pil

r if r
ïfslinis or air bassenóers
'THE cabin? of all K.N.I.L.M. planes have large windows which can
be opened or closed at will. Independent of this all cabins have au
excellent ventilation systern.
The do their ulinost to please their passengers as much as
possible by choosing the most convenient height, pointing out the most
interesting views etc.
In case passengers want particulars about some part of the route
or on some other point, they may obtain them from the pilot by handing
liim a chit through the window of the door connecting the cabin with the
cockpit.
It makes air travel much more pleasant when all details of the
route are known.
Passengerscan move freely about in the cabin during the flight.
Il is however advisable toremam seated when starting or landing.
In the planes of the Batavia-Singapore and Batavia-Medan services
lunch baskets are provided.
In all planes a lavatory is available.

In the cabins of all aeroplanes

extensive route maps are available
for circulation amongst the passengers.

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l';!^cs Pages
Netherlands India and the K.N.I.L.M. 1 A few testimonials froni world tourista 13
The K.N.I.L.M. regular air services t Flyinj; Dutchmen of the East ... 17
7 Some usefu] particulara for Visiters to
Special Sight-seeing and Taxi flights. Netherlands India 24
Map of the K.N.I.L.M. airlines in The Air voyage Batavia-Singapore 25
connection with World Traffic 8,9 Sonic Itinrrarics 27
The K.N.I.L.M. material and personnel 11 The K.L.M, air service Europe-
Sonic particulars from tlie traffic Netherlands India 29
records of the K.N.I.L.M 11 Offices and \gencies of the K.N.I.L.M. 31,32
 Kandthe .N.I.L.M.
IndiNethearland

I T has been said by people who have not visited Netherlands India,
L that in publications it is made more beautiful than it really is, and
it has even been doubted whether the wonderful illustrations published
are made from actual photographs.
More often, however, most fastidious travellers, who have visited
Netherlands India, are heard to say that the enchanting scenery excells
all illustrations ever published, and that the actuality can only be repre-

Aerial photo
K.N.LL.M.

Sibajak
Craters.
 sented by the paintings of world famous artists. The facts prove that this
opinion is the right one.
Nearly all world cruises made during the last years included a
visit to Netherlands India in their programme, and the "Call of the
East" is also becoming stronger and stronger amongst private tourists.
The nurnber of tourists visiting Bali, is nearly three times as large as
five years ago, and a great many travellers make a side-trip from Manila,
Hongkong or Singapore to Netherlands India, and none of them ever

returns disappointed
For every sort of tourist Netherlands India offers attractions.
Whether he is interested in scenery, native life, agricultural development,
ancient temples, tropical plants, orchids or the tropical fauna, he will
find unique examples here.
For those who really love to admire tropical beauty there is no
land in the world like Netherlands India and it is to them that the
K.N.I.L.M. caters in a very special way.
K.N.I.L.M. means Koninklijke IVederlandsch Indische Luchtvaart
Maatschappij, Royal Netherlands Indian Airways, who starled operations
in 1928 and now have regular air-services in exploitation stretchin"

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from Sourabaya in East Java to Medan in North Sumatra, Singapore and
Alor Star (near Penang) a distance of some 2500 miles. They operate:
A SERVICE TWICE DAILY between Batavia, the capital of Netherlands
India and Bandoeng, the holiday resort in the Preanger Mountains.
A SERVICE DAILY between Batavia and Sourabaya, the principal port
in East Java. On this service a short stop-over is made at Semarang.
A SERVICE WEEKLY between Batavia and Singapore, the capital of the

Straits Settlements, with an intermediate landing at Palembang in

South-Sumatra.
A SERVICE WEEKLY between Batavia and Medan in North-Sumatra
with landings at Palembang and Pakan Baroe in Middle Sumatra.
From the latter airport the Padang Highlands can be reached in
half a day by motorcar.
A SERVICE WEEKLY between Medan and Alor Star (near Penang),
run in connection with the K.L.M, airservice Java-Europe.
From whatever direction the traveller approaches Netherlands In-
dia he will always find the K.N.I.L.M. ready to convey hini to the resorts
of beauty he is favouring and to give him an opportunity to admire the
beauties of the land in a way that is only possible from the air.

The map appearing between pages 7 and 10 shoivs hou)

the K.N.I.L.M. air services give excellent connections
with all world traffic to and from Netherlands India.
 //QIIEOniJ/lILAIIQ VO2V#CCA
AS k.
the map shows, Netherlands India can be approached in
many different ways. Travellers coming from Europe will have as
their first port of call either Medan in North Sumatra or Singapore.
From MEDAN a K.N.I.L.M. plane leaves every week for Batavia.
the central airport of Netherlands India, where all lines connect. The
distance Medan-Batavia of 1100 miles is covered in 8l/2 9 hours
flying with intermediate landings at Pakan Baroe and Palembang.
PAKAN BAROE is the gateway to the much favoured tourist
resorls in the Padang Highlands in Middle Sumatra, such as Padang
and Fort de Koek, which are within half a day's journey by motorcar.
Pakan Baroe is situated in the middle of the jungle and is an excellent
spot from which to arrange big game hunting parties. Even the landing
field has been visited by tigers occasionally.
After arriving in Batavia it is possible to fly on next morning and
reach any part of Java that it may be desired to visit within the day.
In case the tourist disembarks at SINGAPORE the K.N.I.L.M.
will carry him from there to Batavia within 6 hours, with a rest of

