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Solo Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Solo, Indonesia
One man, one torch and 3,265 metre Gunung Lawu
... was clearly at the forefront of my mind and there was a slight possibility it would soon be sending me crazy. Solo is a completely different experience to Yogyakarta in that you are rarely bothered. I was advised of a few places to visit by ...
CandyMan
... Torrential downpour at the first - luckily we took shelter & tea at the warung opposite. Two good temple visits. Back to Solo by 3.30pm. Pool dip. Went for a walk at 6pm and got caught out in a torrential downpour. After 30mins waiting under shelter, ...
Mmm, Merapi.
... . Back to Vogels by 10.30am. Bfast. Packed. Bus to Jogka. Bus to Tugu Train Station. 1.45pm. Just beat the downpour. Train to Solo at 2.30pm. Becak ride to Cakra Homestay. Nice place. Went for a walk, met David and Sara from Vogels in Kaliurang - they're ...
Solo International Contemporary Ethnic Music
... satu di antara sekian warung yang berjajar di sepanjang Jalan Tengku Umar. Di warung tersebut begitu banyak foto selebritas Indonesia yang mampir kesana. Terkenal, ternyata. Selesai makan, kita kembali ke Sriwedari. Aah, perkiraan awal mengenai minim ...
It Pays to be a Foreigner
... as the airbus took us to airport for about $2 and from there the flight was pretty uneventful. When we did land in Solo it was a nice surprise as everyone was very friendly and helpful and the foreigners immigration was actually shorter than the citizens ...
2009/05/05&06 - Surakarta (Solo)
We were greeted from the station by several becak drivers, and took one, paying over the odds (70 pence) for a ride to a hotel in my guidebook. The place was a lot nicer than the losman in Yogya, but the shared bathroom didn't have a shower. ...
Staying Responsibly
... . Worldwide, the idea of eco-lodging has been capitalized to some success (think of Down Under’s award-winning Daintree), whereas in Indonesia it has only begun to blossom. Various-sized eco-lodges have been built: in a rain forest in Borneo, on a ...
Nu på øen der produceret Java kaffe
Har lidt smaa travlt, men vil bare lige fortaelle at jeg er ok, og nyder turen hen over Java, haardt men spaendende. Knus, Eva Maria PS. Billeder kommer en eller anden ...
Solo - the spirit of Java
... the house changed hands in 2000, the new owners decided to keep the original fittings during the transition from home to hotel. Solo is pretty similar to Yogya; lots of poverty and a couple of monumental landmarks. The people here are very ...
An amazing tour with an uncomfortable ending
... . this particular travelling experience happens over a day spent in the city of Solo (Surakarta) in Java Indonesia. Solo is coined as the true traditional heartland of East/Central Java offering traditional arts, crafts, dance, performance, religion ...
Short time in Solo
After a short flight from Singapore, we arrive in Solo, central Java. It is still early morning and we are unable to check into our hotel room so we dump our luggage and hire a cyclo to explore the city. We immediately notice the colour and buzz that is ...
One Night in Solo
... The city is nice, calm (so much different from those cities in East Java). People here are really polite, including the parking officer. Solo is famous for its Batik, so yes that is what we are hunting this time. We visited House of Dhanarhadi, and the ...
En enlig stille og rolig dag
D. 12. juli gik der dog noget galt, da nogen ikke havde tjekket åbningstiderne på de seværdigheder vi skulle besøge, så vi fik ved et uheld en halv dags fritid, og det var skønt, da det var den eneste fritid vi havde på hele turen. Om ...
this hotel with very bad for stay, very crowded,
this hotel very bad for stay, first, It's loose if you booking from internet, because this hotel have promotion price with lower price than web price. This is make a customer no gain. second, every room don;t have comfort, the sound of karaoke very ...
Meeting my Mentor
Had a relaxed morning in the relative quiet and coolness of this mountain village. Full of damn flies though, made up for by some queer cats. Drank kopi with biskit and lunch at warung. Slept 3 hrs in the afternoon, then heard a couple of travelers ...
Solo- relaxing but quiet
We ended up spending 4 days in Solo but how, I have no idea. It's a nice city but very quiet whith not much to do. On the first day we decided to do the tourist, exploring thing so we visited the Prince's Palace. It was quite a beautiful place, with ...
niet zo'n inspirerende dag in Solo
Vandaag niet zo heel veel gedaan. We zijn naar het Kraton geweest, een paleis wat is afgebrand en waar niet zoveel meer van over is. Daarna nog even over een antiekmarkt heen gestruind, waar wij duidelijk niet zo heel veel oog voor hebben. Dus ook dat ...
Batik and Bread
... . On the second day we visited a Batik factory. Batik is the traditional wax-patterned fabric worn by many in Indonesia. The initial part of the tour was a bit tedious, lots of examples of expensive antique pieces of fabric etc, but it ...
La ville de Solo
... et une défense d'éléphant magnifiquement sculptée!! Après le kraton, nous nous rendons au pasar Gede, la marché aux fruits de Solo (pasar signifie "marché" en indonésien). Là nous nous immergeons dans une mer de couleurs et d'odeurs, pour ...
Grojogan Sewu = A thousand waterfall
... at Junior High school. We went study tour with school mate to this place. Here it's my dream came true. Starting catch a Trans Solo from B.I Shelter take me to Tirtonadi Terminal ticket fare IDR 3,000 From there take a bus named "Rukun Sayur" ticket fare ...