Tips when visiting Indonesia

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Tips when visiting Indonesia

Indonesians are polite people and very welcome towards foreigners. Handshaking is customary for men and women but avoid using your left hand. Also, avoid using your left hand when giving or receiving anything, because it is consider impolite. When you are travelling by taxi, especially nearby the railway station, be sure to ask the taxi driver whether he is using meter or not. If you are stopping taxi somewhere else, the taxi will definitely using meter.

Just like other metropolitan cities in the world, criminality is common problems in Jakarta and any other big cities in Indonesia. Be sure to keep an eye on your belongings or place it somewhere that you could watch for it.

When you want to buy souvenirs at the street kiosks or vendors, be sure to bargain for the lowest price (half of it) since the seller will mark up the price twice. It is advisable that you understand a little bit of Indonesian just to make it easy for you when bargaining for something.

Originally posted 2010-04-16 17:51:14. Republished by Old Post Promoter

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