Konni and Matt - Perpetual Travellers: 26 Sep

Southeast Asia

Republic of Indonesia

Central Sulawesi

Tentena

Jalan Yos Sudarso 22

Hotel Intim Danau Poso +6285340875152

Clean and spacious twin room with attached bathroom, Western breakfast for two and a great river/lake view for INR 140,000.- (US$ 16.-) per night.
Beer: 620-ml bottles of warm Bintang Pilsner available from the Chinese wholesale merchants on the northern end of Jl. Yos Sudarso, for a reasonable INR 22,000.- or US$ 2.40 per bottle.

Click below for an interactive road map of the Hotel Intim Danau Poso in Tentena, which we would recommend, and for directions:

S 01° 45.88' E 120° 38.42'

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Exploring independently the hospitable lake-site town of Tentena with its landmark v-shaped eel traps north of the 210-m long, pretty covered bridge over the Sungai Poso and chumming up with a bunch of friendly natives: (i) with Ram, the knowledgeable durian seller (three medium-sized lekker durians for only INR 15,000.- or US$ 1.65), (ii) with Simon, the relaxed owner of the Tandolala Cottages and the private Tentena Visitor Centre simonsonggo@asia-nusa.com +6281245273438 (ice-cold Bintang for INR 25,000.- or US$ 2.75 per 620-ml bottle and quality intel for free), (iii) with Wawan, the clever IT guru of the Shiawase Internet Café +6285255623130 (three hours of agricultural wifi for INR 5,000.-) and with many others.

Leaving our backpacks in the hotel and taking the rugged Pamonaraya bus +6281341175080 from Tentena to Bomba (65 km, 5 ½ hours, INR 60,000.- or US$ 6.60 per person), a painfully slow and gruelling off-road ride into the Bada Valley which touches the southern border of the remote Lore Lindu National Park and is famous for its first millennium CE megaliths: mysterious stone statutes, vats and urns whose meaning and creators are still totally unknown.