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Palembang to Bandar Lampung by train – riding the coal-subsidised railway of South Sumatra

November 7, 2019 By James Clark 2 Comments

Sumatra is the sixth-largest island in the world with a population of over 50 million people, yet there are only a few railway lines on the island. There are plans to unite the current lines to form a trans-Sumatran railway that would travel from Medan to Bandar Lampung. This is a distance of over 1750 […]

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Hotel Review: RedDoorz Plus @ Jalan Raden Intan Lampung, Bandar Lampung – Indonesia

September 23, 2019 By James Clark

Hotel Name: RedDoorz Plus @ Jalan Raden Intan Lampung. Address: Jl. Raden Intan No.89, Bandar Lampung, Sumatra, Indonesia. I stayed at RedDoorz Plus @ Jalan Raden Intan Lampung in Bandar Lampung, Indonesia. This was the second RedDoorz hotel in a row that I stayed at, and like my accommodation in Palembang I had no idea […]

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