Wednesday, 27 October 2010

From The Editor


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We are proud to bring you the Inaugural issue of itravelindonesia. The young team felt that it was time to go beyond just booking your discounted hotels and Indonesian domestic flights. So here we are.

In this Animal issue, we take a close look at my favourite destination in Indonesia, the Seminyak district in Bali. For our funky jilbabbers, Islamic fashion makes waves in London’s fashion week.

For the hordes of Indonesians flying to Singapore to shop and visit the doctors, we say there is more to Singapore than just Takashimaya and Mount Elizabeth.

Indonesians are the happiest people in the world. We look at a recent Norwegian survey that tells us that Indonesians smile more than anyone else on the Planet.

It is a modest start for us. In the next year, we will bring together articles that we hope will entertain, inform and bring you back. We hope that you will be a frequent visitor to itravelindonesia. As always, send us your feedback, kudos, and brickbats to cs@itravelindonesia.com.

Happy holidays.
Delis Elias
www.itravelindonesia.com

Monday, 27 September 2010

Bintang Flores Hotel Labuan Bajo Flores



The Bintang Flores Hotel is the only four-star hotel situated in Labuan Bajo, Flores. Tourism in LBJ lags behind Bali, and Flores Hotels can sometimes be a shock for the Western traveler. Bintang Flores is a notable exception.



Bintang Flores Hotel is modern, with 60 rooms in a five-storey building, set in a spacious and well -tended tropical garden. No easy feat on this dry parched island. The Bintang Flores has arguably the best swimming pool in all Flores and offers water-sports facilities, a small gym, and Internet access.

Bintang Flores
rooms are 32 square meters in size, and have either one king bed or two twin beds in each room. Rooms have a 21" satellite TV, safety deposit box, tea and coffee making facilities, mini-fridge, IDD Telephones and individual air conditioning.

The Kelimutu Coffee Shop offers Oriental, Indonesian, and the usual array of international dishes. Food was well presented although most guests make the 2km trip into Labuanbajo to dine and drink. A pity though, as there is a bar on the 6th floor of the Bintang Flores that offers superb views over the Flores Sea and a brilliant sunset.

The Bintang Flores does have its own beach, but several people have found it less than pristine. Unfortunately, the effluence from Labuanbajo sometimes gets washed ashore, especially after heavy rains.



We were disappointed that the Hotel did not offer a free shuttle service into Labuanbajo. The Bintang Flores is 2 km from the main restaurant area, which is too far to walk in the midday sun. Otherwise, you are charged 50,000 to be taken into town.

The Bintang Flores Hotel has many amenities not yet found on Flores - a lovely resort style pool, a beach with views towards Komodo National Park, a fitness room, internet connectivity, with PCs and a printer, a small retail shop, and a dive shop. All said and done, we would stay here at the end of any overland trip through Flores.


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