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Description: Formerly Buitenzorg, city in western Indonesia, on western Java Island, near Jakarta. It was the capital of Indonesia ... more

Bogor ... during the British occupation under Stamford Raffles and was used as the capital by the Dutch during the dry season, then known as Buitenzorg (meaning "beyond cares").

Newest Review: ... Novotel Coralia is 4 star and not quite so cheap and NOT central. It is at Golf Estate Bogor Raya, near the toll road, in the middle of a golf course. It's fine if you have a car. And you can explore the local kampungs (villages) on foot or by bike. Service is casual/relaxed/poor in many hotels. HEALTH? Indonesia is one of the worst countries for typhoid, dysentery, TB and similar ... more

... diseases. And the Bogor area is remarkably short of good medical facilities. Don't eat the salad in some of these badly managed fast food American franchise restaurants (the names may be American but the staff are local). If you get ill, go to the p...more

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Bogor: YOUR NEXT HOLIDAY. (1199 words)
by - written on 14/08/00 (Very useful, 778 readings)
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Bogor, an hour's drive from Jakarta, is second to none. This moist, hillocky, and handsomely shaped little city lies languorously beneath a steep sided volcano, Mount Salak, and is crossed by rivers and canals on either side of which stretch miles of red tiled residences, and gardens overflowing with bougainvillea, hibiscus and jasmine. It could be Southern Europe in the nineteenth century; down a half-seen alley a veiled woman is hanging flimsy garments on a washing-line; young ginger on a kaki lima cart is squeezed to extract its fragrant juice; in a half-hidden cul-de-sac goats nuzzle the haunches of slender kids; gorgeous cocks strut and crow ... Read the complete review

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