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Java
Jakarta
Budget:
Tator
Jalan Jaksa 37
(323 940)
Jalan Jaksa is the heart of Jakarta's traveler scene. There
are loads of losmen and hostels along this road, along with
restaurants, bookshops and batik stores. Tator is a favourite
with many travelers. The spotless rooms cost about $10 to
$15 a night and the price includes breakfast.
Moderate:
Arcadia
Jalan Wahid Hasyim Tel: (230 0050)
The Arcadia is a stylishly modern, clean hotel situated right
in the heart of Jakarta. It's rooms cost from $40 a night
and they all have mini bar, television and hot shower. One
of the attractions of this hotel is the little lane that runs
down to the left - packed with bars and clubs playing African
music until the early hours.
Top End:
Mandarin Oriental
Jl Thamrin Tel: (314 1307)
Really fancy upper-end hotel right at Jakarta's 'Welcome Monument'.
Great views across Jakarta. Rooms start at $80 per night and
the hotel has Italian and Chinese restaurants, a great business
centre and a nightclub.
Krakatau
Budget:
Handelum Island
(Book through permit office)
There is only one place to stay if you're trekking on Handelum
Island and its very basic rooms are $8 a night. There are
only 6 (rather shabby) bedrooms and the walls are paper thin.
You feel really cut off here, but its isolation makes it special,
with deer grazing just outside your window and beautiful sunsets.
Moderate:
Lippo Carita Hotel
Carita
The rooms are $20 a night and they are all on the beach. They
are clean and spacious with televisions, hot water and air
conditioning. On a clear day you can see Krakatau in
the distance. The food is very good value - fresh seafood,
Indonesian specialities and western dishes available.
Yogykarta
Budget:
Ella
Jl Sosrodipuran Tel: 0274 582219
Clean fan-cooled rooms, warm showers, free tea and coffee,
wonderfully friendly staff and good information on local sights.
$2 to $5 including breakfast
Moderate:
Manohara Hotel
Borobudur Tel: 0293 88131
One hours drive from Yogyakarta but situated with stunning
views of Borobudur, this hotel is airy and spacious
with good deals on rooms off season. Access to Borobudur before
the crowds, can be organized through the manager. They rent
mopeds if you want to see more of the area.
Expensive:
Novotel Yogyakarta
Central Yogyakarta hotel with all amenities including a nice
swimming pool, lively bar, business centre and poolside restaurant.
Rooms from $50 including breakfast.
Kudus
Budget:
Hotel Air Mancur
Jl Permuda 70 Tel: 0291 32514
For around $5 you can stay at this bizarre hotel, bursting
with caged birds, monkeys, mini-waterfalls and lily ponds.
The rooms are comfortable and reasonable value.
Moderate:
Hotel Griptha
Large, clean rooms for about $18 a night. The rooms have tv
and air conditioning, an average restaurant and a large, rather
impressive swimming pool.
Sumatra
Bukit Lawang
Budget:
Jungle Inn
100m from canoe crossing
Popular losmen with some of the most spacious and comfortable
rooms available for under $10. The restaurant serves some
good curries and cakes.
Moderate:
Rindu Alam
About $20 a night gets you a large room and your own bathroom
in this impersonal hotel to the west of the bus station. Located
in the quieter part of town, it's a good place from which
to start trekking the surrounding hills. Serves some great
banana pancakes.
Danau Toba
Budget:
Bagus Bay Homestay
Tuk Tuk Tel: 0625 41481
Clean and basic bungalows set in large grounds with excellent
facilities including a pool table, badminton court, board
games, bar, videos and a twice weekly Batak dancing display.
About $2 to $5 a night.
Moderate:
Carolinas
Tuk Tuk Tel: 0625 41520
Really special hotel with accommodation in the form of huge
Batak style bungalows, each with an amazing lakeside view
(approximately $10 a night). There is a diving board, swimming
platform and small beach. The water is warm and clear for
swimming. The restaurants food is very good and great value.
Palau Nias
Moderate:
Sorake Beach Hotel
Jamborai Tel: 0639 211 95
This is a beautiful hotel, set in immense grounds by the beach.
Accomodation is in stylish wooden bungalows with veranda's
facing the grounds or the sea. The resort must have been beautiful
in its heyday but a drop in tourist numbers has meant it has
fallen into disrepair. About $20 a night. |