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half-an-hour in Palembang in South Sumatra. For visitors to Bali a
rapid through connection exists at Sourabaya with the K.P.M, steamers
(sec Itinerary No. 1 page 27), or extra aeroplanes can bc hired.
Visitors travelling via Hongkong may avail themselves of the
direct steamship connection of the Java China Japan Line from Hong-
kong to BAT'AVIA and have on arrival in the principal airport all
airlines at their disposal.
SEMARANG and SOURABAYA can be reached in a few hours
flying. Twice daily a triple engined Fokker leaves for the "garden city
in the Hills" BANDOENG. The flight from Batavia to Bandoeng is one
of the most charming trips that can be made. It takes only 45 minutes
and gives a most interesting panorama of the gradual change of the
typical Java lowland into kill country and highland. (sec Itinerary No. 3
page 28).
Bandoeng is situated on a magnificent plateau among the Preanger
Mountains, 2300 feet above sea level. It is the gateway to places like
Garoet, Lembang and many other famous beauty spots.
Tourists travelling via Manila and those coming from Australia
will arrive in the principal port of East-Java SOURABAYA; thence the
Acrial
pholo
K.NJ.L.M

Sall wells
at
Koewoe
 K.N.I.L.M. is ready to convey them daily to Batavia with a through
connection to Bandoeng on the same day.
An early service is operated from Sourabaya and Semarang on
Wednesdays connecting with the mailsteamers leaving Batavia at noon
and with the K.L.M, aeroplanes bound for Europe which leave Batavia
at 11 a.m. via Singapore.
If it is preferred, the journey to Batavia may be broken at
SEMARANG whence very pleasant excursions can be made to the
surrounding mountains and to Djokjakarta and the Borobudur.
Travellers who are anxious to make eonnections with homeward
bonnd steamers may either continue their air-voyage from Batavia to
Singapore, where all the principal steamship lines connect, or proceed
by K.N.I.L.M. to Medan. In the latter port the air service connects with
the modern Netherlands steamship services leaving Medan for Europe
on the day of arrival of the K.N.I.L.M. plane.
On all lines stop-over privileges may be exercised.
If it is desired to reach Europe still sooner, passage may be booked
by the K.L.M. (Royal Dutch Airlines), which operates a weekly air service
Batavia-Europe. This service covers the distance of 9000 miles in
8 — 10 days and is the longest airline in the world. The route runs via
Singapore — Bangkok — Calcutta — Karachi — Bagdad — Cairo —
—
— Athens — Sofia — (in the winter season via Rome Marseilles —
Paris) to Amsterdam.

