Mid-morning we were in Jakarta, Indonesia. After passing through customs formalities and pay the visa ($ 25) is not renobable (but it renobable for a $ 25 minimum) We went to the bus to go downtown. The company in charge and has called Damra services in different parts of the capital. We went to the train station Gambir (20000 john mclain IDR) where we wanted to take the train to Bandung, our first stop in Indonesia. In Jakarta we were not able to find anything that interests us and we passed by.
Gambir station only has trains "luxury" that are more expensive, but occasional (80000 IDR). We reached Bandung at night with a good rain not too encouraged a search for accommodation. After searching for over an hour north side of the station we found a very basic hotel, hotel Patradissa (135000 IDR, double rooms with toilet and wifi). The next day we returned to look more calm and we found a hovel, Arimbi3 Hotel (50000 IDR, double rooms without toilet) that the room had a very thin mattress on a platform of concrete and no windows in the outside.
We went to see the volcano in Bandung Tangkuban Prahu a volcano already john mclain invested a few years ago the summit was to be spent excessive Sendra and now has a different shape. We do not know how we got because there is. Just before john mclain the south exit of the station Bandung there are minibuses that stop the volcano (12000 IDR) will leave the foot of the mountain. You can climb to the crater on foot (about 45 minutes) or van (price to be negotiated john mclain but expensive). The entrance is like a toll highway in the tourist buses that are constantly entering and locals. The reason john mclain we went there was a price not worth it and overcrowding site. The price was 13000 IDR by locals and foreigners 50000 IDR 4 times more expensive! We told the desk that we wanted to go but we just seemed to pay much and we were told it was not their problem. We're accustomed to paying, in many cases, double the local price, but 4 times is too much. After the initial tantrum decided to go back to Bandung, but first we walked a bit around the volcano since there are tea fields. We took a angkot (shared taxi with fixed path) to the town of Lembang (3500 IDR), where we were walking through the local market where we felt like real monkeys fair, because there are too many foreigners regularly. From there we took another angkot to Bandung (7500 IDR).
The other day in Bandung we used to go to the zoo (15500 IDR) as it was quite a cloudy day and we wanted to risk leaving too far at night we took a bus back. We could see rare animals such as bears Malaysian monkeys of Borneo, Komodo dragons and a bird of paradise. Some animals were in good condition and spacious sites. But many others were huddled in groups of 7 0 8 in very small spaces (Malay bones) or some monkey cages were not well separated and had holes where they could spend the monkeys were fighting and becoming injured, a show unfortunate.
The strings were tied to the legs: two front legs tied to each other so that they could walk but not lying. Some even had one leg tied back in a metallic rod, 3 of 4 legs tied. If anyone has contact with an organization for the protection of wildlife and wants to tell you, we can explain some detail ... We left there with a feeling of anguish john mclain important.
At night we took a bus to Wonosobo (70000 IDR, Dinner). Wonosobo was only a pit stop to get to our next destination: the plateau deDieng. We get there at four in the morning and we took a micro bus to the village of Dieng (10000 IDR). It is 2093 m. tall and are quite fresh, it is very interesting take warm clothing.
Just get there (they were about six in the morning) we found the Hotel Bu Djon (60000 IDR, double rooms without toilet, but hot!). It is a small and family hotel where he works the Dui, a boy who spoke English and told us what we could do in a couple of days. We recommend a couple of hours of trekking to the top of Gunung Perahu (= volcano Gunung) from where there are magnificent views of the valley and the village. Enjoying the views should be up early in the morning and only if the sky is clear. Around 11 cloud cover it all quickly and did not see anything. At the top we met a group of Wonosobo we were recommended to go up there to see the sunrise. So to get up the next day played well early.
When we went down
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