
Indonesia Travel Podcast with Bayu Pratama
Bayu Pratama
Indonesia is an archipelago of more than thirteen thousand islands, with a damp tropical climate and inland mountains that alter the heat. This podcast follows Bayu Pratama as he settles in one place long enough to learn its routines, then moves somewhere connected to it.
The host's route moves from Jakarta's crowded coast to the cooler highlands of West Java, then across the Selat Sunda to southern Sumatra and the island's northeastern shore. He also spends time in Bandung and Surabaya, cities whose daily rhythms rarely make travel headlines. One settled place leads to the next.
As the tropical year turns between wet and dry, he goes back to places from earlier episodes to see what changed. A passing familiarity with a neighbourhood becomes knowledge of its markets, its traffic, its festivals and its quiet days. The show is a slow accumulation of knowing Indonesia properly.
Bayu Pratama lives in Indonesia and stays for two years, moving between cities, coastlines and smaller towns on a route that follows the seasons. Not a week-long visit — Bayu is there in every kind of weather, working out where to eat on an ordinary Tuesday, which train to take, what a festival actually feels like from the pavement.
A new episode arrives every day. Each one is short and specific: one neighbourhood, one journey, one meal, one museum worth the detour — with the practical detail that matters. What it costs. When it closes. Whether the queue is worth it. What to do when it rains. Every episode carries a full transcript and chapter markers.
Part of Paris2Tokyo — one show for each of the world's hundred most-visited countries. Made for travelers, wherever you are going next.
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Episodes6
Yesterday · 10 min
Wednesday · 10 minIstiqlal's Echo and the Fight for Space
Tuesday · 9 minThe Business of Living in Jakarta
Monday · 10 minMRT, Mangga Besar, and a Bank Account
Sunday · 9 minIndependence Month Dawns Over Kota Tua
Saturday · 11 minLanding in Jakarta: First Steps in the Capital