AIR LINE AMSTERDAM-BATAVIA v.v hollandjav*,

FLYING DISTANCES IN MILES Merzo Matruh-Cairo 285 Alcyab Rangoon 31Q

Amsterdam-Halle/Leipxig Cairo-Gaia 220 Rangoon-Bangkok

....
326 360
Halle/Leipzig-Budapest
Budapest-Belgrad.
Bolgrad-Athen
....415
200
495
Gaza-Baghdad
Baghdad-Bmhire
Bushire-Jatk
590
490
500
Bangkok-Alor Star
Alor Star-Singapore
Singapora-Palembang
560
410
305
Amsterdam-Marseille 615 Jaik-Karachl 595 Palembêng-Batavia 300
Marseille Romn 390 Karachi-Jodhpur 385 Batavia Bandoeng 65
Rome-Brindisi
, ,, ....
Brindill-Athens
Atheni Meria Matruh
305
390
510
Jodhpur-Allahabad
Allahabsd-Calcutta
Calcutta-Akyab
545
465
360
Amsterdam-Batavia
(via Budapeit)
(vla Ram») , ,
8691
8950
 JJxaöLal Saykt-
NOT only do the regular services of the
K.N.I.L.M. enable the aerial tourist to
sec more in a shorter time, but also in
all places where planes and pilots are
available, sightseeing flights may be
arranged to any beauty spot desired, and
taxi-flights to every place in Netherlands
India where a licensed and approved
landing field is available.
From Medan the trip to Brastagi, Toba
Lake and Sibayak craters should not be
missed.
From Batavia a very interesting flight is
around Batavia Bay with its picturesque
islets.
From Bandoeng a flight of incomparable
beauty is that to the Tangkoeban Prahoe
which only takes 30 minutes.
From Sourabaya an impressive flight can
be arranged to Tosari, the Bromo (one of
Java's active volcanoes) and the Sand Sea.
Tjililitan
(Batavia)
The central
airport o)
the
K.N.1.L.Xl
services.
la^Osfêuyhfo
Aeroplanes may be hired to convey tou-
rist partics to Den Pasar (Bali). The flight
from Sonrabaya to Den Pasar, the tourist
centre of Bali takes only 2 hours.
Literally as well as figuratively "THE
TROPICS ARE AT YOUR FEET BV
AEROPLANE", because you cover great
stretches so quickly that you can travel in
a week distances that could be accomplished
in no other way in the same time.
A second advantage not to be undervalued
by tourists in the tropics is that travelling
by air means a COOL voyage and, equally
important, one FREE FROM DUST.
Temperature decreases when gaining
height, so that at 3000 feet an agreeable
temperature of about 65° F. is experienced.
The cabins of the K.N.I.L.M. planes are
attached under the wing, which acts as a
sunshade. It protects the travellers from the
rays of the tropical sun and enables them
to have an unlimited view of the country.
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 (2/riple engined
(Z/OKKer mono/liane,
fyfie CJ' 12.
Ui&/ïlcüknal
The K.N.I.L.M. is using for all flights
TRIPLE ENGINED FOKKER AIR-
CRAFT, which have won world-wide
renown on many well known long distance
flights.
The air fleet consists of 7 Fokker planes
of the type F Vllb equipped with 3 Lynx
or Titan engines of 230 H.P. each and
offering accomodation in comfortable arm-
chairs for 8 passengers. The aeroplanes
have a speed of 100 miles per hour.
Beside these 8-seaters the K.N.I.L.M.
possesses high-speed planes of the type
F XII (sec page 10) equipped with 3 Wasp
engines of 450 H.P. each and accomodating
16 passengers. They have a speed of 120
miles per hour. The Fokker aeroplane of
the type F XII was selected as the best
commercial aeroplane by the visitors to the
International Aireraft Exhibition in Pari3
in 1931 and was awarded the first prize.
All K.N.I.L.M. aireraft and engines are
regularly controlled by the Netherlands
Indian Government, thoroughly tested
before leaving the aerodrome and main-
tained with the greatest possible care.
Ifw, Pefvonndo
The K.N.I.L.M. pilots have been selected
from army or navy pilots. They have had
the best possible training and all have an
experience of several thousands of hours
in the air.
They are regularly medically examined
by a special aviation doctor, appointed by
the Netherlands Indian Government.
of a Fokker F XII
Interior
SOAE PAKTICULAKS FKOA THE
Tl OF THE AC, N ,1, L,/X\
Flying conditions in Netherlands India
are excellent. Fog is absent and storms are
Rainstorms sometimes occur,
very rare.
but are always of a local character so
that they may easily be avoided.
Taking into consideration:
the ideal conditions for flying,
the considerable time an aerial
traveller is saved on the long
distances in Netherlands India,
the modern and comfortable aero-
planes,
the experienced pilots,
it is not to be wondered at, that the opera-
tions of the K.N.I.L.M. were very succesful
from the first inauguration of their
airlines on the first of November, 1928.
In 1928 (2 months) the K.N.I.L.M.
carried 2105 passenger»
In 1929 14457 passengers
In 1930 18248 passengers
In 1931 17212 passengers
In 1932 18666 passengers
From November 1, 1928 till Nov. 1,
1933 the K.N.I.L.M. made 13000 flights,
covering a distance of
3.850.000 kilom. (about 2.400.000 miles).
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 If it should be thought that only the
European community is availing itself of
air transport in Netherlands India, a great
mistake would be made. All classes, all
nationalities, all races are utilizing the
K.N.I.L.M. air services regularly.
The following is an extract of the list
of distinguished passengers who have
travelled by K.N.1.L.M.:
Their Majesties the King and Queen of
Siam.
Their Royal Highnesses The Prince and
Princess Royal of Belgium.
H. E. The Governor General of French
Indo-China.
H. E. The Governor General of Ne-
therlands India. Jhr. Mr. B. C.
de Jonge.
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H. E. The ex-Governor General of Ne-
therlands India Jhr. Mr. A. C. D.
de Graeff.
H. E. The Governor General of the
Philippine Islands.
H. E. The Governor of the Straits
Settlements.
H. E. The ex-Governor of New South
Wales, Sir Dudley R. S. de Chair and
Lady de Chair.
H. E. The Minister for the Colonies of
France.
H. E. The Minister for Defence of the
Netherlands.
That the K.N.I.L.M. also caters to quite
a different type of tourist is shown by the
photograph beloto of a party of Borneo
Dajaks. headhunters till a few yeara ago,
taken after they had made their first flight
in the great Fokker bird.
 V-few
TESTIMONIALS

r ~Vxyrn ,

I recommend air travel most decidedly here — much cooler — most

comfortable, excellent planes and pilots.
Douglas Fairbanks.
(Sec photograph above).

A red letter day in our cruise.

G. M. Mc. Murtry.
Charles H. Shuttleworth
The air trips in Java are unreservedly reeommended.
Martin De Muth,
Lecturer.

The flight to Bandoeng was my first air trip. Thoroughly I

enjoyed it. The scenery was beautiful, the plane very comfortable and
excellently piloted. Ronald Murphy,
The Buijs.

The flight from Batavia to Bandoeng is a thrilling and lovely

experience. The service is as nearly perfect as thorongh care and relia-
bility can make it. I can whole heartedly recommend the KNILM.
Mrs. Martin de Muth.

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 The trip by airplane to Bandoeng is the most delightful side trip;
and the wonderful sights froni the plane will never be forgotten.
I highly praise the service and comforts of the trip.
C. A. Berndtson,
Commander SS. Malolo.
My airplane trip to Bandoeng will always be remembered as the
"high spot" of the Mariposa cruise. I cannot say too much for the thrill
of being above the clouds, with perfect confidence of a safe landing.
Gwendolyn Richardson,
North Caroline.
Above the clouds it was just perfect. Rudolf Triml.
If I had weeks instead of days to sec Java my first choice would
be by air. The Royal Netherlands Indian Airways have marvellous planes
and pilots and the view from the air is unforgettable. /. de Beaumont.
Having flown extensily in Canada, the United States and South
Africa, in addition to crossing the Atlantic in August 1930, aboard the
British airship R-100 (57 hours from Montreal to Cardington), I should
like lo explain that my flight in a KNILM-plane from Batavia to
Bandoeng was among the most enjoyable, and the service unsurpassed.
J. Sergus Grant,
(Staff correspondent
the Gazette, Monlreal).
Thank you for a pleasant and wonderful trip. Charles Chaplin
Sydney Chaplin

Snaaks in
The Preanger
Highland.

