Singapore, a tiny nation to which I always give my appreciation, is arguably the hottest spot for visitors in Southeast Asia. I have been to Singapore for more than 30 times, and each visit gave me new story about this island. No wonder, this compact nation remains receiving many millions of visitors per year. In 2009, [...]
As part of its effort to implement ongoing service improvements, especially to facilitate more simple visa arrangements for tourists traveling to Indonesia, Garuda Indonesia – flag carrier of Indonesia – will introduce a new service “Immigration on Board”. The trial of the service was carried out on Garuda Indonesia GA-881 flight which flying from Tokyo – [...]
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Merauke is called Deer Town; lies in the east part of Indonesia, in the Province of Papua, bordered on Papua New Guinea (PNG). This is the city in the easternmost point of Indonesia. I have never been there, but I have been to Papua’s capital, Jayapura, which also shares a border with PNG. This regency [...]
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One of my most memorable trips was going to the westernmost point of Indonesia Archipelago, which is Sabang, part of Aceh province, sometime in 2007. I really miss every single moment I had there; the beach, the people, the experience, the undersea coral, the food, the night, the dawn, the sunset… everything. Tourists overlook this [...]
