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Staying in touch for little or FREE under Indonesia’s new phone rules
Douglas COLE
31 August 2023
Promotional image by Telkomsel – its SIMPATI mobile phone network is Indonesia’s most extensive with services to every province. Indonesia is well and truly wired … or perhaps that should ...
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Why CRIME isn’t a big issue in Indonesia plus common-sense rules for protecting yourself and your things regardless
Douglas COLE
13 December 2022
Not a real robbery but rather a scene from a TV drama shoot – none-the-less be aware that this kind of petty theft can happen in Indonesia and other Asian ...
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SAFETY and SECURITY – Debunking the myth that Indonesia is a dangerous country to visit
Douglas COLE
10 December 2022
Memorial at Kuta in Bali to the more than 200 people who died in the terrorist bombings of 2002. Pic Jonathan Liem – Wiki Commons Many people are nervous about ...
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MOUNT BROMO – A surreal other-worldly landscape of volcanoes, mythology and a sea of sand
Douglas COLE
9 December 2022
You may well have already seen images of Mount Bromo and its four neighboring volcanoes without even realizing it. These mighty smoldering peaks belching clouds of smoke through the swirling ...
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Visit Visa revamp – Indonesia rolls out the post-pandemic welcome mat
Douglas COLE
26 November 2022
With Covid-19 restrictions eased, Indonesia airports are becoming busier again – pic Jakarta Post e-Visas available online, and conditions upgraded for short & extended stays Indonesia is at last back ...
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YOGYAKARTA – Independent exploring
Douglas COLE
9 November 2022
The Yogyakarta Monument in the heart of the city. The then Sultan built a 25 – metre tall monument on this site in 1755 as a direction marker towards Mt ...
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YOGYAKARTA – Must See Highlights
Douglas COLE
9 November 2022
Special places in a very special city that you should be sure to explore Yogyakarta exudes energy from a rich tradition of more than 1300 years of culture, history, empires, ...
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YOGYAKARTA – Prambanan Temples
Douglas COLE
9 November 2022
Mysterious and beautiful monuments from 1,150 years ago ‘AWESOME’ will be the word that immediately springs to mind as you begin to explore the Prambanan Hindu temple complex near Yogyakarta. ...
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MEDAN – Must See City Highlights
Douglas COLE
9 November 2022
Istana Maimoon (the Sultan’s Palace) Medan Medan is a bustling, cosmopolitan commercial and business center and a regional economic powerhouse – it is big, boisterous, cluttered, crowded, noisy, heavily trafficked ...
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SURABAYA – A city being transformed
Douglas COLE
8 November 2022
Unique attractions in an historic city undergoing a remarkable makeover Surabaya is the capital of East Java and until little more than 100 years ago ranked as the largest and ...
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SURABAYA – City of Heroes
Douglas COLE
8 November 2022
The city that helped shape Indonesia’s modern destiny To the Indonesian people Surabaya is Kota Palahwan – ‘The City of Heroes’ – for the sacrifices of its citizens and their ...
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BERASTAGI and KARO HIGHLANDS – North Sumatra
Douglas COLE
8 November 2022
The cool of the highlands with coffee, fruits, traditions and erupting volcanoes Berastagi is where the well-to-do elites of colonial Medan spent weekends and holidays relaxing and enjoying the temperate ...
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Staying in touch for little or FREE under Indonesia’s new phone rules
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Why CRIME isn’t a big issue in Indonesia plus common-sense rules for protecting yourself and your things regardless
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SAFETY and SECURITY - Debunking the myth that Indonesia is a dangerous country to visit
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MOUNT BROMO - A surreal other-worldly landscape of volcanoes, mythology and a sea of sand
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Visit Visa revamp - Indonesia rolls out the post-pandemic welcome mat
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