(Aerial plwto
K.N.1.L.M.)
 Nalive dancing
Den Passer.

A wonderful trip and should not be missed. S. D. Cantlie.

A wonderful trip and thoroughly enjoyed by the 14 members of

the party. It is a pleasure to reconimend the service and planes of
the Royal Netherlands Indian Airways. F. M. Ford Jr.
Purser SS. Mariposa.

The Royal Netherlands Indian Service provided vs with one of the

most enjoyable experiences of the world cruise. The flight from Batavia
to Bandoeng and return was perfectly executed in the finest types of
planes and together with the excellent atmospheric conditions on the
island of Java — the trip by air was a revelation and by far the most
preferable means of transportation. Alfred T. Chabot.
To KNILM Java. A word of praise for the very wonderful way
this air service is run. It is in keeping with all things attempted and
accomplished by the Dutch most excellent. H. Busk Wood.
Chief Officer.
Empress of Britvin

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 Native Dancing Den Pasar (Bali)
under the iving of a K.N. I.L.M. aeroplane.
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 1 HE following article, written
by Mr. Charles Baker for the
November 1931 issue of "Town
and Country" summarizes in a
very descriptive way the op-
portunities the K. N. I. L. M.
offers to the aerial tourist.

I JLs' / ) / / /
jix/MVj/ >O''UJJzJrunjzrh erf ikc- CaS?
/

PEYTON AND HEMMINGWAY, the two Americans,

lounged on the cool waranda of the Hotel des Indes,
talking over their black moka and Cordial Medoc—■
watching Batavia's colorful pageant stream past. Tiny
two wheeled „karetas" drawn by microscopic ponies
with many jingling bells; tiny brown men and
women swathed like brilliant cocoons in their twisted
sarongs of print or batik work — gorgeous patterns in
henna browns and tub-butter yellows, and magentas,
and vivid clear indigos; in the old formal designs which
indicate the proper station of the wearer A tur-
baned fortune teller from Karachi; a squatting troupe
of jugglers; a Mohammedan gentleman who ate broken
glass with relish — provided this crisp course were pro-
perly spieed with a silver coin for „hors d'oeuvres"; a
little Javanese maiden who looked like an oversized doll
with the eyes of a timid gazelle — who would sell either
of her two „wayong" figures puppet dolls used in the
native shadow plays, for four gulden each. It waa all
very exotic, very fascinating.

