Indonesia travel stories

Digital backpacker 2000: Indonesia, Samosir

After 14 horrendous hours in the bus I arrived in Bukkitinggi, a mountain town, the main street filled with bars, hotels and restaurants. This town is sometimes referred to as Kota Jam Gadung (big ...

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Digital backpacker 2000: Indonesia, Medan

Medan is the third largest city in Indonesia. Most people use this town as an entry or exit point as it has few sites of interest. I stayed a little bit longer, discovered an interesting Chino-town...

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Bribing my way into a land of craziness

When we arrived in Indonesia at the Jakarta airport, I had to show proof of a plane ticket out of Indonesia in order to be granted a visa. I didn't have a plane ticket yet - this was a problem&...

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Vacation within a Vacation

With only a couple of weeks left in our trip, we decided to relax and really enjoy ourselves - meaning no more bus rides from hell - just beautiful beaches. We decided to spend a week on Gili Trawa...

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1996 Travel Diary (Part 1)

For the New Year I was in Indonesia at Tuk Tuk on Samosir Island in Lake Toba, Sumatra. Shortly after the New Year I traveled back to Medan and then caught an over night bus up to Banda Aceh on the...

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