AboutNancy B Expertise Travel, travel, travel! Been about 20 times, about 1 month each time to Sumatra, Java, Bali, Lombok, Sumba, Kalimantan, Sumbawa. Speak the language. Know the social and artistic culture and crafts/arts/textiles (since I`ve been importing from there for 14 years). I also know specific hotels, sights, even restaurants.
Expert: Nancy B Date: 4/29/2008 Subject: Any ferry from Bali to Yogyakarta and return?
Question QUESTION: Dear Nancy, I'm a 37yo italian living in Hong Kong, I would like to visit Yogyakarta (Prambanan and Boroboudur) with a friend, from 9 to 12 of May. In order to avoid garuda airlines i would like to take a cathai pacific pacakege to bali, do you think there's any chance to find a ferry from Bali to Yogyakarta? Can you suggest me any travel agent or cruise company to book the ferry trip? How long does it take the ferry from Bali to Yogyakarta?
Ciao
Thanks
Daniele
ANSWER: Hi, Daniele,
Cathay is perfect, and Garuda is incompetent, but not that bad flying-wise. And yes, you can get a ferry from Bali but it takes serious time!!! Doesn't sound like you have it! You'd have to go from Denpasar to the NW of Bali, ferry over, then go overland for several hours from the Java side . . . basically, you'd blow a whole day doing it and then you'd still have to get back to Bali. And while your hotel may be able to get you a ferry ticket, most agents don't handle them (too cheap). Flights used to be dirt cheap . . . I'd recommend taking one!
Take care,
Nancy B
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QUESTION: You are surely right: it's a long trip by ferry, but maybe i can sleep on the ferry travelling at night, my idea was if the ferry sink I can swim...but if the plane falls I can't filght...
If I find a safe flight to Jakarta (there're a lot) how long does it take to travel by train to Yogyakarta? Is possible to take a train that travel at night? Any suggestion on the train? there's an executive train is'n it?
Answer Hi, Daniele,
Ok, first of all, this idea of swimming if the ferry sinks . . . probably not . . . and things can happen anywhere. My advice is don't let fear be your guide!!!!! Just get on the plane. And not to Jakarta . . . fly to Surabaya . . . a much shorter distance to Yogyjakarta. As far as safe flights are concerned, planes in general are safer statiscally than almost any other mode of transport (including driving)and are most likely to have problems on take-off or landing, not mid-flight.
