Indonesia

Salam

Selamat Datang....Means "Welcome" in Bahasa Indonesia;

The Country

Populations

• Did you Know, that with more than 250.000.000 people, Indonesia is the 4th most populated country in the world?

Ethnic and languages

• Did you Know, that there are 316 ethnic groups which speak 670 dialects in Indonesia?
  But dont worry, you can always check the national language of Indonesia; Bahasa Indonesia, check Bahasa in CS wiki for simple travel language.

Religion

• Did you know that it is forbidden not to have a religion in Indonesia? (Doesn't matter which one as long as you have one)
• Did u know that Indonesia's Great Mosque Standing next to Indonesia's Cathedral

Zones

• Did u know that Indonesia alone have 3 different time zone
• Did you Know, that Indonesia is probably the last country in the world, which has still unexplored territories, and is not completely mapped? (specially around Irian Jaya)
• Did you Know, that there are 17.508 islands in Indonesia, which is the largest Archipelago in the world?
• Did you Know, that if you could spend only 1 day on each island of Indonesia, you would need 48 years to see all of them? (Transportation between islands not counted)
• Did you Know, that Indonesia is the 2nd largest global biodiversity (water+land+air) after Brazil?

Land

• Did you Know, that on the 17.508 islands, only 6.000 have a name, and only 1.000 are inhabited?
• Did you Know, that there are around 400 volcanoes in Indonesia, and 150 out of them are active, which represents 75% of all active volcano on the planet? (so only 50 for the rest of the world) Did you Know, that Indonesia is more than 5.000 kms long? (which is an average lenght for a continent)
• Did u know that indonesians land extremely fertile that crop can be harvested 3 times in a session from National Geography

Coastline

• Did you Know, that Indonesia has the longest coastline in the world, with 100.000 kms long?
• Did you Know, that there are 25% of the world coral reefs in Indonesia?
• Did you Know, that on the 4.500 species of reef fishes existing in the oceans worlwide, around 3.500 of them have been identified in Indonesia?
• Did you Know, that Indonesia has the biggest underwater biodiversity in the world?
• Did u know that Many Indonesian beach has 4 different colors; white,green,baby blue,and dark blue)

Seasons

• Did u know that there is a city called Bogor that said to have rain at least once a day

Flora

• Did u know that largest flower largest Lizard living in Indonesia

Fauna

• Did u know that Kopi Luwak, world most expensive (or 2nd) coffee and it's collected from Luwak's dunk. Genuinely from Indonesia.
• Did u know that Komodo Dragon, as the only "dragon" you could find inhabitant in Komodo Island near Bali

After considering all these astonishing facts, don't you think this country deserve to be more known by the general public, and should have a much better reputation worldwide? Well, Again SELAMAT DATANG in Indonesia. Lets Finds out........

The Place

Indonesia is developing country, please check guideline to surf in developing country.

• Where Am I?
  

Join in and check all list of CS Indonesia groups and/or CS Wikis for places you going to visit in Indonesia

Sumatra

   * Aceh† (Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam) - Banda Aceh
   * North Sumatra (Sumatera Utara) - Medan
   * West Sumatra (Sumatera Barat) - Padang
   * Riau - Pekanbaru
   * Riau Islands (Kepulauan Riau) - Tanjung Pinang
   * Jambi - Jambi (city)
   * South Sumatra (Sumatera Selatan) - Palembang
   * Bangka-Belitung (Kepulauan Bangka-Belitung) - Pangkal Pinang
   * Bengkulu - Bengkulu (city)
   * Lampung - Bandar Lampung

Java

   * Jakarta† - Jakarta
   * Banten - Serang
   * West Java (Jawa Barat) - Bandung
   * Central Java (Jawa Tengah) - Semarang
   * Yogyakarta Special Region† - Yogyakarta (city)
   * East Java (Jawa Timur) - Surabaya

Lesser Sunda Islands

   * Bali - Denpasar
   * West Nusa Tenggara (Nusa Tenggara Barat) - Mataram
   * East Nusa Tenggara (Nusa Tenggara Timur) - Kupang

Kalimantan (borneo)

