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PAGE 3 Population | Time | Visas Insurance | History PAGE 4 People | Language Common Phrases PAGE 5 Climate PAGE 6 The Land PAGE 7 Changing money | Credit Cards Currency | Tipping Etiquette PAGE 8 Safety & Crime | Taxis What to Pack | Health PAGE 9 Communications PAGE 10 Shopping | Customs Bartering PAGE 11-12 Food & Drinks PAGE 13 Culture & The Arts | Religion DESTINATION TRAVELER’S GUIDE PAGE 3 PAGE 7 PAGE 10 Inside this guide: Population | Time | Visas Changing money | Credit Shopping | Customs Bartering Insurance | History Cards Currency | Tipping PAGE 11-12 PAGE 4 Etiquette Food & Drinks People | Language Common Phrases PAGE 8 PAGE 13 Safety & Crime | Taxis Culture & The Arts | Religion PAGE 5 What to Pack | Health Climate PAGE 9 PAGE 6 Communications The Land DISCLAIMER: All information in this printed material was provided in good faith and derived from sources believed to be current and accurate as of the date of publication, however it is provided for general information only and is not intended as advice and must not be relied upon as such. Alluring Asia Inc. makes no representation or warranty that the information contained herein is complete, current, or reliable, nor do we accept responsibility arising in any way for errors in, or omissions from this material. We value and welcome your input. If there is anything you believe is either out of date or inaccurate contained in this printed information we welcome you to contact us at [email protected]. Thank you. HISTORY POPULATION Indonesia is an archipelagic country of approximately 18,000 (6,000 Indonesia is the fourth most populated nation in the world with a inhabited) stretching along the equator in South East Asia. The country's population of 238 million. strategic sea-lane position fostered inter-island and international trade; trade has since fundamentally shaped Indonesian history. The area of Indonesia is populated by peoples of various migrations, creating a TIME PAGE 3 Indonesia is divided into three time diversity of cultures, ethnicities, and languages. The archipelago's Population | Time | Visas zones making it GMT plus 7, 8 and 9 landforms and climate significantly influenced agriculture and trade, and Insurance | History hours. the formation of states. PAGE 4 People | Language VISAS Fossilized remains of Homo erectus, popularly known as the "Java Man", Common Phrases United States Citizens do not require suggest the Indonesian archipelago was inhabited two million to 500,000 PAGE 5 a visa to enter Indonesia. Passports years ago. Austronesian people, who form the majority of the modern Climate must be valid for at least 6 months population, were originally from Taiwan and arrived in Indonesia around from the date of arrival into PAGE 6 2000 BCE. From the seventh century CE, the powerful Srivijaya naval Indonesia. The Land kingdom flourished bringing Hindu and Buddhist influences with it. PAGE 7 Europeans arrived in Indonesia from the 16th century seeking to Changing money | Credit Cards INSURANCE Currency | Tipping Because the standard of emergency monopolize the sources of valuable nutmeg, cloves, and cubeb pepper in Etiquette treatment in Indonesia may not be as Maluku. In 1602 the Dutch established the Dutch East India Company high as in the West, it is advisable in (VOC) and became the dominant European power. Following PAGE 8 Safety & Crime | Taxis addition to normal medical bankruptcy, the VOC was formally dissolved in 1800, and the government What to Pack | Health insurance, to take out a policy which of the Netherlands established the Dutch East Indies as a nationalized covers evacuation. colony. By the early 20th century Dutch dominance extended to what was PAGE 9 Communications to become Indonesia's current boundaries. The Japanese invasion and subsequent occupation during WWII ended Dutch rule, and encouraged PAGE 10 the previously suppressed Indonesian independence movement. Two Shopping | Customs Bartering days after the surrender of Japan in August 1945, nationalist leader, Sukarno, declared independence and was appointed president. The PAGE 11-12 Food & Drinks Netherlands tried to reestablish their rule, but a bitter armed and diplomatic struggle ended in December 1949, when in the face of PAGE 13 international pressure, the Dutch formally recognized Indonesian Culture & The Arts | Religion independence. An attempted coup in 1965 led to a violent army-led anti-communist purge in which over half a million people were killed. General Suharto politically out-maneuvered President Sukarno, and was formally appointed president in March 1968. His New Order administration