Thursday, June 05, 2008
Ecotravel in Asia Jakarta to Bali indonesia
After sitting in Phnom Penh Cambodia and getting rained on everyday I decided that I needed a vacation, most of my friends will tell you that I need a permanete vacation as I am allways on holiday. What can I say lucky me my work is play!
I decided to go overland to Bali and took buses and trains for the whole trip with the exception of one leg from Batam Indonesia to Jakarta. I took the cheap flight from Batam on Sriwejira Airlines for $50 I needed to do this as the ferry was not going to get to Batam for 3 days after my arival and then would have taken another day to get to Jakarta so I took the cheap flight.
I did take the train from Jakarta to Surabuya which took most of the night not a bad trip with one small note the train was sold asa sleeper but was actually a regular train car with seats no beds so i did not get much sleep. Feels like I am jet lagged as the next leg by bus was sold as excutive class and was more like a cattle car as the bus was way over loaded If I had to do the leg from Batam to Bali again I would probbly get a flight out of Singapore which when you add everything up comes out to being just about the same price.
More later
Please see our other blog Cheap Charlies Hotels Asia Blog
I decided to go overland to Bali and took buses and trains for the whole trip with the exception of one leg from Batam Indonesia to Jakarta. I took the cheap flight from Batam on Sriwejira Airlines for $50 I needed to do this as the ferry was not going to get to Batam for 3 days after my arival and then would have taken another day to get to Jakarta so I took the cheap flight.
I did take the train from Jakarta to Surabuya which took most of the night not a bad trip with one small note the train was sold asa sleeper but was actually a regular train car with seats no beds so i did not get much sleep. Feels like I am jet lagged as the next leg by bus was sold as excutive class and was more like a cattle car as the bus was way over loaded If I had to do the leg from Batam to Bali again I would probbly get a flight out of Singapore which when you add everything up comes out to being just about the same price.
More later
Please see our other blog Cheap Charlies Hotels Asia Blog
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