Nov 2015, Indonesia

 Flting with GARUDA flight from KL-Jakarta. Decided to travel along Java From Jakarta-Surabaya which at a distance approximately 1150km one way by DRIVING car.

Jakarta is a SUPER DUPER CONGESTION city. If you wish to skip from traffic jam, the only period is 11pm-6am. The rest of time are JAM JAM JAM.

   

Indonesia is selling their petrol at 2 types. Named Bio Solar which cost Rp6700/Litre and PREMIUM which cost Rp7400/litre. FYI, Bio Solar is made from oil palm and normally we are pumping PREMIUM in Indonesia.

You can generally meet with someone selling drinks, toys, kates, various kind of souvenir all along the street. Also, there are beggars scrolling around your vehicles whenever you stop your car at traffic light. 

Jakarta - Cirebon -Semarang
The MUST visit place in Semarang -- SAM POO KONG. This is a chinese + malay style mixed temple as General ZHENG HO commemoration. 

Indonesia has a huge population. Hence, Poverty still occupied a big amount in their statistic!

Semarang - Solo - Yogyakarta (7hours)
A distance of 300+km used up 7hrs+ due to there is no HIGHWAY but only small street!!!

--CANDI BOROBUDUR--

Kindly TIPS. If you are visiting with local, please keep your mouth shut and let your Indonesian friend speak for you. You can get a local citizen price of ticket which only cost you Rp30,000 instead of a tourist price at Rp300,000!

Still, you can rend a umbrella there at a price of Rp10,000. 

There is a Protocol when you wish to PRAY here. Ask the info from the PIC there about which statue you need to PRAY. Then, walk around the most HUGE statue for 3 rounds. They believe this will increase the probability of your dream to be came true!

You are the KING if you are rich here. You need to "AWARD" at every single corner. Whenever you cross the road, parking, come out from the road you need to PAY for this kind of MAN who CONTROL the coming cars. Normally costs from Rp1,000 - Rp5,000. 

 

 

BEBEK is DUCK, LELE is FISH. Price range almost similar to Food cost in Malaysia. None of there are strongly recommended. LOLz

This is how the view looks all along the journey from Yogyakarta-Surabaya. No Highway, I repeated. They normally Cut Queue from lefthand side. Hence, beware or please never try to drive yourself when in Indonesia.

Hotel Range in Indonesia is Pretty Cheap. A room for 3ppl included breakfast are all around Rp250,000 - Rp300,000!  

FYI, the currency is RM1 - Rp3,180 roughly.