„What a show this has been!" Peyton
remarked wistfully. „The only trouble
with friends in the East is that they give
you too good a time. All that wining and
dining and dancing was great stuff, but
it's a dashed shame we havent had a
second to pokcour head9 out of Batavia
except for that one marvellous trip out
to the Botanical Gardens at Buitenzorg".
And here we are with our ship sailing
from Singapore in two weeks — sitting
right smack in a Garden of Eden it would
take months to cover. We simply must
get hard-hearted and teil this platoon of
hosts we're off to the hinterland to-mor-
row".
„Check!" Peyton cut in. „I'm off right
now to the desk to find out about trams
and things".
At this moment a ruddy-faced Hollan-
der stood up at the adjoining table and
bowed. ,Your pardon, Mijnheer", he said
to Peyton with a jolly smile; „but I could
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Balinese
W omen.
Not help overhearing your words about
seeing our Java. I have just now had a
thought which should aid you in seeing
more than you think possible".
The two Americans exchanged glances
of eager amazement over mutual intro-
ductions, and Hemmingway beckoned to
a white-jacketed boy. „Wat shall it be,
Captain de Groot?"
The Jatter chuckled. „Mijnheer, the key
to this deep little secret of mine shall be
one small bottle of Atnstel beer. And
order it for me very cold; very cold in-
deed".
For a moment Captain de Groot
watched the lamplight filter through the
amber fluid, drained his tall glass at a
single draught, with a resounding smack
of the lips. „Ach! that iss goot-goot!" he
exclaimed. „And now for our little secret,
gentlemen. We have only that fortnight
before your ship sails from Singapore —
hein? Even though one should have a
 Balinese
Temple
month at least, still we have those fourteen
days There is but one thing to do —
fly! I shall speak the name „Koninklijke
Nederlandsch-Indische Luchtvaart Maat-
schappij!" The words rolled off his
tongue like firecrackers.
„But in English it is not so difficult:
Royal Netherlands Indian Airways. And
all new ships big tri-motored Fokkers.
Not only do these planes fly their daily
schedules, but at any airport one may
charter an 8-seater for a joy-ride by the
hour. Think how your new friends here in
Batavia would enjoy such high-flying
hospitality", he chuckled.
„There should be three mam flying
centers for you: Here in Batavia, from
Bandoeng, from Sourabaya. From here to
Sourabaya by train is fourteen long hours;
by plane it is but four and a half „cool"
hours, including the half-hour pause at
Semarang hangar rest-house. Four hun-
dred miles for nine of your cents a mile!
There are, in Semarang, fine
hotels, fascinating bazaars. Besides, it is
the most beautifully situated city in al]
Java. A one-night stopover here, then the
hrief morning trip to Sourabaya — and
Bali
One short week-end trip to Bali, gentle-
men, is worth your whole journey to the
East Indies! If Java seems a tropical Eden,
Bali is Paradise. There, emerald rice-fields
walk up high mountains from the blue
sea, to where pine and other sub-tropical
growths indicate a zone like your own
June. It is in Bali where roses grow into
trees twenty feet high, and bloom the year
around; where every village has its „ga-
melan" orchestra, its graceful troupe of
classic „legong" dancers — pale golden
girls wound in brocade stiff with gold
thread, with head-dresses of beaten yellow
gold set with gems and starred with sweet
frangipani blossoms. It is in Bali where
women of high caste walk straight as
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young areca palms, clad only in a fine
sarong; proud goddesses, those women;
proud and gloriously bare from het waist
up, except when dressed for the temple
feasts — those richly carved miracles set
like jewels in their groves of bayab, of
cocopalm and frangipani. There are
strange tombs of forgotten kings, in-set in
steep cliffs; a big mile-high crater lake
lying at the black heel of Batoer, a very
much alive volcano.
My good friend, Mijnheer Minas, in Boe-
loeleng has fine motor cars. There is much
to be seen in Bali in two days, and over
asphalt highway; wood-carvings and gold
and silver work to be found in the shops
— the finest in the place of my esteemed
friend, the Princess Mak Patimah, who
took refuge with the Dutch authorities to
keep from being thrown on her husband's
funeral pyre
— before that custom was
forbidden.
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K.N.I.L.M. aero-
plane over the
inountains in Easl
Java
„Then back to Java again. How can I
describe her panoramas from the air? —
Her blue peaks capped in cloud; her scores
of volcanoes; her ancient temples; her
fields of rice and sugar-green, tan, or
mirrored with water; terrace on terrace,
unrolling beneath like a vivid tapestry of
painted velvet. From Sourabaya now is the
side trip to the world-famous hill station
of Tosari, where the Fahrenheit thermo-
meter has never registered higher than 72.
And remember, whereover the planes land
are always motorears, saddle horses or
sedan chairs for the mountain work.
„From Tosari is the special trip to the
Bromo in saddle leather or sedan chair;
past villages where your own maize grows
in fields steep as a roof; through forests
of casuarina — with the suddent vista of
the oval Sandsea gleaming a thousand feet
sheer below — perhaps five miles long by
—
three bread out of the middle of which
Borobudur
temples.
rises the beautiful ribbed cone of Batok,
and behind it, dark and yawning, the fiery
crater of Bromo. Down on the Sand-Sea
one feels it to be the parade ground of
Titans, while far in the background the
third of this volcanic trio soars to the
clouds — Stneroe, tallest in all Java. Horse-
back trips to Smeroe, and to the Lakes
are easily arranged, with competent guides
to handle tents and pack outfits.
„Then back in Batavia one takes the
glorious air trip to Bandoeng, the beauliful
Capital of the Preanger Regencies, and
only fortyfive minutes from here. Wise
men take the plane shortly after dawn,
and no artist lives who can capture such
color. Mountain ranges to the north rise
clear and sharp above their scarves of
white cloud; a huge semicircle of drowsing
volcanoes to the south; rice fields, and
then the raw, red earth slopes, or sub-
tropical forest so dense it seems painted
in ink. Monkey folk traverse treetop high-
ways beneath you, strange birds. And when
the sun finally burns through the cloud
blankets — then and only then will you
know what color can bc.... Where in the
world could one find a single trip like the
one you shall be taking next morning from
Bandoeng?.... Vast mountains, the Diëng
Plateau, Merapi Volcano will belch fire
and sulphur at you while you laugh back
at him! Then over the Prambanan Temples
to the far-off Sultanate chief city, Djokja-
karta, where native life is to be seen as
it has been for centuries.
„From Djokja" one comes to the man-
made high spot of your stay — a flight by
way of the Mendoet Temples to Boroboe-
doer, Java's ancient gem of Hindu mo-
numents; a vast, awesome pile; a giant
stupa built "around and over" a hill, which
has brooded there since the Eighth or
Ninth Century after Christ. It is actually
531 feet long on each of its four sides and
enclosed by four rows of sculptured
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Aerial plwlo
k V.Ï.L.M.

Craler of
Tankoeban
Prahoe.

galleries — two full miles of hand-carved over Sunda Strait, where the weird sub-
rock — an amazing labyrinth of figures and marine volcano Krakatau tears upward
scènes dedicated to the God Buddha, set in through a thousand feet of tortured sea
its own grove of cocopalm and facing Mera- water; and af ter, the wild chaos of
pi and a horizon hordered with blue hills. Sumatra's jungles-monntains rivers, villa-
"From Bandoeng, with its excellent ges — to Palcmbang for a rest before
hotels and the best native bazaars in Java, swinging eastward to Singapore — in all,
one makes many delightful short side trips 725 miles in ó 1 hours!
over the motor roads of a hill region "Bul if one does this, what a pity to miss
studded with rubber and cinchona estates; the trip farther inlo north Sumatra to
the fearsome mountain pile of Tangkoeban Pakan Baroe
Prahoe, where volcanic death stands toe to far up the
toe with the teeming life of lush tropical Straits of Ma-
growth; the volcano group near Garoet, lacca 1,100
where four craters are flung upward like miles in just
the petals of some hellish flower dominated under 10hours
hy the enorinous crater of Papandajan with from here.
his 7.500-foot rim—which natives call "The Why miss an
Forge", rumbling and hissing and shudde-
ring under subterranean hammer blows. eagle's eye
"Then finally, when one takes off for view of Suma-
Singapore from our airport here at Tji- tra's inland
lilitan outside Batavia, comes the flight sea of Toha
Submarine Volcano Krnkatau

