Indonesia Tuttle Travel Pack: Your Guide to Indonesia's Best Sights for Every Budget (Guide + Map) (Tuttle Travel Guide & Map) - Softcover

Hoffman, Linda

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0804842124 ISBN 13: 9780804842129

Publisher: Tuttle Publishing, 2013

Synopsis

The only guide you'll need for getting around Indonesia! Everything you need is in this one convenient Indonesia travel guide―including a large pull-out map!

Are you looking for the adventure of a lifetime, a trip down the road less traveled? If so, then Indonesia is the place to go!

Indonesia has so much to offer visitors that choosing what to do and where to go can be difficult. The Indonesia Tuttle Travel Pack takes you to the top 15 places to visit, and details the amazing array of things you can do in each location―including the old and modern worlds of Jakarta, the ancient temple of Borobudur, the beaches famous for surfing and sea sport, and so much more. Well thought-out, easy-to-use, easy-to-carry and packed with historical information, handy lists, 31 detailed maps, a large pull-out map, photographs, and useful notes for planning your journey, this guidebook ensures you'll spend your time actually enjoying your visit!

Indonesia Tuttle Travel Pack contains sections on:

• Indonesia's Top 15 "Don't miss" places to visit and activities to do, from the old-world charm of Jakarta to the national parks of Bunaken and Puncak for endemic wildlife, the active volcano Mt Bromo for a scenic experience, the Minangkabau in West Sumatra for their teakwood, silversmith and weaving expertise, Ubud for world-famous Legong dances, its cool climate in Ubud and much more.
• Exploring Indonesia offers a wide variety of excursions in different regions of Indonesia by regions―Jakarta and West Java, Central and East Java, Lombok, Eastern Indonesia, Sumatra, and Sulawesi.
• Author's Recommendations gives specific recommendations for: the hippest hotels and resorts; the best shopping; the best foods and restaurants, with introduction to regional dishes from Java, Bali, Lombok, Sumatra and Sulawesi; the best temples, ancient sites and museums; the spas and health retreats, the most kid-friendly places, and more.

Author Linda Hoffman has successfully organized her 25 years of journeying through Indonesia into three simple, easy to follow chapters, including Indonesia's Top 15 "Don't Miss" sights to see, Exploring Indonesia, and Author's recommendations, as well as providing basic travel information, useful pointers for getting around Indonesia, expected etiquette, and other basic survival details.

About this title

About the Author

The adventure of a lifetime most aptly describes author Linda Hoffman's 25-year journey in indonesia. After 10 years in Jakarta, the country's heartbeat, and a brief stint in bali, for the past 12 years she has been based in Yogyakarta, a university and historically significant town teeming with smart kids from across the archipelago and tourists. Over the years she has traveled throughout the country on public ferries, by horse-drawn carts, in cargo trucks and on foot to delve into the mysteries of the land and its peoples.

Edition details

• Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0804842124
• ISBN 13: 9780804842129
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 128