So, you read all the most pleasant about the town of Bandung, and now you urgently needed to go there. Not so simple. First, there are no direct flights to Bandung from Moscow and Kiev.
There are with transfers, and mainly with two. Transplants happen as a rule in Singapore, or on Bali, sometimes in China and Korea. From Moscow is cheaper than 35 thousand rubles. One way to flutter is unlikely to succeed (this is if with one transplant, if with two-hundred 50 thousand, one way). Flying takes from 15 hours.
From Kiev flights most of them with two transplants, and the first, unlike flights from Moscow (where transplants are mainly occurring in Asian countries), it happens more often in Germany, and more often in Moscow. Flights, respectively, even longer, and tickets are at least 14,000 hryvnia.
A few words about Bandung Airport. Bandung Hussein Sastrangar Airport (Husein Sastranega International Airport), built by Dutch settlers in the colonial period, is 5 km north-west of the city center and 2.4 km from Bandung Railway Station. On this airport, more than 30 aircraft are landed at this airport. Most often, Air Asia aircraft are landed - three times a day arrive here from Kuala Lumpur and twice a day from Singapore, Denpasar (Bali), Surabai and Med (Indonesia) and once a day from Peckanbar (Indonesia). Also from Singapore, Batavia Air aircraft (3 times a week) and Silk Air (5 times a week) fly here.
How to get from Bandung Airport to the hotel? First, check if your hotel has transfer from the airport. Many 4- and 5-star hotels offer such a service, and sometimes free. If there is no such service, then we are going on a taxi. Official taxis, visiting tourists from the airport, do not use the counter and will be lucky if you buy a taxi ticket (the ticket shows the amount you have to pay the driver) - this ticket can be bought in the kiosk next to the "International Arrival" gathering. It is worth this ticket relatively inexpensive, though, if you consider the fact that the airport is so close to the city, it is a robbery! You can also catch a taxi, but they will deeper with you much more! Just do not sit down to anyone. Taxi "Blue Bird", perhaps, can be trusted.
Nevertheless, much cheaper to fly to Jakarta. Of course, there are no direct flights there, no again. The fastest and most economical, as a rule, through Abu Dhabi or Singapore. But cheaper two times, it turns out - from 15 thousand rubles you can find. And from Jakarta to Bandung - 3 hours drive! Think some trouble!
So, we arrived in Jakarta, there we were walking and now goes to Bandung. How to get from Jakarta to Bandung? Bandung is located about 180 km south of Jakarta. There is no international airport in Bandung. You must go to Jakarta, then go to Bandung. Now the question is how to get to Bandung from Jakarta? There are many ways.
By train
Perhaps the most cool option. Trains from Jakarta to Bandung and on the contrary, go well, very often. Jakarta Bandung route is very popular. If you do not buy a ticket online, and came to the cashier, you will have to wait in the queue for a very long time for more than 1 hour! On Fridays and on weekends it is almost impossible to buy a ticket. Ticket to Bandung from Jakarta is RP 40.000 - 80.000 (depending on the class). This option is not the fastest, but the types that open during the trip are simply awesome! The road runs through the forests and fields - awesome!
To get to the railway station from Jakarta Airport, you can:
- for a taxi. It will cost somewhere RP 50.000 (sometimes before RP 80.000). If you catch a taxi outside the airport, you need to bargain.
-go by bus. There is a bus transfer from the airport to the railway station, look for buses with a "Gambir" sign. It is just over a dollar, and this is a relatively safe and convenient way, and inexpensive, of course. But it will have to wait a bit longer (since the bus goes on schedule). If the train tickets to Bandung have not yet pressed, be sure to wait for the transfer. And also: watch your things on the bus. Just in case.
The train tickets you can buy online at http://tiket.kereta-api.co.id. Either you can get a reservation code and pay a ticket at stations, in post offices, train tickets agencies, in the IndoTeet Group, Alfamart Group and Railcard & Railbox. Interestingly, the tariffs for the adult and the child are no different. But differ depending on the time of day. Even the moment: there is no air conditioner in the economy class and is not recommended to ride there, especially if you travel with children. The business class is also without air conditioning and is also not recommended, and tickets there should be to buy only when you cannot buy tickets to Executive Class is the most convenient and air conditioning.
Bus
There are unofficial shuttles (local call these buses "Travel"), which are departed from Gambir station. They usually stand behind the station and gain people who could not buy train tickets. The cost is approximately RP 20.000 - 30.000. These minibuses are also quite a normal option, but the truth, you risks scary to get tired while getting to the place. Not recommended for nervous.
Plane
Yet this method is also worth mentioning. There is an airline (Deraya "), which organizes flights from Jakarta to Bandung (and back) daily. The flight takes only 30 minutes. If you speak English, then read a useful as of booking a ticket to this small aircraft: http://www.ehow.com/how_2024527_deraya-air-taxi.html or fill out the form on the company's website and expect calls: http: //www.deraya.co.id/en/air-craft-charter/booking.html.
By car
The path by car will take about two hours at best, thanks to the new paid road (Cipularang), which connects Jakarta and Bandung. So much faster to travel to the bandung by car than on the train.
During the rainy season, part of this road can be closed due to landslides. On weekends, you can dig up on traffic jams, which often occur near the gateway in the Djunjunan / Terusan Pasteur area.
The alternative route is slower, but still pleasant: Jakarta - Punchakhanjourn- Bandung.