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Lake, or clown the west ooast through an
amazing sequence of mountains and valleys,
to Fort de Fock — set hetween the big twin
lakes of Manindjau and Singkarak. Head-
hunter country not too long ago. Think of
it.".... Here C;>]>l;iin de Groot paused to ]i«;ht
a fresh cheroot.... "But that steamer from
Singapore — are you not weary of so much
sailing hy steamers? Froin Singapore the
weekly plane goes straight on to Holland
— with thirty-three pounds of one"s hagage
free and the rest may be sent cheaper
than fieight; close to 9.000 of your miles
in 7 to 8 days, — twenty-seven stops, at some
of which one will wish to exercise stop-
over privileges in order to explore those
strange cities for oneself.
And the few names I mention out of
raany —do they not sound like a page
from Marco Polo, from the Thousand and
One Nights? — Bangkok, Rangoon, Cal-
cutta, Allahabad, Jodhpur, Djask, Bagdad,
Acrial photo
K.N.I.L.M.
Toba Lake
Gaza, Caïro? Then Athens, Belgrade, Bud-
apest and Nurenberg, to the canals of my
own Polderland, with a final glide to rest at
the fine Schiphol Airport of Amsterdam?"
Poyton awoke to normality with a start,
after his mental journey with this jolly
Hollander. His eyes caught Hemmingway'é
as he drew out a coin. "What say, old man—
heads or tails?" "For what — a joy fligiit
through Java and Bali? Noneed wasting
time for that — it's as good as settled
already." "Guess again, Sinbad".
"Not all the way to Holland too! What
about our steamer bookings; passport visas?"
„Let the reservations go. Anyway there's
a whole nest of Consuls right here in Ba-
tavia. They just love signing papers!" He
spun the coin. "Heads we fly—tails we don't
... Okay?" "Okay with me, Marco Polo!"
...Heads it feil.
The big Hollander chuckled again as he
bade them good-night and bon voyage.
"How I envy you, Mijnheeren!"
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 DARTCULARS
PORVISITORS TO

Passports. Non-Dutch subjects must be in refore advisable to leave these in

possession of valid passports. custody of the harbour authorities
uiiiil sailing.
Admission. Tourists who do not definitely
remain in Netherlands India but Money. The monetary unit of Netherlands
only stop to sec the country are India is the gulden or guilder, equal
exempted from any Immigration to 100 cents.
formalities. This may be proved by The equivalent in foreign currency
producing tourist, circular, through is as follows:
or return tickets. one guilder (ƒ 1.—) is approximately
To non-Dutch subjects who complete
American $ 0.60 English £0.2.6
their voyage in Netherlands India,
Straits $ 1.05 Australian £ 0.3.0
landing permits are issued upon
Hongkong $ 1.80 Rupees 1.10
payment of ƒ 150.—, which amount
will be refunded when leaving Paper money is issued in notes of the follo-
Netherlands India within 6 months wing denominations:
after date of arrival. 1 guilder, 2i/2 , 5, 10, 30, 40, 50, 60,
Tourits arriving by aeroplane from 100, 200, 300, 500 and 1000 guilders.
abroad will findan Immigration Silver coins.
officer at the aerodrome. 10 cents (dubbeltje) (native name sa pitjis)
Customs. The custom house Officers are 25 cents (kwartje) (native name stalen )
generally very courteous to the 50 cents (native name sa tengah perak)
tourists and never unreasonable in 1 gulden (native name sa perak)
the examination of luggage. 2V2 n (native name sa rupia)
Firearms are only allowed to be Nickel coin. 5 cents (stuiver), with a hole
landed provided permission is gran- in the centre.
ted bv the authorities and it is the- Coppers. Y2, 1 and 2*4 cents.

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 INTEKE9TINO
TE9T|MON|/\L

Mrs. Ruth
EldeT Camf
the first
lady to
cross the
Atlantic,
photo-
graphed
after o
flight fev
K.N.I.L.M.
ABOUTTHE BATAviA—9iNOAPOR£: JOURNEY
„Since my flying hours previous to the As we continued on, we crossed small
trip from Batavia to Singapore could be islands so green in the morning sunshine.
numbered on the tingen of one hand, it These are bordered with white fringed
gave me a very special pleasure to be the waves which deepen into the exquisite
first «roman to make this flight on a ser- blues and greens of the sea. In reaching
vice so newly inaugurated by the K.N.I.L.M. Sumatra we flew above fleecy clouds
It was a real pleasure throughout the entire lightly dotted above the earth. Gradually
geven hours of the trip. these thickened into great white balls, at
In the traveling by air one has an tinies completely obstructing our view of
unusual opportunity to sec the country the island helow. I had a feeling of just
as a whole, a literal birdseye view. The being "nowhere". Serenely secure and com-
neally terraeed rice paddies, with a small fortable I feit with nothing to detract my
village in the vici- attention froni a
nil) among the HMB sense of complete
cocoanutpalms, with and exquisite obli-
an adjoining coffee !ï^J&« vion. But this was
plantation and a not to be for long
sparkling stream however, as swampy
winding its way ma- firound appeared
kes a complete and thru the clouds be-
lovely picture of t hij low. Is is also pic-
garden isle, not soon turesque in its own
to be forgotten. way with small huts

