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Understanding CS:I from our local member Big (heart) Dave
Although most Indonesians are more than willing to open up their homes to overseas visitor, achieving good coordination and communication across thousands of islands creates a range of unique challenges for organizations like Couch Surfing.

While on one hand, spreading the concept of“hospitality exchange” and how it works is, in itself, a huge tasks to work on. On the other, recruiting new local members in often remote areas posses its own challenge for us.

Contents

Local Tips

This is a page for CS Global member who wish to travel throughout Indonesia,where you will find most of CS local tips and trick for and from both Indonesian CS couch-ers and surfer.

Finding tips

Among any other Sub-Group of Places In Indonesia, CS Jakarta Group provide the most complete travel tips for Indonesia, they are all written in its Guideline and best thing with it; it keeps its regular additions and updates. Visit Jakarta's Group Guideline

CS Indonesia A la Carte

Please take a look these list. Each of underline or colored word or/and sentences contains links which will lead you to group or posts of information and the profile of CS-ers member who contributes.

Menu

While waiting for your mates, you may want to check on our menus...

On the Table

When you look at the table you will notice formations of forks and spoons and knife, maybe you will get lucky when you sat front of our table, you can get your extra plates. Here's how we try to put things together front of you.

PriZe list

On a budget? No worries, most of our meal are deliciously cheap.

  • 50 buks BALI Survival trick. Our local member; Marvin, will tell you how to survive in BALI with only 50 buks in your pocket FOR A MONTH. Take note his CS-ing trick
  • Whats cheaper way to do in Bali. Thou she's aint cheap, one local member who love cheap travel style; Mariza, gives us cheap way to do things in bali even start from the airport! Calculate her Bali's Cheap-ing style
  • Bali's CS Cheap Stays Collections#Vol.No.1, Yanni, shares you her Bali Albums Collections with its Cheap Stay Volume number One track, which have been popular among local and global CS-ers even without their commercial advertising.

Fast food

This may work for some people; doesn't matter if its fattening or even not healthy at all. Oh well, we wish you stays longer enjoying the meal, hence, if you are in a hurry, you don't want to queue in a line, grab on these;

Stomach Ache

  • Some dont's for you to choose, shared by Yanni (again??). Just DONT!

Local Volunteers

Local Group

  • Join the group to meet the volunteer
    If you are particularly interested in any one area of Indonesia, we encourage you to join the Local Group of that area. You’ll soon see that each of these groups have local moderators who are also there to assist you in any way they can.
    We strongly advises you to reach each local moderator directly through their profile as linked to on the group site.
    Many Local Group Moderators can assist with your inquiries by sms or email directly.
  • Languages in Group
    There are two languages you can use for posting in group and sub-groups in CS Indonesia group. English as main language and Indonesia after. We are also provide the tools for translations, as well as active member who will be willing to help you to translate it.
    Further post, check here

Current Active Local Group

Jakarta group

Jogjakarta group

Bandung group

Bali group

  • Remote Connections
    • Doctor Benny
      At the moment, the doc is our main well touch local moderator. He will be glad to remotely help you from his current locations; Jakarta, but don't doubt his favor, he knows Bali and stays there since he was born; he comes from Bali.
    • Miss.T
      Has good connections with Some Int. Org Network post in Bali who she possibly can ask their help for you or give you Information about Bali.
  • Stop-Over
    Thou not listed, both this local member moves (for work/business) back and forth from their cities to Bali. They been well helpful towards many occasions relate to CS-ing activities in Bali.


Local group Moderator are those who are NOT automatically the moderator of a Local group of places like an Ambassador towards its own city group locations.

Specific Group and their volunteers

  • Hot Host
    • This is a last minute CouchRequest Group assigned to CS:I Organisation to help traveler in need of last minute request couch.
    • Moderator nonesee
  • Indonesia Party Goers
  • TravelMates
    • This group built for 3 (three) types of groups of people;
      • Traveler who visit Indonesia and prefer to travel out with our most active local travelers around Indonesia.
      • Indonesian traveler who would love to keep in touch with their fellow Indonesian while they are out traveling either just to meet and or need some help.
      • Indonesia traveling Invasions.
    • Moderator: Most of local moderator of this group have many time table roaming Indonesia both for work and pleasures, do reach them for the latest travel-mate gossip around the country.

Ambassador

Ambassador are selected as individuals who both represent their city or region whilst embodying the spirit of CouchSurfing in their travels and whilst hosting and meeting up with other travelers.
Ambassadors can be a great point of contact within the local community and may be able to help you find a couch or provide that bit of extra advice, as always though remember they are volunteers and as much as they try they may not always be available.
CS:I Ambassador are here to embody the spirit of CouchSurfing in their travels and when they are hosting and meeting up with other travelers.
Country ambassador for Indonesia; NoneSee

Local Events

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