Indonesia Insight Guide

Buch | Hardcover

424 Seiten

2001 | 3rd Revised edition
APA Publications Pte Ltd (Verlag)
978-981-234-069-6 (ISBN)

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A guidebook to Indonesia. It presents the highlights region by region, together with features on history, people and culture, illustrated with colour photos and maps. It also includes a Travel Tips section, listing hotels, restaurants, pubs, bars and cafes, entertainment, nightlife, transport and essential contact addresses.

This 424-page guidebook to Indonesia presents the country's highlights region by region, illustrated with hundreds of full-colour photographs and maps, and packed with essential travel tips. The key features include: Places - region-by-region gazetteer section, with top attractions highlighted and cross-referenced with detailed local maps; Essay Features - incisive essays on Indonesia's history, people and culture; Photo Features - magazine-style full-colour features on some of the country's most exotic sights, ranging from its dance, storytelling and theatre tradition to its batik expertise; and Travel Tips - practical listings section, including accommodation, restaurants, pubs, bars and cafes, entertainment, nightlife, transport and essential contact addresses and numbers.

Maps: Indonesia; Java; Jakarta; Greater Jakarta; Yogyakarta; Sumatra; Lake Toba; Bukittinggi; Bali; Ubud & Environs; Lombok; Nusa Tenggara; Kalimantan; Sulawesi; Maluku; West Papua; Inside front cover: Indonesia; Inside back cover: Jakarta. Introduction - A Land of Many Lands. History: Decisive Dates; Birth of Empires; The Rise of Islam; Dutch Colonial Years; Modern Indonesia. Essay Features: People; Religion; Customs and Rituals; Spice-Islands Cuisine; Dance and Theatre; Gamelan Music; Textiles; Arts and Crafts; Nature in the Raw. Places: General Introduction; Java: Introduction; Jakarta; West Java; Central Java; East Java; Sumatra: Introduction; North Sumatra; West Sumatra; South Sumatra & Riau; Bali: Introduction; South Bali; Central Bali; North & West Bali; East Bali; Nusa Tenggara: Introduction; Lombok; Sumbawa; Komodo & Rinca; Flores; Solor & Alor Archipelagos; Sumba; Roti, Savu & West Timor; Kalimantan (Borneo): Introduction; East & South Kalimantan; Central & West Kalimantan; Sulawesi: Introduction; South Sulawesi & Tana Toraja; Central & Southeast Sulawesi; North Sulawesi; Maluku & West Papua; Maluku; West Papua (Irian Jaya). Photo Features: Indonesian Batik; World Heritage Sites; Balinese Festivals; Nature in Sulawesi; Information Panels: Separatist Provinces; The Chinese Problem; Indian Morality Epics; Symbolic Keris; The Matrilineal Minangkabau; Bali: Tourism's Legacy; Orang-utan Rehabilitation. Travel Tips: Getting Acquainted; Planning the Trip; Practical Tips; Getting Around; Java; Sumatra; Bali; Nusa Tenggara; Kalimantan; Sulawesi; Maluku; West Papua; (Irian Jaya); Language; Further Reading.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	23.2.2001
Reihe/Serie	Insight Guides
Zusatzinfo	photographs, maps
Verlagsort	Singapore
Sprache	englisch
Maße	150 x 220 mm
Themenwelt	Reiseführer ► Asien ► Indonesien
ISBN-10	981-234-069-6 / 9812340696
ISBN-13	978-981-234-069-6 / 9789812340696
Zustand	Neuware