Written by Ozzy-Dave on January 13, 2002
- We spent 3 days exploring Java's cultural epicentre that is Yogyakarta. It's a pleasant and attractive city to wander and there's plenty to see and do. Then, when you need a break, venture east, west...
Written by Ozzy-Dave on January 13, 2002
- We spent two days in Bandung, using it mainly as a base to visit the surrounding natural attractions...
Travel Diary Details - Bandung Area
Bandung and Surrounds
Most of the decent hotels and shopping districts are located around...
Written by Ozzy-Dave on January 13, 2002
- We spent only one day in the 1500-metre mountain area of Puncack, and it wasn't an experience to savour. There are gardens, tea plantations and a (supposedly) good wildlife park in the area but the...
Written by Ozzy-Dave on January 13, 2002
- We spent 3 days touring the area around Bogor and found it interesting from a cultural standpoint. Curiously, we saw few other westerners. In the Bogor Botanical Gardens we were approached three times for photographs...
Written by eastridinglass on January 10, 2009
- Most visitors race through East Java en route for the beaches of Bali, pausing briefly at Mount Bromo. It’s definitely worth staying a little longer, although exploring from Surabaya has been made harder by the...
Written by Shoey on September 1, 2002
- Day 1 - 4.30 Start, plane to Yogyakarta
Tour guide fails to meet us at the airport due to consuming too much Tequila the night before. When he arrives with a friend who can drive, handy,...
Written by uncoding on May 8, 2002
- Leaving Yogyakarta in the late morning in July of last year, I headed by air-conditioned bus to Mt. Bromo in eastern Java. In about seven hours we had changed buses in Probolinggo, a lower...
Written by Kennerly on July 24, 2000
- Kristina, our host, explained the first act of the evening, a traditional Sundanese dance (Pangandaran officially marks a divide between Sundanese and Javanese--two entirely separate ethnic groups with different languages and related, but distinctly unique...
Java
Tourism and Travel Guide