Faces, places and traces of life between our journey from Pengandaran to Solo. Revisiting our Java images, we thought it would be interesting to tell of some tales which were missing from our earlier Java posts. This post is written by both Cumi & ciki. Driving from Pengandaran to the train station, we saw this [...]
Day 4 – Yogyakarta/Jogjakarta
March 15, 2010 By 27 Comments
Today we leave for Yogyakarta, and hopefully in about a day, I will finally get to see the magnificent Borobudur. Yogyakarta is one of the foremost cultural centers of Java. This region is located at the foot of the active Merapi volcano, Yogyakarta was in the 16th and 17th centuries the seat of the mighty [...]
Day 2, Bandung – Magic Java
February 25, 2010 By 36 Comments
Old Bandung from www.bandungheritage.org Bandung the capital of West Java province, located about 180 kilometres (110 miles) southeast of Jakarta, is the fourth largest city in Indonesia. This once upon a time idyllic, quiet town has been hit by urbanization and is now a cramped and over populated metropolitan area, a living space for over [...]
Java with Cumi & Ciki
January 4, 2010 By 43 Comments
Map of Java courtesy of Lonely Planet Dear reader, Cumi and Ciki will be in Java for 9 days next month (Feb 2010). We need your destination + food suggestions to help us come up with a roadtrip program! Our plan is to fly into Jakarta, make our way through Bandung, Cirebon, Semarang, Solo, Yogyakarta. [...]
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