Some Tips to Get travelling in New Place

I Have experience, when we decide to get our travelling in new place, we must know some information to be made up soon. There some points are:


Lombok Island - General Information - Travel Tips

TRAVEL TIPS & USEFUL INFORMATION


A1. CUSTOM REGULATIONS

1. Prepare Your Passport. When you decide to going to Indonesia, you must have at least 6 (six) months validity of passport to enter Indonesia. Then, Visa On Arrival (VOA) can be obtain at Mataram Airport.

2. Prepare Baggage Portion. According to customs regulations, one adult is allowed to bring into Indonesia a maximum of one liter of alcoholic beverages, 200 cigarettes, 50 cigars or 1000 grams of tobacco, and reasonable amount of perfume.
Important points everyone must know are such narcotic, firearm and ammunition, TV set, and Chinese medicine are strictly prohibited. We must separate like fresh fruit, plants and animals must be passed by Quarantine Office.

A2. TRAVELING ALL OVER LOMBOK

1. Some transportation in Lombok Island. Visitor can explore the tiny island by using various kind of transportation such as: Chartered/Car Hire, Taxi, Bus, Bemo/Angkot (local’s public transportation) and Motorcycle.
Taxis operated from all major hotels and airport with rate varying according to destination. Taxi companies in Lombok are Lombok Taxi (0370-627000), Lendang Express (0370-634444) and Airport Taxi. Taxis are metered and charged accordingly to distances.
Public Transportation or known locally as "Bemo", a non-AC minivan (in yellow colour) are available in major town i.e: Mataram, Ampenan and Cakranegara, founded in every corner of the island with quite inexpensive price. They take and drop off local passenger and often load over capacity, without travel insurance coverage. For those who prefer to travel more privately, car-hire option or charter or motorbike rental may be the choice. The prices, however, do not always included insurance. And they vary depending upon the type of vehicle and the duration of hiring. Petrol pomp and service stations are available at every large town. In emergency there are always road side kiosks fuels out of drums at a bit dearer price.
If you rent a car (self drive), you may find the rental fare are much more expensive than in Bali because of limited car available on Lombok. While driving yourself, please take out most care since the traffic rules may be some what different from those observed in your country. Indonesian and any other Asian Countries uses "right side steering system"
If you want to get Driving License. An international drivers license is required, but one can apply for temporary permit in Lombok and go for test driver in tourist driving license office in Jalan Langko Mataram Lombok.
It is compulsory to wear a crash helmet while you ere on the road on a motorbike. Helmets are available at motorbike hire outlets. Small horse drawn carts called Cidomo serve as convenient transportation during off hours and off the beaten track.

B. TRAVEL TIPS


1. Travelling by Suitcase or Backpacker type?
it must be thought before you decide to going some places. The point is how much money will you earn as your budget. if you want to economize travelling, maybe backpacker type is the best than by suitcase type. And I think its more has great adventure and more challenger for you.

2. Drink always from bottled water and eat well done cooking food, unless when eating at recommended restaurants/cafes or hotel's outlet.

3. Street or beach vendors are often pushing too hard on selling and most visitors feel inconvenient. Never try to look at any of their item/s even they might be interesting to you, even this could be fun for those who want to learn about bargaining tactic. For most visitors this is hassling.

4. Protect yourself from the intense equatorial sun. Use sun block and hat.

5. Sexually transmitted diseases are increasing in Indonesia. Local sex workers have multiple partners from all over the world. Act responsibly and use condoms, available over the counter at pharmacies.

6. Due to the limited number of flights to Lombok, during the peak season we highly recommend you to make flight booking far in advanced. Don't forget to ask your local tour operator to re-confirm your ticket minimum 24 hours in advanced to ensure yourself to get seats.