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On Arrival

Meeting Point

• LifePatch HQ >> most of time during HLab14
• HLab14 Working Camp

HomeStay aka Bedology

• HomeStay 1
• HomeStay 2
• HomeStay 3

Local Transportation

• HLab14 will organise transporation for field trip, group activities etc, and encourages our proactive participants to organise their daily way of going around to avoid any form of baby sitting. We will have few motor bikes available on site for communal use, and recommend the frequent users to rent your own, yes, be nice to ware helmet with driving licese, daily rate is approx. .. some tips ..

• walking is always the best way to discovery the place for a shorter distance
• bicycle ?
• motor bike with gears
• motor bike with one gear

Map

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To help the participants to find their way and the important places during HackteriaLab, we are working on a interactive map "Yogya for Geeks"

Prepare Your Trip

Travel

We finalised the dates of HLab14 main phase to 13/14 - 25 April, 2014. One of the reason is due to the european academic calendar of easter holiday. participants are always welcome to arrive/leave 2, 3 days earlier and later ~

no matter which corner of the global you will be departing, direct connection to Yogyakarta could be pricy. To break down your trip with available low cost airlines could be an option, following prices are return fare, search down in Dec 2013, outbound : 13 April 2014 & Inbound : 26 April 2014

Option 1: Singapore < > Yogyakarta (YOG) TigerAir // http://www.tigerair.com/sg/en / via Jakarta, approx. 100 - 120 Euro LionAir // www.lionair.co.id / direct, approx. 75 Euro

Option 2: Kuala Lumpur (KUL) < > Yogyakarta (YOG) AirAsia // http://www.airasia.com approx. 110 Euro LionAir // www.lionair.co.id / approx. 125 Euro

Option 3: Jakarta (JAR) < > Yogyakarta (YOG) http://www.garuda-indonesia.com / approx. 100 - 120 Euro www.lionair.co.id / approx. 25 - 70 Euro

Indonesia Train, 9h slow ride from JAR - YOG / one-way approx. 5 - 25 Euro here are some tips : http://www.lonelyplanet.com/thorntree/thread.jspa?threadID=2286571 timetable & booking : http://flights.indonesiamatters.com/train-timetable-indonesia/#jy

(if you like to book train, LifePatch can help directly)

~ and please do let write to Pei to your confirmed itinerary so to plan our advance bedology ;')

Visa

• Nations with 30 days visa-on-arrival at major ports, do prepare 25USD cash in hand on arrival.
• Nationas who are not listed at visa-on-arrival required visiting visa, be aware the process may take 1 months.

Health

Recommended Immunizations for >> Vaccines and Medicines

• Rabies - common carrier included Asian Hourse Shrew (Pemburu)
• Yellow Fever - carried by big, fat mosquito
• Avian Influenza - so call bird flu, avoid direct contact with chicken, birds, etc.
• Enterovirus - no tap water

Weather

http://meteo.bmkg.go.id

Not So Trivial Tips to Indonesia

• Power Source: 220 - 240V /60Hz, PlugType C, F (as similar to EU)
• Currency 03. Feb 2014: 1 EURO:16,500 IDN (Indonesia Rupiah)/ 0.74 CHF:10,000IDN, 03.