Ubud officially becomes the "Top City in Asia", as a hoop dancing festival approaches.

At long last Indonesia improves its often criticised visa on arrival system.

Measuring up Indonesia's many airport executive lounges, waiting around in luxury.

Six months after the bombings, is it "business as usual" for Jakarta hotels' security?

The arrival of the cheap Tune Hotels chain in Kuta and Legian has Bali hoteliers upset.

The BBC says Pulau Weh in Aceh is the next great location for diving enthusiasts.

The best of the Big Durian, a local expert shares his travel highlights of Jakarta.

A review of "The Indonesia Reader", an anthology of Indonesian history, culture and politics.

Surabaya's Juanda Airport tops the class of 2009 in the airport toilets' quality stakes.

TRD finds it atop Mt Kelimutu, in Flores, Nusa Tenggara Timur.

TRD visits the only hobbit cave this side of Middle-Earth.

EU lifts Indonesian flight ban, international media and public wonder about the reality.

TRD visits Lusi, the hot mud eruption site in Sidoarjo, East Java.

TRD wonders if expats don't get (m)any visitors from home.

Are frequent flyer programs here the world's lamest, or just the least used?

RD consults another source for travel advice.

A comparison of Indonesian airlines' online booking websites.

Want to get away and lie on a beach? Read on.

The Righteous Dude receives travel advice from his local caleg.

The Righteous Dude lobs a few ideas for increasing the number of tourists visiting Indonesia.

The Righteous Dude recommends inter-city trains for tourists, and maybe locals too.

The Righteous Dude wonders about travel writers’ priorities when selecting Indonesian tourist attraction highlights.

Indonesia's target of 300,000 Chinese tourists is regarded as too low.

Indonesia's hot surfer guys being used to draw tourists.

Ross fears that Jalan Jaksa in Jakarta is going to suffer re-development.

Hotels in Makassar, otherwise called Ujung Pandang, South Sulawesi.

Some of the better hotels in North Sulawesi or northern Celebes, Manado.

A list of the best villas and hotels in Seminyak beach, Bali, at discounted rates.

Tips and advice for travelling in Bali, by Dewaratugedeanom.

A travel horror story from Iamisaid.

The morality drive in parts of Indonesia is scaring off foreign tourists.

Bali has the cleanest toilets.

The Canggu beach & Batubelig area of south Bali, and its best hotels and villas.

Islamic law helps tourism in Aceh.

Bali hotel list, by region and town.

The government is to hold a "Visit Indonesia Year" in 2008.

Hotels and villas in the Kerobokan and Umalas area of south Bali, near Kuta beach.

The desperate, ugly state of Bali.

Hotels, villas, and resorts on Legian beach, Bali.

On visas and fiscal tax.

Expat health and medical insurance in Indonesia.

Jakarta has a gaggle of hotels to suit most budgets. To make a reservation at a hotel in Jakarta click the directory listings below.