SIM Indonesia di Australia

Karena kami berencana melakukan self drive di Tasmania, maka kami pun mencari informasi apakah SIM Indonesia dapat diakui di Australia. Sebetulnya jika ada cukup waktu (dan tentunya cukup cuti), kami bisa saja mengurus SIM Internasional di Korlantas Polri. Namun karena letak kantor kami yang dipinggir Jakarta, maka kami mencoba cara lain.

Karena rene yang akan mengemudikan kendaraan yang kami sewa selama kami di Tasmania, maka untuk urusan SIM ini saya serahkan ke rene. Rene mendapatkan info bahwa SIM Indonesia bisa dipakai dengan dilengkapi terjemahan dari Kedubes Indonesia di Australia. Tapi karena 12 hari itinerary di Australia kami yang super padat, rasanya tidak mungkin kami meluangkan waktu ke Kedubes hanya untuk minta terjemahan.

Rene akhirnya menemukan web overseas drivers dimana web ini memberikan informasi bahwa self drive di Australia dapat menggunakan:

- SIM Internasional dengan tetap membawa SIM Indonesia;

- menggunakan SIM Indonesia disertai dengan terjemahan yang sudah dilegalisir kedutaan atau pihak yang memiliki serifikasi NAATI atau AUSIT.

Our rented car in Tasmania

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Merbabu Guest House Malang

Whereever you go in Malang, you will find Guesthouse in every street! So how to choose one of the best among so many guesthouses? I checked on tripadvisor.com for their reliable review as always, and I found out that this Merbabu Guest House Malang is the number 1 guesthouse in Malang. I sent email to book a room in the guesthouse, and they replied promptly. I booked one deluxe room including bfast for IDR 360,000.

This is the front look of the Merbabu Guesthouse Malang, it's really homey. The guesthouse is located on a road with many cafes and restaurant in a walking distance. We rented a Honda Vario from the front desk 24 hour for IDR 80,000. The motorcycle doesn't belong to the hotel, the staff called a motorcycle rental for us, and later on the hotel kept our ID (KTP) at their premises until we returned the Vario.

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Bakso Bakar Pak Man

Whenever I have a chance to visit Malang, I always try to find my fave food in Malang which is Bakso Bakar (grilled meatballs). Usually I go to Bakso Bakar Trowulan, but as it rains a lot during our weekend getaway in Malang (Nov 2012), we went to Bakso Bakar Pak Man on Jl. Diponegoro Malang. 

It was Saturday evening, the place was full but thank God that we got seats for the two of us. We had to pick by ourselves what we'd like to eat into the bowl. While they will prepare the bakso bakar for us.  One piece of meatball cost IDR 1,500, we ordered 20 pieces:p

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