Berastagi (Sumatra)

Advantages: Nice natural living, good for health.
Disadvantages: There is no international airport in the city.

...much time of yours. It takes about 5 or 6 hours to reach Jambi by ship (the route is Singapore – Batam – Jambi). Visiting Jambi via Jakarta is a good idea, too. After arriving at Jakarta, you can continue your flight to Jambi. The airfare is not expensive – it is about Rp 300,000 or GBP20,69 (GBP1 = Rp14,500). It takes you only about 45 minutes. And visiting Jambi from Jakarta by bus is not a good idea. It takes you about 24 hours to reach Jambi, and it costs you about Rp 200,000 or GBP13,80 for your bus-ticket! How is about from Medan? The bad news is that there are no flights from Medan to Jambi. However, starting your travelling from Medan could be a nice idea if your main destination is not Jambi. After visiting tourism areas in North Sumatra (such as: Berastagi – a mountainous and cool area with cool sight-viewings, Lake Toba), you... Read review

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Advantages: The situation is peace, and you can enjoy nice sightseeing
Disadvantages: None

...Welcome to Sumatra Sumatra, one of Republic Indonesia's big island, is a nice island to make jurney. The journey should be started from Medan (North Sumatra), Bukit Tinggi (West Sumatra), Jambi, Palembang and then Java, Bali, etc. I encourage you to start from Medan, the province capital city, because there are a lot of tourism spots in North Sumatra. Another most important reason is the only one international flight port in Sumatra is found in Medan. It is called Polonia. In Medan you can visit national museums. For night entertainment, you can visit pubs or discotheque. What are other tourism spots to visit then ? You can visit Bukit Lawang, about 4 hours drive by bus or car (I have writen a short information about Bukit Lawang in CIAO, too). You must spend a day for the trip. Or you have the choice to visit Berastagi. It takes... Read review

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Advantages: Nice natural living, good for health.
Disadvantages: There is no international airport in the city.

...much time of yours. It takes about 5 or 6 hours to reach Jambi by ship (the route is Singapore – Batam – Jambi). Visiting Jambi via Jakarta is a good idea, too. After arriving at Jakarta, you can continue your flight to Jambi. The airfare is not expensive – it is about Rp 300,000 or GBP20,69 (GBP1 = Rp14,500). It takes you only about 45 minutes. And visiting Jambi from Jakarta by bus is not a good idea. It takes you about 24 hours to reach Jambi, and it costs you about Rp 200,000 or GBP13,80 for your bus-ticket! How is about from Medan? The bad news is that there are no flights from Medan to Jambi. However, starting your travelling from Medan could be a nice idea if your main destination is not Jambi. After visiting tourism areas in North Sumatra (such as: Berastagi – a mountainous and cool area with cool sight-viewings, Lake Toba), you... Read review

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Advantages: You can paragliding here
Disadvantages: carreful with the local

...Lake singkarak is the one of four lake in west sumatra. that not include lake kerinci that half is at west sumatra region and the other half is in jambi region. Lake Singkarak is in the side ways to Solok and the way to "Lintas Sumatra". That connect all province in Sumatra. So from Aceh to Lampung is connected by this road. And the lake have a beautiful water that you can swim here. and you can paragliding from the hill that sorrounding this lake. If you go here you'd better be carreful. So you dont miscomunicate with the locals. The transportation to and from here is available from 7.00 am to 6.00 pm. from Bukittinggi its take about 1.30 hours to go there.... Read review

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