   * West Kalimantan (Kalimantan Barat) - Pontianak
   * Central Kalimantan (Kalimantan Tengah) - Palangkaraya
   * South Kalimantan (Kalimantan Selatan) - Banjarmasin
   * East Kalimantan (Kalimantan Timur) - Samarinda

Sulawesi

   * North Sulawesi (Sulawesi Utara) - Manado
   * Gorontalo - Gorontalo (city)
   * Central Sulawesi (Sulawesi Tengah) - Palu
   * West Sulawesi (Sulawesi Barat) - Mamuju
   * South Sulawesi (Sulawesi Selatan) - Makassar
   * South East Sulawesi (Sulawesi Tenggara) - Kendari

Maluku islands

   * Maluku - Ambon
   * North Maluku (Maluku Utara) - Ternate

Papua

   * West Papua† (Papua Barat) - Manokwari
   * Papua† - Jayapura

The Couch

Indonesia is still list as Exotic Couch Acquisition target in CS, where sometimes some traveler find it difficult to find host. Here's tips for you to find couch in Indonesia which similar with guideline of how to find host in South East Asia.

Join Groups in Indonesia

Here are list CS groups of places in Indonesia which pretty active giving their support to CS community.

• Indonesia group
• Jakarta group
• Bandung group
• Bali group
• Jogjakarta group

Browse for active member

Write a CouchRequest

The Locals

For many local members meeting other CS’s within or nearby their community has proved the most effective method of spreading the goodwill, spirit and vision of what CS is or means. Through gatherings, trips together, meetings and other events, CS volunteers in Indonesia have formed a close but always open community, with a central CSI Organisational group comprised of ambassadors and group moderators in different key areas of Indonesia.

CouchSurfing Indonesia CS:I

The local CS:I community, are here to provide a helping hand in any way we can for you to achieve your journey’s goal, for Couch Surfing Global member traveling throughout Indonesia, we would like to invite you if you care for a drink to get to know us

CS:I Local Tips and Guideline

For Couch Surfing Global member traveling throughout Indonesia; the local CS:I community provide you a helping hand in any way we can for you to achieve your journey’s goal by visiting this page [1]

CS Indonesia Welcome Kit

Wiki guideline written in Bahasa Indonesia to encourage every new CS Indonesian member to start involve in CouchSurfing.
Anggota CS baru dari Indonesia bisa merujuk halaman ini sebagai panduan bagaimana anda dapat memulai di CS. Dihalaman inilah anda akan dapat membaca:

• Apa sih CS
• Bagaimana CS dapat membantu anda bertemu dengan traveler dari seluruh dunia
• Mengapa CS dapat membantu anda dalam perjalanan anda berpetualang.

CS Indonesia Starter Kit

Sebagai anggota CS, jangan tunggu lagi untuk segera mungkin aktif dalam kegiatan CS. Silahkan periksa halaman ini sebagai langkah awal anda berinteraksi dengan komunitas CS.
Dihalaman inilah anda akan dapat membaca:

• Bagaimana menambahkan friend-list kedalam profil CS anda
• Bagaimana menjadi tuan rumah, bahkan mencari tamu agar datang ketempat anda
• Bagaimana menggunakan CS secara efektif dalam perjalan anda.

CouchSurfing Indonesia Organization

Although most Indonesians are more than willing to open up their homes to overseas visitor, achieving good coordination and communication across thousands of islands creates a range of unique challenges for organizations like Couch Surfing.
The same as in any other country, CS in Indonesia functions through volunteers getting together to organize and create a local community that then joins hands with the broader CS Global community. Here, you'll find your team player for your journey.
Include the list of CS:Indonesia Ambassadors, Local Group Moderator Local Group Moderator, and other CS active Volunteering posts.

CS Indonesia Volunteering Kit

Wiki guideline mixed writing in English and Bahasa Indonesia to encourage every established CS Indonesian member to involve in CS:I Organization.

Ambassador Anda

Adalah anggota representatif anggota lokal kelompok komunitas yang berasal dari daerahnya berada yang dapat membantu anda untuk mulai aktif ber-CS ria. Silahkan klik link diatas untuk menemukan Duta CS dikota anda [2]