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Moskee Alor Star (aerial photo K.N.1.L.M.)
on stilts in the water and people paddling
here and there in canoes. Then to fly over
more populous areas and land in Palem-
hang, where the half hour gave one a
chance to walk round and have some
refreshment.
I think our trip was made especially in-
teresting by the various weather conditions
encountered. Upon leaving Paleinbang we
came upon storm clouds, which clothed the
-ma ll islands below in a cloak of deep grey
and sent the small fishing hoats scurrying
to shore for shelter.
We, in the plane above, darted in and
out of the clouds into the bright sunshine
Aerial photo
K.N.I.LM.
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above. After a splendid view of Singapore
we landed on a very wet field in a heavy
ram storm. Howcver we taxied to the
hangar and alighted under cover.
Our trip thus completed, thru sunshine
and showers, with one accord we express-
ed our satisfaction and pleasure.
Surely the company that gives such
excellent service, uses such reliable planes
and employs such experienced pilots will
receive only praise from their passengers
and look forward to a prosperous future.
sd. R. Kleffei..
Singapore, 15 March 1933.
OU squirt
in East Java.
poinnc
v
• ,
yLuiCtaNCj
®

There are many different sorts of The K.N.1.L.M.-agents, of which a com-

tourists, travellen and persons ivho visit
Netherlands India and the circumstances
of almost every visiting party are different.
Below are given a few of the itineraries
which have been mostly patronized.
plete Hst is taken up on pages 33 and 34 of
this booklet, are always prepared to give
the fullest information about other trips
gratis to all enquirers.

ITIIS'ERARY Nn. 1 wonien and children waehing

Singapore
]st DAY
- - -
Java Bali Singapore. and bathing on ihc banks of
the river.
7.00 Leave Singapore l»y 2\u DAY
KNILM-plane. 7.30 Leave Batavia by KNILM-
]4.00 Arrive Batavia, af ter %
-1 ilane. In Semarang V 2hour's
liours' rest on the rest is taken giving the passen-
landing fielrl. After lunch si«;lil- ger» time for light refreshmenta
seeinfi in Batavia and Wel- at the aerostation.
tevreden hy motorcar. Visit old 12.00 Arrive Sourahaya. Lunch at
Batavia, Penang Gate, Portu- the hotel.
fjuese Church. lt is very in- 16.00 Leave Sourabaya hy K.P.M.-
teresting to sec the native steamer.»
3rd DAY
daylight. Arrive Boeleleng (Ba-
li). Sightseeing inBali.
4th DAY
Sightseeing in Bali
sth DAY
Sightseeing in Bali
17.00 Leave Boeleleng by
K.P.M.-steamer.

ll' wanti'rï special atvoplancs can be liireil to

convey tourista in ± 2 hours to l>en Pasar in Hali.

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Merapi Volcano
faerial photO K.N.1.L.M.)
 6ni DAY 12.25 Arrive at Sourabaya.
daylight. Arrive Sourabaya. Transfer to hotel for lunch.
Transfer by car from Tandjong 14.00 By car to Tosari.
Perak Harbour direct to Aero- 3rd DAY
drome. Trip to Bromo and Sand sea on
7.00 Leave Sourabaya.
horseback or by sedan chair.
11.15 Arrive Batavia.
Afternoon sightseeing in Ba- 4th DAY
tavia. Trip to Nongkodjadjar.
After lunch back to Sourabaya
7th DAY by car.
7.25 Leave Batavia by KNlLM-
sth DAY
plane. 7.00 Leave Sourabaya by
13.30 Arrive Singapore.
K.N.1.L.M.-plane.
11.40 Arrive Batavia.

(.arving of
Balinese
Balinese ■ Temple
Dancing GirU

ITINERARY No. 2
Batavia — Semarang — Sourabaya
Ist DAY
7.30 Leave Batavia by KNlLM- ITINERARY No. 3
plane. Batavia — Bandoeng vice versa
10.05 Arrive at Semarang. 7.45 Leave Batavia by KNlLM-
Visit by car the Borobudur and plane.
Mendut Hindu Temples and 8.30 Arrive Bandoeng. Sightseeing
then on to Djokja for lunch.
in Bandoeng, Motorcar drive
After lunch via Merapi and round Bandoeng and to Dago and
Merbaboe volcanoes back to Lembang.
Semarang for dinner and night. 12.00 Leave Bandoeng by KNlLM-
2\d DAY plane. *)
10.35 Leave Semarang by 12.45 Arrive Batavia in time for
KNILM-plane. lunch.
*) Not e : In the season May-November the planes leave Bandoeng at 15.00 so that
lunch can be taken first at Bandoeng.

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K.L.M.
The

ASir ervice
IHE
EUROP-NTHLADSINDIA
X.L.M., Royal Dutch Airlines, is
operating a weekly service between Ne-
therlands India and Europe. Tt is a com-
Settlements), Bangkok (Siam), Rangoon
Burma), Calcutta to Karachi (British
India). Thence via Jask (Persia), Baghdad
pany entirely separate from the K.N.I.L.M. (Iracq) to Cairo (Egypt). In the winter
although both companies coöperate closely season the route then passes via Athens
and the K.N.I.L.M. is acting as principal (Greece), Rome (Italy), Marseilles and
agents of the K.L.M, in Netherlands India.
Paris (France) to Amsterdam (Holland).
Reservations therefore can be made at all
During the other months, the terminal
K.N.I.L.M. agencies throughout the East.
station Amsterdam is reached via Athens,
The K.L.M, air service between Nether-
Sofia (Bulgaria), Budapest (Ungary) and
lands India and Europe is the longest
airline in the world, it covers a distance of Leipzig (Germany).
9,000 miles in 8-10 days, during which 22 The large Fokker aeroplanes of the type
different countries are crossed. F XII and F XVIII offer the passengera
The route taken is from Batavia luxurious accomcdation, unique in world
(Java) via Singapore, Alor Star (Straits air traffic.

