Catimore Homestay Java

... circuit got so spread out that we stopped seeing repeat travelers again. Many people just skip these areas altogether and head straight for Australia, which I think is a shame because some of the most fascinating stuff has been in this region of Southeast Asia.

The other large group of people we’ve seen here is Australians, but only in the Kuta Beach area of Bali. Apparently, it’s cheaper to fly to Bali from some parts of Australia than it is to fly to Sydney ...

... the Indonesian bus driver. You see, if I am an Indonesian bus driver one lets other drivers know one is on the road by beeping the horn, or if you turn a corner you beep the horn, or if you see a leaf fall out the tree you beep the horn or if you **** you beep your friggin horn, enough with the horn!!! The Driver could have had a heart attack and his dead body could be bouncing off that horn as we head ...

... Solo as well as Borobudur and Prambanan. Its last major eruption took place in 2006 when many people were evacuated. The smoke is still coming out and at the top sulphur fumes are present. Way down was a disaster. Extremely slippery surface caused a few falls and overall made descent a pain.
After a day rest taking I did mandatory sightseeing - went to Kota Gede to see a sacred tomb and to Kraton (sultan's palace) to ...

... I discovered the catch, but for 2.50GBP a night I couldn't give a toss!
I was dragged into a batik shop a little later on the first day and had absolutely no intention of buying anything. They gave a damn hard sell which tempted me and the continuous flow of absolutely divine tea nearly made me feel guilty about not buying anything. I was just wandering around, about to say tidak (no) and then I saw it. The most spectacular piece. It had various images in it ...

... with carved deities. To the left and right are the temples of Vishnu and Brahma. Here we had a delicious outdoor Indonesian buffet in the perfect backdrop of the floodlit temples. Afterwards we watched a traditional Indonesian ballet, the Ramayana ballet, which is performed in an outdoor amphitheatre with the temples in the backdrop. The ballet was a great opportunity to experience some Javanese culture and see their traditional dancing and costumes.

... them back together. It had a real old, spiritual feeling about it. The stones are black (presumably volcanic) and against the green land and the blue sky, it looks really cool. And there were several smaller complexes too. Very impressive. The next day we went to Borobudur - the Buddhist temple. I thought this one would be really impressive. It's more popular than Prambanan and bigger, but it's not original ...

... must always have around 3-4 txt conversations going at any one time during my time here. They tend to fade away after a ...

... The numbers are shocking: 2,672 relief panels and 504 Buddha statues. I immediately felt like the happy wanderer at the temples of Angkor, filming and taking pictures of absolutely everything, repeatedly having to wipe my drool off the ground as walking around every corner caused my jaw to drop lower and lower to the ground. Just as with the temples of Angkor, there is NO mortar and every single rock is ...

... was fine and the restaurant across the road was A1 [ can anyone remember its name ? ]. Several of the English girls were really rough after the journey and they were refusing to eat any more Indonesian food, so they set off in a taxi to find a Pizza Hut in a new mall across town ! I declined to join them on that occasion but I was so far out of my comfort zone that I seriously considered it. Next day was a free day so in the morning I caught a local bus 28 k down ...