For your convenience, you can browse on the Internet to find car rentals in Bandung. There are many options you can choose and you can compare between one rental and another. Usually, online rentals will provide details about the available cars and their prices. The rental price may vary depending on the type of the car, how long you will rent the car, and whether or not you will hire a driver along with the car. Some rentals will also set different tariffs for destinations. Hiring a driver to take you out of the city will be more expensive than just hiring a driver to take you shopping around Bandung.

Car rentals in Bandung generally offer you with many types of car you can choose according to your need. For instance, you can choose to rent mini cars (Chevrolet Matiz, Toyota Aygo, etc.), economy cars (Toyota Yaris, Chevrolet Aveo, Ford Fiesta, etc.), compact cars (Volkswagen Golf, Ford Focus, etc.) luxury cars (Mercedes E Class, Audi A6, Volvo V70, etc.), SUVs (Toyota Rav4, Volvo XC90, etc.), and many other types.

To rent a car in Bandung, you have to follow some regulations. To be able to drive a car, you must hold a full driver’s license. If your driving license is not in Roman alphabet, some rentals may require you to have an international Driver’s License (IDL). While different countries and regions may set different age limit for minimum driving age, some Bandung rentals may charge more for young drivers as they are statistically more prone to accidents due to reckless driving.

When you have rented a car and ready to travel around the City of Flower for the very first time, you must check that the car suits the condition specified in your contract. Check also the amount of fuel in the car’s tank. Car rentals generally uses pick up full, return full. This means you will pick up the car with a full fuel tank and must return the car in the same fuel tank condition.

Its common name, Gedung sate, is a nickname that translates literally from Indonesian to ‘satay building’, which is a reference to the shape of the building’s central pinnacle – which resemble the shape of one of the Indonesian traditional dish called satay.

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In April 2005 the Directorate of Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation raised an alert, forbidding visitors from going up the volcano. “Sensors on the slopes of the two mountains – Anak Krakatoa on the southern tip of Sumatra Island and Tangkuban Perahu in Java – picked up an increase in volcanic activity and a build up of gases, said government volcanologist Syamsul Rizal.

Eruptive History

A study conducted in 2001 determined that Tangkuban Perahu has erupted at least 30 times in the previous 40,750 years. Studies of the tephra layers within 3 km of the crater revealed that twenty one were minor eruptions and the remaining nine were major eruptions. The eruptions that occurred prior to approximately 10,000 years ago were magmatic/phreatomagmatic. The eruptions that occurred after 10,000 years ago were phreatic.

Local legend of the mountain

The name translates roughly to “upturning of (a) boat” or “upturned boat” in Sundanese, referring to the local legend of its creation. The story tells of “Dayang Sumbi”, a beauty who lived in West Java. She cast away her son “Sangkuriang” for disobedience, and in her sadness was granted the power of eternal youth by the gods. After many years in exile, Sangkuriang decided to return to his home, long after the two had forgotten and failed to recognize each other. Sangkuriang fell in love with Dayang Sumbi and planned to marry her, only for Dayang Sumbi to recognize his birthmark just as he was about to go hunting. In order to prevent the marriage from taking place, Dayang Sumbi asked Sangkuriang to build a dam on the river Citarum and to build a large boat to cross the river, both before the sunrise. Sangkuriang meditated and summoned mythical ogre-like creatures -buta hejo or green giant(s)- to do his bidding. Dayang Sumbi saw that the tasks were almost completed and called on her workers to spread red silk cloths east of the city, to give the impression of impending sunrise. Sangkuriang was fooled, and upon believing that he had failed, kicked the dam and the unfinished boat, resulting in severe flooding and the creation of Tangkuban Perahu from the hull of the boat.

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