Useful links - Travel and Culture

Travel ressources

Gunung Bagging : a treasure trove for those keen on hiking volcanoes
Tripcanvas Indonesia : a generalist lifestyle website that posts good to-do lists of places to visit especially in Java, Bali and Lombok
Wikitravel : a collaborative Wiki about traveling. Really useful to find cheap accommodation and transport
Lonely Planet forums : an old-school forum with some very knowledgable active members.
Jakarta100bars : most comprehensive source about nightlife.
US army’s maps of Indonesia.

Pelni : public inter-province ferry transportation, with prices and reliable schedules
ASDP : public within-province ferry transportation, with prices and unreliable schedule
- The article about boat travel in Indonesia will probably be a useful complement
Tiket.com : a private website acting a 3rd party re-seller for plane and train tickets. Efficient and good customer service. Traveloka is one of the reliable alternatives.

Nias Heritage Museum : excellent website about Nias cultural sites
Visit Nias Island : a great complement to the museum website.
Wild Sumatra : a local eco-tourism agency based in Sungai Penuh, offering trips to Jambi and Bengkulu provinces. Run by passionated Luke Mackin. Tons of information and pictures, great both for those looking for a tour guide as well as independent traveler.
Mentawai.org : plenty of information about traditional Mentawai culture

Kalender Bali Digital : an online Balinese calendar giving you all the ritual special days and ceremonies (in Indonesian).
Sumba Information : a great website about Sumba tourism and culture
Geneviève Duggan’s website : lots of very interesting information about Savunese culture
Flores Tourism : a great website by Flores tourism board.
Asian Textile Studies : many information about Sumba and Pantar islands (as well as Kisar in Maluku).

Bombastic Borneo : edited by a Malaysian Dayak. Tons of informations especially about Dayak festival all over Borneo.

East-Indonesia : a very comprehensive website about Maluku and Papua by Laszlo Wagner.
Stay Raja Ampat : really comprehensive website about local accommodation in Raja Ampat

Pusaka collection : an incredible online museum of traditional woven textiles of Indonesia
Art of the Ancestors : a very interesting kind of online museum about Indonesian tribal arts, curated from various museums.
Ethnologue.com : a fantastic online version of a book about the languages of the world. Fascinating language maps of Indonesia.
Aural archipelago : a great project making field recordings of traditional music available online
Timescape Indonesia Youtube channel : many short films shot in Indonesia before WWII.
Lontar foundation : a Jakarta-based foundation promoting the Indonesian culture, in particular by translating Indonesian litterature into English.
Tantomo : an Indonesian blog archiving Benny & Mice cartoons

Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia : the most comprehensive online Indonesian dictionnary (no English translation)
Bahasa Kita : tons of excellent articles by linguists
Ruang Indonesia Bapak Bataone (in Indonesian) : good articles by, I presume, a Japanese expatriate
Belajar Bahasa Indonesia : lots of points explained in a clear way

Starfish : lots of information about diving in Indonesia
Petites bulles d’ailleurs (in French) : the website of a French journalist that often goes diving in Indonesia

Personnal website of Oystein Lund Andersen : many pictures of Indonesian volcanoes through the years
Realtime monitoring tool of corral bleaching risk by ESRI.
Global Forest Watch : a realtime monitoring tool of deforestation by the World Ressource Institute.