This newly designed edition includes a full-colour section at the front of the guide featuring the authors'' selected highlights of the country. Throughout there is in-depth coverage of all the sights from Bali''s stunning white beaches and temples tothe enigmatic ruins of Java and the jungles of Sumatra. There are first-hand recommendations of the best places to surf, dive and trek and comprehensive listings of the best-value accommodation and eateries for all budgets. A detailed contexts section provides the reader with informed background on Indonesia''s history, religions and music.
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About the Author
Stephen Backshall writes and researches television programmes. David Leffman is the co-author of Rough Guides to Australia, China and Iceland and has travelled throughout Asia. Lesley Reader is co-author of First Time Asia, The Rough Guide to Bali & Lombok and has contributed to The Rough Guide to China.
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Poor travelling companion,
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This review is from: The Rough Guide to Indonesia, Second Edition (Paperback)
I should have known once I looked at the first map and Vietnam was mislabelled as "China". Poor editing, unreliabale information, inconsistently updated. I chose this guidebook because it was recently published (Feb '03) - MISTAKE! For instance, some prices were up-to-date and some were out by a factor of 5 (if the prices were consistently low it would have been easier). Dates were wrong, telephone numbers quoted had changed in early 1990's, hotel listed were in the wrong towns, maps were difficult to follow. I have travelled with Rough Guides before, so I hope this is an exception, but DO NOT BE TEMPTED TO TRAVEL WITH THIS GUIDEBOOK.
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
2nd editon worse than the 1st one,
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This review is from: The Rough Guide to Indonesia, Second Edition (Paperback)
While the first edition of this book was very good, the 2nd one was updated by completely omitting one of the 8 major regions of the country (Maluku) just because there was some political trouble there around 1999-2000 (well over by the time this edition actually got published) - it is now worse than the Lonely Planet guide which, with all its errors and shortcomings, at least does cover the entire country.
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As you'd expect for such a vast country, Indonesia has plenty of international airports and seaports, and there are many different ways of getting to them. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
tuk tuk, pasar sentral, blue marlin, pasir putih, rehabilitation centre, wali songo, great post road, first pavilion, good karma, attached mandi, kepala sekola, perama office, shared mandi, bemo terminal, good verandahs, bemo station, padang food, yellow bemos, surat jalan, public bemos, bemo ride, kepala desa, tourist shuttle buses, padang restaurants, blue bemo Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Jalan Sudirman, Doro Londa, Central Java, Candi Dasa, West Papua, New Zealand, Bandar Lampung, Southeast Asia, Nusa Tenggara, East Java, Padang Bai, Jalan Jaksa, East Timor, Nusa Lembongan, Danau Tamblingan, West Java, Sumbawa Besar, Jalan Yani, Bukit Siguntang, World War, Tanjung Pinang, Tanjung Priok, Fak Fak, Jalan Pemuda, Jalan Yos Sudarso Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
As you'd expect for such a vast country, Indonesia has plenty of international airports and seaports, and there are many different ways of getting to them. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
tuk tuk, pasar sentral, blue marlin, pasir putih, rehabilitation centre, wali songo, great post road, first pavilion, good karma, attached mandi, kepala sekola, perama office, shared mandi, bemo terminal, good verandahs, bemo station, padang food, yellow bemos, surat jalan, public bemos, bemo ride, kepala desa, tourist shuttle buses, padang restaurants, blue bemo Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Jalan Sudirman, Doro Londa, Central Java, Candi Dasa, West Papua, New Zealand, Bandar Lampung, Southeast Asia, Nusa Tenggara, East Java, Padang Bai, Jalan Jaksa, East Timor, Nusa Lembongan, Danau Tamblingan, West Java, Sumbawa Besar, Jalan Yani, Bukit Siguntang, World War, Tanjung Pinang, Tanjung Priok, Fak Fak, Jalan Pemuda, Jalan Yos Sudarso Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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