Bandung is a nice city, located about 180 km South of Jakarta. There is no international airport in Bandung. You have to go to Jakarta, then travel to Bandung. * Taxi from the airport. You can ride taxi from the airport to Bandung. Blue Bird is a reliable name in taxi. Don't use other taxi name if you can.
* Trains. Trains run frequently from Jakarta to Bandung and vice versa. Jakarta-Bandung route is very popular. The cost of the ticket is Rp 20.000,- to Rp 40.000,- (depending on the class). o Taxi. It's around Rp 50.000,- (or Rp 80.000,- if you get a private taxi from inside the airport. It's safe.). Again, look for Blue Bird taxi. o Bus. There is a shuttle bus from the airport to train station. It costs Rp 5.000,-/person. The bus is relatively safe and ok. If you have plenty of time to catch the train, then bus is an ok choice. * Shuttle. There are informal shuttles (they call it "travel") at the Gambir train station. They usually wait outside the train station and wait for people who could not get tickets. The cost is around Rp 20.000,- to Rp 30.000,-/person. * Now ... there is an airline ("Deraya") that provides services from Jakarta to Bandung (and back to Jakarta) daily. It's Rp. 285,000 for one way trip. It takes 30 minutes from Jakarta to Bandung.
