To the east lies Yogyakarta, the old capital and cultural heart of Java with a functioning court life and a sultan who acts as the city's governor. Further east lies Surabaya, Indonesia's second city.Off the eastern tip of Java lies Bali and beyond that the islands of Lombok, Sumba, Flores and others forming a chain all the way to Indonesia's easternmost province, Irian Jaya.

To the west of Jakarta is the huge island of Sumatra. To the north and east lie Kalimantan (Borneo), Sulawesi and the Maluku Islands (The Moluccas). Many of these are just a two-hour flight from Jakarta.

An extensive network of air services connect Jakarta, Denpasar (Bali) and Medan (North Sumatra). Other ports of entry/exit include Manado (North Sulawesi), Ambon (Maluku), Batu Besar (Batami), Pekan Baru (Riau), Balikpapan (East Kalimantan), Surabaya (East Java), Kupang (East Nusa Tenggara), Pontianak (West Kalimantan) and Biak (Irian Jaya).

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• Maluku

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• Sulawesi

• Sumatra, Western Indonesia

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