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The Horseshoe, Indonesia
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Jember is a town in East Java.
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Taman Botani Sukorambi
A tobacco museum.
A letter or font museum.
A spectacular event fashion carnival on the street. Usually taking place in August or September yearly, it lasts 3 days, with the peak on Sunday. Followed by around 600 participants witnessed by hundreds of thousands of spectators, it has been recorded in the MURI (Indonesia Museum Record) as a demonstration with the longest catwalk 3.6 km.
In Jember, gudeg is mixed with pecel, the combination is called gudeg pecel.
The best Chinese restaurant in Jember. Brash, bright and noisy as you would expect but excellent food.
Serves mie ayam (chicken noodle).
Javanese food.
Bread, cakes, and coffee.
A business hotel with a convenient city location and large swimming pool. 55 rooms.
formerly Panorama Hotel
Probably the best hotel in the city centre with a wide range of options from fairly cheap standard rooms up to luxury suites. Decent restaurant, fitness centre and .. errr.. VIP karaoke rooms.
A great hotel up on a large hill in central Jember with a good view. The hotel is constantly being maintained. The rooms are very clean and well maintained. The staff are very friendly and the coffee shop is open 24 hr with a full menu. Easy to get to on local Bus letter G.
By train
Jember is on the main East Java line and there are many services linking it with other cities in the region and in Central Java.
By bus
The main long distance bus terminal is called Tawang Alun Bus Terminal and is about 5 km west of the city centre.
The main taxi company in Jember is called Argo and they have a telephone booking service: +62 331 424242.
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