garnered the favor of the West whose investment in Indonesia was a major factor in the subsequent three decades of substantial economic growth. In the late 1990s, however, Indonesia was the country hardest hit by the East Asian Financial Crisis which led to popular protests and Suharto's resignation on 21 May 1998. Indonesia is a republic based on the 1945 constitution providing for a separation of executive, legislative, and judicial power. Substantial restructuring has occurred since President Suharto's resignation in 1998. New reforms to the constitution limit the president to two terms in office. The president is elected for a 5-year PAGE 3 term, is the top government and political figure. The Population | Time | Visas president and the vice president were elected for the Insurance | History first time on September 20, 2004. The president, PAGE 4 assisted by an appointed cabinet, has the authority to People | Language conduct the administration of the government. Prior to Common Phrases 2004, some legislative seats had been reserved for PAGE 5 representatives of the armed forces. The military has Climate been a significant political force throughout Indonesian history. LANGUAGE PAGE 6 The Land Bahasa Indonesia is the national language, which is THE PEOPLE related to Malay, written in Roman script and based PAGE 7 on European orthography. In all the tourist Changing money | Credit Cards According to the last census the total Muslim destinations English is the number one foreign Currency | Tipping population is approximately 88% of total population, Etiquette language. In big cities Dutch is still spoken, while making Indonesia the largest Muslim society in the popularity of French is increasing at good hotels and PAGE 8 world. Indonesian population consists of many restaurants. Safety & Crime | Taxis ethnicities- 45% Javanese, 14% Sudanese, 7.5% What to Pack | Health Madurese and 26% other ethnic groups. PAGE 9 COMMON PHRASES in BAHASA Communications English BAHASA PAGE 10 Shopping | Customs Bartering Hello Halo or Hey How are you? Apa kabar? PAGE 11-12 Food & Drinks Thank you Terima kasih You're welcome Terma kasih kembali PAGE 13 Culture & The Arts | Religion Goodbye Selamat tinggal Please Silakan I'm sorry Maaf What is your name? Namamu saipa? My name is _________ Nama saya __________ Yes Ya No Tidak Where is the toilet? Dimana toilet sialan? How do I get to ___? Bafaimana saya bias ke ___? Water Air How much is? Berapa harganya? CLIMATE The main variable of Indonesia's climate is not temperature or air pressure, but rainfall. The almost uniformly warm waters that make up 81 percent of Indonesia's area ensure that temperatures on land remain fairly constant. Split by the equator, the archipelago is almost entirely tropical in climate, with the coastal plains averaging 28°C (82°F), the inland and mountain areas averaging 26°C (79°F), and the higher mountain PAGE 3 regions, 23°C (73°F). The area's relative humidity ranges between 70 and 90 percent. Winds are moderate and Population | Time | Visas generally predictable, with monsoons usually blowing in from the south and east in June through September Insurance | History and from the northwest in December through March. PAGE 4 People | Language AVERAGE TEMPERATURE & RAINFALL Common Phrases PAGE 5 Climate PAGE 6 The Land PAGE 7 Changing money | Credit Cards Currency | Tipping Etiquette PAGE 8 Safety & Crime | Taxis What to Pack | Health PAGE 9 Communications PAGE 10 Bali Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Shopping | Customs Bartering Rainfall(inches) 1.5 2.3 3.2 4.0 4.5 6.8 5.1 5.2 6.1 2.4 2. 0 1.4 Min Temp (F) 32 34 41 51 60 68 76 76 68 58 47 36 PAGE 11-12 Max Temp (F) 45 47 54 65 74 81 90 90 81 72 62 51 Food & Drinks PAGE 13 Borneo Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Culture & The Arts | Religion Rainfall(inches) 7.0 10 29 43 60 54 99 71 92 60 24 6.0 Min Temp (F) 25 30 39 50 57 66 72 70 61 50 37 27 Max Temp (F) 41 46 57 70 79 88 90 88 77 68 54 43 Sulawesi Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Rainfall(inches) 1.2 1.9 3.3 6.3 11.8 15.5 14.4 14.4 10.7 4.3 1.4 1.0 Min Temp (F) 57 57 63 68 75 81 81 79 79 73 66 59 Max Temp (F) 66 66 70 77 84 86 90 88 86 82 75 70 Sumatra Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Rainfall(inches) 1.8 2.4 3.3 3.7 4.1 6.8 5.7 5.4 5.4 2.7 2.1 1.5 Min Temp (F) 42 44 51 60 68 74 77 76 71 63 53 44 Max Temp (F) 53 55 62 72 81 88 91 91 87 78 68 59 THE LAND Indonesia is the largest archipelago in the world. It stretches 3,200 (comparable roughly to that across the United States) miles between Australia and the Asian mainland and divides the Pacific and Indian Oceans at the Equator.