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Bandung has some great shopping, markets, and wildlife watching to offer travelers visiting Indonesia. It's really worth staying over in Bandung for at least a few days if you're traveling through Indonesia's Java region. Bandung is one of Indonesia's more popular travel destinations, and travelers usually go there to see the Itb and Abadi. There's a lot more to check out in Bandung, so be sure to look around the Bandung travel guide for more great things to see and do.
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0017Bandung [1] is a city in West Java, Indonesia. Bandung is a highland city (altitude 768m) known for its many universities, textile industry and many roadside cafes. Called Parijs van Java (Paris of Java) by the Dutch, its high altitude location makes the weather pleasantly cool. Bandung has been nicknamed kota kembang, literally meaning the flower city, since the colonial era. However this nickname is a misinterpreted by many, as the flower actually refers to females, because of the city's reputation for having beautiful girls. The food in Bandung is also well known for its wide varieties and taste. Many tourists from Jakarta visit Bandung during weekends and national holidays, when it can get quite crowded. The head of government in the city of Bandung is a mayor ("walikota"). The city has 26 districts. 'Bandung Regency"/"Kabupaten Bandung" is the suburbs of Bandung. The head of government in Bandung Regency is a regent ("Bupati"). There are 45 districts in Bandung Regency. Bandung's population in 2005 is 2,771,138 people. The area is 168 square kilometres and the population density is 16,494 people/sq. km.
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01610Bandung is the capital of West Java; the very homeland of the native Sundanese people, arts, and cultures. At the lowest point 700M above sea level it has a cool and comfortable climate, and since long time ago attracts many people from all over Indonesia - and from abroad - seeking funs, fashions, delicacy, and higher education. Bandung's most notable entry in the history book was as host of the Asia-Africa Conference in 1955 which placed Bandung in the world spotlight.
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0038Bandung is the capital of West Java and Indonesia's fourth largest city. In keeping with the style of Indonesia's big cities, it is overcrowded and polluted but it makes for an excellent base to explore the surrounding area. Our guesthouse arranged a tour of Papandayan Volcano which also included a visist to a silk factory and West Java's oldest Hindu temple (8th century). The highlight by far was the trek up to the crater of Papandayan Volcano. It felt as if we were walking on another planet with surreal landscapes full of florescent colored vents of sulfur gasses and bubbling hot springs of brown, yellow and green creamy water. At times, when the wind would blow the sulfur gas in our direction, we were forced to cover our nose and mouth with a mask so as not to choke. The sulfur enriched mud when used in soap, medicine and cosmetics is very curative. After an amazing one hour trek around the crater, we bathed in the hot springs fed from the volcano's crater. Due to the many eruptions over the years, we were able to scoop up brilliantly colored rocks and pebbles as we bathed in the hot springs. It was a geologist's paradise with the various colors and textures of the rocks telling the history of the volcano
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