http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Java/Bogor/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Asia , Indonesia , Java , Bogor en-us Mon, 04 Jan 2010 06:05:07 +0000 Mon, 04 Jan 2010 06:05:07 +0000 Indonesia JakartaTime for a change in country yet again. I was flying to Jakarta but had been unable to find any accomodation as it was the local holidays Last minute change of plan whilst sat in KL airport I read about a homestay programme where you live with locals and they show you how they live etc. So having arranged it all with the guy I was met in a place called Bogor by one of his http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Java/Bogor/blog-438690.html Long Flight. Avoided Jakarta. http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Java/Bogor/blog-436831.html Bogor's main attraction is the botanical gardens and it's a big draw for locals as well as westerners. The packed train certainly suggested that it would be busy. Scores of families lined up along the platform and when the train arrived everyone jumped on. This was our first taste of Indonesian trains and the only ticket we could buy was economy.Trains come in three classes EKONOMI no seat numbe http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Java/Bogor/blog-403912.html Just spent a relaxing three days in the mountains just outside hot stuffy Jakarta. What a relief. We got into the car and took the highway from Jakarta to Ciawi. Easy drive but little to see along the way. The toll took us str8 to the centre of Bogor. We stayed at the Heritage Hotel. It is a historic refurbished hotel. Not quite in the class of the Raflles or Eand O but still had enough old worl http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Java/Bogor/blog-401022.html Day 398 on the road I am about to leave Indonesia for now and one of the things that I surely will not miss is the constant hello mister and my friend my friend shouting from everyone on the street even from two blocks away on the opposite side of the road. If you have not experienced it it may sound funny but trust me after four weeks of constant harassment it is no longer fun just http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Java/Bogor/blog-396928.html From Bangkok we flew to Java Indonesia... I was sure with a name like Java I could put away the Nescafe for a week or two... I could have yes... but you wouldn't have either Anyhow we flew into Java via Jakarta and took a train into the smaller city of Bogor. Bogor is known world wide for its botanical gardens established by Sir Simon Raffles and remains today a hub of botanical research and s http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Java/Bogor/blog-333961.html httpwww.new.facebook.comalbum.phpaid2243412l8f8c7id13603147 http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Java/Bogor/blog-313680.html Der Flughafen Bengkulus liegt 14 km sdlich der Stadt und war mit dem Fahrrad bequem in 45 min zu erreichen. Ich hatte mein Ticket nach Jakarta vor weniger als einer Woche in Padang gekauft aber selbst bei relativ kurzfristigen Buchungen ist das Fliegen innerhalb Indonesiens aufgrund einer Vielzahl von Billigairlines sehr gnstig. Der 50 mintige Flug nach Jakarta mit Lion Air kostete 329.000 Rp http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Java/Bogor/blog-301701.html We landed in Java and then went straight down to Bogor where there some botanical gardens. We then headed up to a place called Bandung which was described somewhere as the Paris of Asia. What a load of old shitNothing much happened in either place so we are not going to write about them but here are a few pics. http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Java/Bogor/blog-301265.html Bogoriin tulimme vanhasta tottumuksesta suoraan Jakartan lentokentlt Damribussilla. Homma meni sikli pieleen ett tietenkn emme olleet varanneet huonetta mistn majapaikasta etukteen koska se ei kuulu tapoihimme. Nyt olisi kuitenkin kannattanut sill oli psiisviikonloppu ja koko Indonesia tuntui olevan liikkeell. Ja kaikki hotellit olivat viimeist huonetta myten tptynn. Vaikk http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Java/Bogor/blog-296417.html We're currently in the CIVAS Centre for Indonesian Veterinary Analytical Studies www.civas.net office stationed in Bogor Indonesia and we're having an incredible time. So far our first week has focussed on learning about the AI situation in Indonesia and all of its complexities. We have visited large scale and smaller scale poultry farms poultry collecting facilities which act as middlemen http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Java/Bogor/blog-292335.html Located at Puncak mountain resort area of West Java traveling time from SoekarnoHatta International Airport is 3 hours. Jakarta 2 hours and 90 minutes to Bandung City. Yasmin is also close to several tourist attraction such as the Presidential Cipanas Summer Palace Cibodas Botanical Garden Ciloto Telaga Warna multi colored lake and Cisarua Safari Zoological Park. Yasmin rests comfortably on http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Java/Bogor/blog-234380.html Article from www.ourhotels.com Beautifully spacious and comfortable rooms allow you to truly relax while managing your meeting seminar or function. The perfect blend of tranquility and the fresh mountain air of Puncak will ensure that you will feel rejuvenated and that your function will be a success.High in the West Java mountains just over the busy pass through Puncak Peak the Novus Puncak http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Java/Bogor/blog-229051.html The Bogor Botanical Gardens are located 60 km south of the capital of Jakarta in Bogor Indonesia. The botanical gardens are situated in the city center of Bogor and adjoin the Istana Bogor Presidential Palace. The gardens cover more than 80 hectares and are said to be the inspiration of Sir Stamford Raffles who was governor of Java from 18111816.The extensive grounds of the presidential palace http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Java/Bogor/blog-226410.html The drive from the Jakarta International Airport to the neighbouring city of Bogor was a little like wading through soup hot humid and smoggy enough to completely cloak the outline of Jakarta in a dense fog.After a couple hours in gridlocked traffic we arrived in Bogor Western Java at the offices of the Center for Indonesian Veterinary Analytical Studies CIVAS. The office consisted of a con http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Java/Bogor/blog-198438.html Anyhow Indonesia our last stop for Team Southeast Asia but I will be going onward to the Singapore Zoo for my last two weeks in Asia. We are in a city called Bogor about 60 km south of Jakarta in West Java.We are working with a veterinary NGO here CIVAS Centre for Indonesian Analytical Studies which was formed in 2005. Despite being such a young organization they have accomplished a lot and http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Java/Bogor/blog-191119.html Bogor is a city beside Jakarta and is called as Rainy city due to the thick cloud often exists over there and much rain quantity. http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Java/Bogor/blog-139870.html 18th 21st June 2006 http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Java/Bogor/blog-134642.html Our idea had been to avoid staying in Jakarta a second time the first time we only changed planes at the airport. The cancellation of our morning flight from Medan and the subsequent late arrival seemed to have this plan go up in smoke in fact we arrived at Jakarta airport only around 9 p.m. But we had found out that there were direct buses from the airport to Bogor and we decided to give it a t http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Java/Bogor/blog-19778.html