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  1. akimowitsch avatar

    Transport to/from Flores

    by akimowitsch 29 May 2012

    Dear fellow travellers, I'm looking forward to my trip through Indonesia in June! First I'll visit Sulawesi, exploring the Tana Toraja,…

  2. Olid_Rori avatar

    RE: buses: Makassar to Rantepao and Surabaya to Probolingo

    by Olid_Rori 29 May 2012

    Hi there, I only try 2 describe Java-Bali. Yeah, there r many buses frequently from Sby 2 Prob, 24 hours, drive every 5 minutes from Bungu…

  3. GaryD avatar

    RE: Jakatra-Yogyakarta-Bali

    by GaryD 28 May 2012

    From Jakarta Airport, you can take a big white DAMRI bus direct to Stasiun Gambir. At this station, you can book an Eksekutif AC train…

  4. ShannonUnderwater avatar

    Staying on Bunaken Island v. Manado

    by ShannonUnderwater 27 May 2012

    We're doing a dive liveaboard from Flores up into Raja Ampat and, given we'll need to transit Manado to get from Sorong to either Singapore…

  5. lukemackin avatar

    RE: $$ Exchange at Denpasar Airport - Rates competitive or not?

    by lukemackin 27 May 2012

    That's impressive, wideworld! Good find!

  6. anillos_de_saturno avatar

    RE: Makassar - Maumere ferry

    by anillos_de_saturno 26 May 2012

    +Lion Air fly that route...+ ...but not directly, you have to change in Denpasar.

  7. TopSportsman avatar

    RE: $$ Exchange at Denpasar Airport - Rates competitive or not?

    by TopSportsman 26 May 2012

    That Sanur moneychanger also may be operating off of thursday's closing commercial rate which was 9,438, but friday's closing commercial…

  8. badboys avatar

    RE: $$ Exchange at Denpasar Airport - Rates competitive or not?

    by badboys 26 May 2012

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  9. TopSportsman avatar

    RE: $$ Exchange at Denpasar Airport - Rates competitive or not?

    by TopSportsman 26 May 2012

    I don't know how any moneychanger could offer a buy rupiah rate that is better than the commercial rate, although the commercial rate…

  10. wideworld avatar

    RE: $$ Exchange at Denpasar Airport - Rates competitive or not?

    by wideworld 26 May 2012

    Luke Not really BN stands for Bank Note and the other price displayed in TC refers to Travellers Cheques ! Those are the rates you get…

  11. TopSportsman avatar

    RE: $$ Exchange at Denpasar Airport - Rates competitive or not?

    by TopSportsman 26 May 2012

    Yahoo Finance (Currency) shows the commercial rate as 9,285 -- this is the rate for huge trades in dollars to rupiah. My experience is…

  12. lukemackin avatar

    RE: $$ Exchange at Denpasar Airport - Rates competitive or not?

    by lukemackin 26 May 2012

    The website shows their buy rate to be 9.220, and the sell rate is 9.320. Which makes more sense compared with the posted Central Bank…

  13. wideworld avatar

    RE: $$ Exchange at Denpasar Airport - Rates competitive or not?

    by wideworld 25 May 2012

    Thats what you get in your hand. No commission. No charges. The office is in Sanur and has other large money changers near by that usuall…

  14. lukemackin avatar

    RE: $$ Exchange at Denpasar Airport - Rates competitive or not?

    by lukemackin 25 May 2012

    Wow, was that the sell price or the buy price? Because that's a higher buy price than even the Central Bank of Indonesia is listing, so…

  15. wideworld avatar

    Re: $$ Exchange at Denpasar Airport - Rates competitive or not?

    by wideworld 25 May 2012

    Hi Chilli, It is not clear what time you past through the airport, but I see http://balimaspintjinra.com/ in Sanur that I often use was…

  16. chilipepper21 avatar

    Re: $$ Exchange at Denpasar Airport - Rates competitive or not?

    by chilipepper21 25 May 2012

    *After clearing customs go to the window of PT Central Kuta to exchange your US dollars* as per your request in post #2 Well, unless…

  17. MadeIndra avatar

    RE: $$ Exchange at Denpasar Airport - Rates competitive or not?

    by MadeIndra 25 May 2012

    A couple of points Chili: “@ PT, no commission.” At which PT? The term PT before a business name denotes that company as being a …

  18. chilipepper21 avatar

    RE: $$ Exchange at Denpasar Airport - Rates competitive or not?

    by chilipepper21 25 May 2012

    Passed through at Midday today. USD = 9K IDR SGD = 7200K IDR @ PT, no commission. Just changed enough to pay my fare out to Canggu…

  19. udangompong avatar

    RE: $$ Exchange at Denpasar Airport - Rates competitive or not?

    by udangompong 25 May 2012

    once again, when I passed through Denpasar airport last time, the entire line of money changer kiosks were offering rates 3% below best…

  20. Ishotamaninreno avatar

    RE: $$ Exchange at Denpasar Airport - Rates competitive or not?

    by Ishotamaninreno 25 May 2012

    It does stand to reason that the more competition any seller has, the more competitive they will be, like in the middle of the town with…

  21. tombali avatar

    RE: $$ Exchange at Denpasar Airport - Rates competitive or not?

    by tombali 25 May 2012

    Bali airport does not have a good exchange rate and thrust me,I pass by it every 3-5 weeks,PT cental kuta is good and totally thrustworthy…

  22. chilipepper21 avatar

    Re: $$ Exchange at Denpasar Airport - Rates competitive or not?

    by chilipepper21 24 May 2012

    #1 post was quite simple and straight forward. 54 posts later......your input, thoughts and opinion is a waste of bandwidth, you are…

  23. tribalclass avatar

    RE: $$ Exchange at Denpasar Airport - Rates competitive or not?

    by tribalclass 24 May 2012

    To me #51 speakes a lot sense, i do not know why there are posters who speake against him?

  24. MadeIndra avatar

    RE: $$ Exchange at Denpasar Airport - Rates competitive or not?

    by MadeIndra 24 May 2012

    @post #50 Yes, I am still laughing over visions of you walking up and down the isle of a plane flying to Bali, your right fist full of…

  25. Ishotamaninreno avatar

    RE: $$ Exchange at Denpasar Airport - Rates competitive or not?

    by Ishotamaninreno 24 May 2012

    http://www.gocurrency.com/travelers-tips

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