Jakarta is not so bad. Alternatively you


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Posted by pPamela on Monday, 5. March 2007 at 17:48 Bali Time:

In Reply to: Jakarta posted by iguana on Monday, 5. March 2007 at 15:49 Bali Time:

can get a air conditioned Damri bus ( 20,000 rupiah) just outside the exit door at the airport that will take you down to Bogor in 1.5 hrs.
In Bogor you can check out the Kebun Raya- beautiful Botanical Gardens.
There is also a great trip you can do with other travellers and one or two of the guides in Bogor ( check at the Tourist Centre) where you go to Halimun National Park, spend a day or two there and then drive all the way to Garut, stopping on the way and doing a rice field walk and another walk around Papadayan Volcano.
In Garut you get the chance to stay in a Hotel with a hot water swimming pool for a bath.
From Garut you head to Tasik Malaya and get to walk down the 360+ steps to see the village of the ancient Badui people who broke away from the main group in West Java not far from Halimun National Park.
From there you end up at Pangandaran Beach. Stay a day or two and then you can do the bus/ferry/bus trip through to Yogjkarta and then fly to Bali from Yogjkarta.
I did the Halimun National Park trip in 2000 and had such a great time and spend a lot of my time in Bogor when I visit Indonesia( 7 times now.)
Feel free to email me if you would like anymore information.
Pamela.


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