Travel necessities |
1. Medication
- Your personal medication, Betadine powder or cream, plasters, anti-diarrhea tablets, ORS sachets, anti-allergy tablets, mosquito repellent, malaria medication (if wanted), motion sickness medication
2. Clothes
- Hiking boots, sandals, water shoes (if wanted for hot sand and small pebbles), warm weather clothes, raincoat, sweater/wind jacket.
3. for swimming
- decent swimming costume, snorkel gear, waterproof sun cream.
4. for women
- bring tampons or menstrual underwear. Only pads are sold in Sulawesi.
5. general
- Mosquito net (when planning to stay overnight in the jungle or in cheap accommodation), emergency telephone numbers, small Indonesian dictionary or Google translate offline uploaded with English and Indonesian languages.buy the latest Tourist prepaid (prabayar) Wifi card to get coverage everywhere.
6. money
- US$ and Euro notes are accepted by banks in the big cities (Makassar, Poso, Palu, Manado). Singapore Dollars are sometimes accepted.
- all cities have ATM machines and villages have BRIlinks, a simplified but more expensive version of drawing money. There is a fixed maximum to withdraw but you can do this 5-10 times daily, depending on your card. Wait for your cards return before leaving!the ATM. Bada Valley and Togian Islands have no ATMs.Only telephone signal and for internet connection you need to buy specific Telkomsel Prabayar Touris cards to connect.
- Against all other advice: it is necessary to carry cash Rupiahs between big cities.
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