Introducing Pekanbaru
Before the Americans struck oil, Pekanbaru was little more than a sleepy river port on Sungai Siak. Today it is Indonesia’s oil capital, with all the hustle and bustle of modern cities.
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Pekanbaru’s primary purpose for tourists is as a transit point between ferries from Singapore, but the increased affordability of air travel has curtailed the sea passage. Now only Western oil executives on business trips find themselves in Pekanbaru.
If you do decide to wander through, you’ll spend most of your time accepting inexplicable gestures of kindness, from café conversations to instant friendships.
Last updated: Feb 17, 2009
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RE: Clean Air?
by njoy 20 May 2012
New Zealand is a good idea, Dave. Maybe it is time. Never had much interest in Europe for some reason. Russia, yes, but mostly the Asian…
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Re: Malaysia/Singapore to Indonesia by boat
by cumeil 08 May 2012
http://www.m-sia.com/indomal/index.html This is the link to the Indomal web page. There are ferries 1 and sometimes twice daily. Bet…
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RE: Visa in Dumai
by sambalgoreng 11 April 2012
As per tim and Paul said.. Charter a car Dumai-Pekanbaru about idr450-550K. Travel about idr100K 4-5 hours.(Warna warni travel).
