to quote from wikipedia: "Indonesia consists of 17,508 islands , about 6,000 of which are inhabited. These are scattered over both sides of the equator. The five largest islands are Java(the world's most populous island), Sumatra, Kalimantan (the Indonesian part of Borneo), New Guinea (shared with Papua New Guinea), and Sulawesi." Indonesia has at least 150 active volcanoes.The capital, Jakarta, is on Java and is the nation's largest city, followed by Surabaya, Bandung, Medan, and Semarang." --> this means lots of beach and surf spots here...lol --> i grew up n live in Jakarta. --> i was born in Surabaya(1Hr15minutes away from Jakarta, by plane) --> my favorite city to go eat is Bandung (1hr30minutes away by car)...oh i love eating...food that tastes so good but still only costs me under $2...lol...well we all know food that costs a lot is supposed to yummy...so the challenge is to find great food without draining up my wallet...lol "Lying along the equator, Indonesia has a tropical climate, with two distinct monsoonal wet and dry seasons.the average daily temperature range of Jakarta is 26–30 °C (79–86 °F)" --> yes we have the best weather ever...but since we have this all year round, thats why i'd like to visit places with snow..lol "There are around 300 distinct native ethnicities in Indonesia, and 742 different languages and dialects. The largest is the Javanese, who comprise 42% of the population, and are politically and culturally dominant. Chinese Indonesians are an influential ethnic minority comprising less than 2% of the population." --> my dad is half chinese and javanese. my mum is manadonese and a little of portugese or dutch (im not sure.lol). so i am ...?what "The official national language, Indonesian (bahasa indonesia), is universally taught in schools, and is spoken by nearly every Indonesian. It is the language of business, politics, national media, education, and academia.Most Indonesians speak at least one of the several hundred local languages (bahasa daerah), often as their first language. Of these, Javanese is the most widely-spoken, the language of the largest ethnic group.On the other hand, Papua has 500 or more indigenous Papuan and Austronesian languages, in a region of just 2.7 million people. Much of the older population can still speak a level of Dutch." --> so i speak bahasa indonesia and understand some local languages&dialects (jawa,sunda,manado) and english... need any help about indonesia (Bali, Bandung, Yogyakarta, Manado, Jakart,etc...) im here to help you! maybe i'll travel with u! lol Ps: i have a plan on backpacking to Europe in summer 2010...any ideas,advices,etc? i need lots of hosts as many as possiblelol my travel blog: My Travel Blog