The procedure for getting an Indonesian visa in Dili has sped up somewhat, but is still an administrative ballache. Before I came here I was told that I could expect to wait 7-10 days unless I “knew someone” who could speed up the process. As such, I was looking at flying out directly to Bali [...]

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Some of this will be repetition from the post where I arrived at Jakarta airport, but there’s some more to add hence the extra article. The basics, as of the date above: There are a handful of visa types, the most common being the 7-day transit and the 30-day tourist visas. The latter is US$25 [...]

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Information published elsewhere, but I thought it worthwhile to give this a space of its own as the other stuff’s spread across a couple of posts. Crossing is easy – that’s the first thing. Don’t sweat it. We went from Bangkok to Siem Reap with an overnight stop, but if you can be bothered with [...]

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