Transportation
Makassar has a public transportation system called "pete-pete". A pete-pete (known elsewhere in Indonesia as angkot) is a mini-bus that has been modified to carry passengers. The route of Makassar's pete-petes is denoted by the letter on the windshield. Makassar is famous for their "becak" (pedicab) which is smaller than the "becak" in the island of Java. In Makassar, people who drive pedicab are called Daeng. The city airport is Hasanuddin International Airport which is actually located outside the Makassar city administration area. It is formally located in the regency of Maros. In addition to "becak" and "pete-pete", the city has government-run bus system, and taxis.
Landmarks
There are some notable of landmarks around the city. From the old 16th century fort which built by the Dutch Colonial government:Fort Rotterdam to the third largest indoor theme park in the world: Trans Studio Makassar and the first ever underground shopping mall in Indonesia: Karebosi Link.
Traditional food
Makassar has several famous traditional foods. The most famous is Coto Makassar. It is a stew made from the mixture of nuts and spices with beef parts which include beef brain, tongue and intestine.
In addition, Makassar is the home of pisang epe, or pressed bananas. These are bananas which are pressed, grilled, and covered with palm sugar sauce and sometimes eaten with Durian. Many street vendors sell pisang epe, especially around the area of Losari beach.
Attraction/Tourist Destination
Starting from 9 September 2009, Makassar has the biggest indoor theme park in Southeast Asia and in the world which is known as Trans Kalla. The theme park was created by a joint company between Trans TV, an Indonesian TV company, and Jusuf Kalla (Indonesia's ex-vice president) company (Kalla Group). Beside the Theme Park, it also has a Resort, a Marina, a Bank Office, an Exclusive Shopping Mall which will be completed around 2012. The theme park is located in Tanjung Bunga. The local government is planning to build a CPI which includes the Presidential House near the theme park.
On July 2010 the first exclusive shopping centre Trans Mahagaya Mall which just inside the Trans Kalla was open. Some famous brand were open on that mall such as Hugo Boss, Armani Jeans, Aigner, Mothercare, Mango, Tod's, Miu Miu, Francesco Biasia. There are other store that just temporary open their store to look over the market. This shopping mall is the first mall that have medium to high range of store and the market target is the people from eastern Indonesia.
article is adopted with modification from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Makassar
IVED Socials
As in Indonesian Varsities English Debate 2011, we're fully aware that this will be a rare occasion for debaters to finally crush the borders and experience a completely different sphere of debate scenes. Our socials team would, therefore, work very hard to provide you a series of exceptional social magnitude to make this year IVED the most unforgettable one:
Opening Ceremony => Auditorium Prof. Amiruddin
Breaking Night Party => Danau Pelataran Gedung IPTEKS
Closing Ceremony => Baruga A.P. Pettarani
City Tour:
- Trans Studio (optional)
- Pantai Losari
- Fort Rotterdam Castle
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| Venue for Opening Ceremony |
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| Venue for Closing Ceremony |
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| Breaking Night Party and City Tour: Trans Studio |
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| City Tour: Pantai Losari |
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| City Tour: Fort Rotterdam Castle |
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How to Reach Makassar?
The easiest and most recommended way to reach Makassar is through air flight transport. There are varieties of low cost airline service which provide multiple routes to reach Makassar from various departure point. Airlines such as Merpati Nusantara Airlines, Lion Air, Batavia Air, and Sriwijaya Air are quite competitive in providing affordable economic flight ticketing fare. (other such as Garuda Indonesia usually offer quite more expensive price but with extra services and more convenient traveling experience). These price rates, however, can fluctuate accordingly to the time you book your seat. At low season period, flight rate from Javanese area to Makassar can vary between Rp. 400,000 to Rp. 700,000. Rp. 800,000 to over Rp. 1 million would be considered as reasonable price at high season when travels reaches their most active frequency. As for areas in eastern Indonesia, the needed expenditure to cover your travel budgeting in low season would range between Rp. 300.000 to Rp. 600.000 for one way flight depends on how far is your location to the city. At high season, however, the rate would similarly soar quite unpredictably.
Additionally, for those who might want to tighten their budget on travel and, at the same time, enjoy longer timespan travelling on board, there are a lot of ship transport services which provide a variety of fares.
As the dates for IVED 2011 have already been fixed, we highly recommend you to purchase your flight ticketing as early as possible to avoid getting overpriced seats. We're looking forward to see you all here to experience MAKASSAR!
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