest |
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| 10/05/97 - 12/05/97 Sengkang |
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Stay:
| 20000 rp. Incl. breakfast. Don't take the rooms next to the veranda! The owner (Eric) is a real nice guy and can arrange some tours for you. |
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Other:
| Take a tour arranged by Pondok Eka, it's worth it's money !! |
| Lake Tempe |
| The floating village "Rumah Terapung" |
| Silk weaving process |
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| 12/05/97 - 16/05/97 Rantepao "Tanatoraja" |
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Stay:
| 15600 rp. Incl. breakfast. Excellent place, just outside town (5 min.) Clean and cool rooms. Nice garden. |
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Eat:
| A lot of warungs and restaurants, must try the local toradjan food !! |
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Other:
| Visit the traditional houses, graves and Tau Tau. |
| You don't need a guide, just take a bemo to one of the villages and try to visit the remote one's which are not run down yet. |
| Also a mustdo is doing a lot of trekking, Tanatoraja has probably the most beautiful sawa's and scenery of Indonesia. |
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| 16/05/97 - 17/05/97 Pendolo |
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Stay:
| 12500 rp. Incl. breakfast. Another excellent place, at the lakeside. |
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Eat:
| Good food and very romantic dining at pavilion above the lake. |
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Other:
| If you want to leave Pendolo by ferry (to Tentena), the owner will take you in the morning by his own boat to the ferry. |
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| 17/05/97 - 19/05/97 Tentena |
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Stay:
| 12500 - 30000 rp. Incl. breakfast. Clean place with top rooms in the side building. |
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Eat:
| The best by far. Try the steamed eel…. |
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Other:
| The Sulewana and Salopa waterfalls, the Salopa is a must do, you can do some waterfall climbing here !!! |
| The 2 meter eels ! |
| Trekking in Lore Lindu national park. |
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| 19/05/97 - 20/05/97 Palu |
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Stay:
| 30000 rp. At that moment the best deal in Palu, but still noisy and hot. |
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Eat:
| Karaoke restaurant, Everybody gets on the tables when you go for a song, nice atmosphere, overpriced food. |
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Other:
| Just our stopover to Dongala. |
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| 20/05/97 - 22/05/97 Donggala / Tanjung Karang |
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Stay:
| 30000 rp. Incl. all meals and snacks. Excellent place, bamboo cottages at the seashore |
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Eat:
| At the cottages, lots of sea food. |
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Other:
| Very nice swimming |
| Excellent snorkeling absolutely must do !!! |
| Incredible sunsets |
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| 22/05/97 - 24/05/97 Manado |
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Stay:
| 20000 rp. Incl. breakfast. Clean place, located between centre and the boat to Bunaken. |
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Eat:
| Everywhere, lots of warungs and restaurants, even KFC. |
| Local specialty; fried dog !!! |
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Other:
| Vulcano climbing, try the Muhawa, still active and just one hour climbing to the top. |
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| 24/05/97 - 27/05/97 Bunaken Isl. |
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Stay:
| 30000 - 40000 rp. Incl. all meals. Real quiet place with only four bungalows. |
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Eat:
| Again excellent local seafood. |
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Other:
| Ofcourse you must go snorkeling/diving. You won't believe your eyes!! |
| Don't go on a snorkeling or diving tour from Manado much too expensive (starts at 50 USD) |
| Try one of Lorenso's tours, 17500 rp. for 4 hours |
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| 27/05/97 - 29/05/97 Manado. |
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Other:
| Lake Tondano |
| Tomohon, the flower city. |
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| 29/05/97 - 30/05/97 |
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| Flight Manado - Singapore By SilkAir |
Flight Singapore - Amsterdam By Singapore airlines |
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