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 From the great Fokker plane a truc
bird's eye view of the countries below is
obtained. You adraire the primeval forests
of Sumatra, the deep blue Seas of the
Malayan Archipelago, the Golden Pagodas
of Rangoon and the white cities of' British
India.
By contrast you look down upon such
scènes of desolation as the deserts of Syria
and the Pyramids of Gizeh.
You sec the Holy Land from on high,
Jerusalem, Bethlehem and the Valley of
the Jordan. Cairo, Athens, Budapest, Rome,
the scènes vary as the patterns of a kalei-
doscope.

Thanks to the high speed of the K.L.M, aeroplanes

every afternoon you arrive in time to admire
some new and interesting lown, entirely
different from any you have seen before in
the course of the journey. It can truly
he said that to fly with the K.L.M.
from Netherlands India to Eu-
rope means to obtain the
travel experiences of
a lifetime in 8-9
all too short
days.

Sectional View of o triple engined KLM plane

— type F XV III

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 oftU (J 1

IèN I feM
NETHERLANDS
# #

Pasoeroean Alor Star

I \I)I A N.V. Afscheep en Commis- Guan Hm Co.
Batavia sie Zaak v/h J. F. Esser. Malaca, Sercmban and
llcadoffice KNILM. Muar
Sluisburg Weltevreden Medan
Sime Darby & Co. Ltd.
KNILM Aerodrome KNILM Aerodrome Medan
Tjililitan KPM, Rotterdam Lloyd, SERAWAK
Rotterdam Lloyd, „Nederland" Royal Mailline Kuching
~Nederland" Royal Mailline Banjonvangi Borneo Cy. Li ds.
Micliael's Travel Bureau
N. V. Afscheep en CHINA
Semarang Commissiezaak Shanghai, Hongkong,
KNILM Aerodrome
Simongan v/h C. H. Pownall A moy, Sivatow
KPM, Rotterdam Lloyd, Den Pasar Java China Japan Line.
..Nederland" Royal Mailline N. V. Afscheep en Dalny,
Sourabaya Commissiezaak Cornabe, Eekford &
KNILM Aerodrome Dermo „Zuid Bali" Winning
KIM. Rotterdam Lloyd, FORMOSA
„Nederland" Royal Mailline Djaiubi Boyd & Co. Taipeli
Michael's Travel Bureau Borneo Sumatra Trading Co I \ I'AN
Palembang K. P. M. Kobe
KPM. STRAITS SETTLE Java China Japan Lin<".
All Other Placei in MEN T S AND Yokohama
Netherlands Imlia MALA C C A M. S. Wiersurn & Co. Ltd.
KPM, „Nederland" Royal
Mailline, and Singapore SIAM
Rotterdam Lloyd KNILM Office Scotts Road Bangkok
Bandoeng 31
Holland Siam Trading Co.
KNILM Aerodrome Andir
KPM, Rotterdam Lloyd,
„Nederland" Royal Mailline I' 111 LI P PI NES
J. A. C. de Koek van Mansfield & Co. Ltd. Manila
Leeuwen & Co. Eastern & Phillippines
Pakan Baroe Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh, Shipping Agencies Ltd.
Borneo Sumatra Trading Co. Borneo Cy Ltd.
INDO CHINA
Malang Penang Saigon
Malangsch Assurantie & K.P.M. Diethelm & Co.
Administratie Kantoor Mansfield & Co. Ltd. Air France

THROUGHOUT THE WORLD THE OFFICES OF THOS COOK AND SON, AMERICAN EXPRESS Co,
AND LISSONE LINDEMAN
 DRI Tl SII INDIA London
Rangoon D. H. Drakeford,
68 Ilaymarket
Trading Co. Late Hegt & Co.
Escombe Mc Grath & Co,
Calcutta 31 Finchurch Avenue
Java Bengal Line Eggar, Forrester & Verner
EUROPE
Ltd. 3 Billiter Avenue
Colombo Amsterdam
Aitken Spence & Co. Headoffice KNILM Marseilles
Passage Office KLM Ruys & Co, 7 Boulevard
AUSTRALIA Leidsche Plein Dugommier
Sydney De Vries & Co., Ruys & Co Genoa
Headagency for Australia Agenzia Maritima Olandese
KPM R 30 Via Roma
Burns Philp Line Zurich
Melbourne The Hague A. Kuöni, Bahnhofplatz 7.
KPM, John Sanderson & KLM Hofweg 9».
Ca., Burns Philp Line Crans & Co., Ruys & Co., Oslo
Halle & Peterson
Brisbane
KPM, Dalgety & Co. Ltd. Lisbon
Orey Antunes & Cia
Wellington Rotterdam
Johnson & Somers Ltd. KLM Coolsingel AFRICA
Auckland Johannesburg, Cape-
Russell & Somers Ltd. London, Lourengo
U. S. A. and Beiru
Berlin
Holland Africa Line
New Vork Hollandische Verkehrs
R. W. Kaak, Chrysler Büro G. m. b. H.
Building 61 Unter den Linden
Port Elisabeth, East
San Francisco Holland America Line London, Lourengo
D. A. Vonk, 681 Market 19 Unter den Linden Marques
Street Deutsche Luft Hansa A. G. Parry, Leon & Hayhoe Ltd.
THROUGHOUT THE WORLD
THE OFFICES OF THOS COOK AND SON,
AMERICAN EXPRESS Co. and LISSONE LINDEMAN

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PRLMED IN NETHERLANDS INDIA
BV EMMINK
— BATAVTA (JAVA)
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X C PO L
GL U I C K
COMPODTADLE