Travel Blogs from Malang, Indonesia
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Day 245; 10th After the bus journey from hell we arrived in Malang it was about 5am it was pretty quiet and after one bloke having a bit of a joke with the price he wanted to take us to the hotel we walked out to the main road and got one of the ...
Ancient World Wonders
I was up by 5 am to see the sunrise at the great Buddhist temple, Borobudor. This is supposed to be one of the great sights in Asia, the only trick being this requires light from the sun, which was missing due to the dark and thick clouds that were ...
The Plateau
The journey to Dieng Plateau was long and a little stressful but definitely worth it. We took a public bus/coach to Malegang, then swapped buses and headed to Wonosobo, and then took two tiny mini buses up to Dieng. It's a very strange scenario using ...
Horseriding on top of a volcano
Na Yogiakarta wilden we dus zo snel mogelijk naar Bali geraken om te ontsnappen uit dit deel van Indonesie waar het iets te druk was naar onze goesting. Om daar te geraken moesten we echter twee dagen op de bus. We hadden ergens gelezen dat we dit konden ...
Bromo
The four of us took a bus to to Mount Bromo (ignore the city description at the top of this entry, Bromo isn't on the map!?) and what a terrifying ride that was! All started off well, with great scenic views but as we ascended higher up the mountain, ...
Dawn of Time
I felt like I was staring at a scene from the dawn of time, either that or The Land of the Giants. Looking at the photos I was seriously considering superimposing some pterodactyls on top. This place was just unreal. The fact that we encountered it ...
Malang Musings
... a live volcano that last erupted in 2008 (according to our tour guide -- Wiki says otherwise). Ate brunch at Malang's oldest restaurant, OEN (colonial Dutch hangover). Encountered Friday prayer congregation on our walk to the Malang central market. ...
between the summit of the Great Mount and death
It is Amazing to be the Highest People in Java, In the Island you Born, in the Country you loved. My Trip Began on August 14 until 20 August 2007. I choose the date because on 17 of August is the Indenpendce day of My Country. The trip was so hard, I ...
Vulkan Ijen und harte Maenner
Wie gnaedig, heute wurde ich erst um 4.00 Uhr geweckt.Kurz danach gab es Fruehstueck und eine halbe Stunde spaeter ging es dann auch bereits los, von Sempol Village zum Ijen Krater. Die Fahrt ist die Schlimmste bisher. Die Strasse besteht aus riesigen ...
Malang – auf zum aktiven Vulkan Bromo
... , konnten wir nicht nehmen, weil wir dann erst am nächsten Tag angekommen wären & wir unsere Unterkunft in Malang schon gebucht hatten. Also was nun, wenn man von so manchen anderen die skurrilsten Geschichten von Abzockeragenturen gehört hatte... ...
Indonesia - Java
... Dutch is now spoken (around 2% are fluent; predominantly the older generations) but many colonial buildings have survived since Indonesia was granted independence in 1945 (after a brief occupation by the Japanese during the Second World War). The other ...
Malangs seje CS-klike
... . At moede flokken der, var som at blive lukket ind i en rigtig taet vennekreds, selvom de foerst startede deres sammenkomster for faa maaneder siden. Saa vi kunne rigtig nyde trygheden i Malang og deres graenseloese hjaelpsomhed. ...
Expore Malang with Uklam Tour
... be done in this city. Check-in time to Wisma Jasa Tirta 1 (Ijen Heritage). Ijen street used to be organized Malang Tempo Doeloe Festival yearly. This festival contains of some oldest photos of Malang City with its classic building, heritage culture, some ...
Bali - Kuta Beach
... in Kuta and left immdediatly just to avoid any further tragedies. But we had to visit the famous Kuta Beach before we left INdonesia. We arrived in the afternoon on our last day. Kuta has hundreds of shops on the streets with many designer names ...
From Ijen to Bali
... drive to Denpassar, Bali. Buses arrived every "ten minutes". Ten minutes can mean anything from a half hour to all day in Indonesia. After a second bus arrived full we got annoyed. It was extremely hot outside and we were left sitting in an area which ...
Wooaah, We're Half Way There: Trip Highlights
... Melaka: - Favorite guesthouse, the River View Inn SINGAPORE Singapore: - SG Zoo - New Asia Club - Hawker Stalls INDONESIA Jakarta: - Wayang Museum - Imigrasi Office (just kidding) - Samera restaurant Yogyakarta: - Ramayana Ballet Malang: - Mount ...
Malang
... we headed for more of the same. BRING ON THE COOLNESS! We travellled by train to the rather delightful hill city of Malang. Arema Malang FC was by now my adopted Indonesian football team. I had watched them play on TV the evening before in ...
The real city of rain identified
... us up from our hotel to take us to a view point from which we can watch the dawn over Gunung Bromo - one of Indonesia's many active volcanoes. We are excited about this trip since none of the other volcanoes can be hiked safely in the wet season ...
The Train Ride to Surabaya
... only exacerbated by people all over the aisles and vendors passing through with donuts, nasi ayam goreng (chicken fried rice -- Indonesia's national dish), fruits and cheap Chinese toys. Everyone was super friendly to us, helped us get seats when there ...
Malang in Nicak
... na wc in na uri videl, da je ura komaj 4. Seveda, Java in Bali sta v različnih časovnih conah :) Malang je mesto z 800.000 prebivalci na vzhodni Javi. Sprva sem nisva nameravala priti, ampak poleti sva v Mariboru spoznala Indonezijko Nicak, ki ...
Beautiful Sunrise at Mt. Bromo
If you go to East Java, don't forget to see a very beautiful sunrise in Bromo. It' very popular, many tourist there. ...
Mount Bromo, Indonesia
... so nice and friendly here but I'll say it again! After seeing the sunrise the driver dropped us down to the base of one of Indonesia's most active volcanoes - Mount Bromo. It took us the guts of an hour to climb to the top and by this stage the heat had ...
Indonesia - In the Southern Hemisphere
... destiny." I think Krissy began to believe this as well and she decided she would go as well. And let me tell you. Indonesia was absolutely incredible. We arrived in Bali at night and went straight to Kuta beach which is where the 2002 and 2005 ...
Malang and Batu
... it to a tourist trap. Oh well, this is what I wanted. Because, Batu is supposed to be the apple capital of Indonesia. So, I buy three dollar ticket. My ticket includes both orchids and two guides just for me. It also includes a ...
Sunrise over Mt. Bromo
... background. When I manage to post the photos, you can see for yourselves. But since for some reason I cant access my Yahoo photos in Indonesia, you will have to wait till I find a place. Ok so, off we went in a cold and crowded jeep (the driver kept ...
Bromo
Era ya tarde en Lovina, eso de las 4. Estabamos todavia decidiendo si tomabamos un taxi entre los 5 desde Lovina hasta Bromo o ibamos por libre a golpe de transporte publico que seria, seguro, mas barato. Y nos decidimos por la ultima opcion, siendo 5 ...
