Hotel Ibis Solo

Jl. Gajah Mada no. 23 Solo, Java, 510420, Indonesia

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Three days in Solo

A travel blog entry by johnabcitizen

Woke up early to visit a resort-type hotel on the outskirts of Solo today, to go to the gym and have breakfast.

The resort is located next to large rice paddy fields (the stereotypes are correct - people do wear coolie hats while picking rice) and a housing complex for wealthy people (a gated community).

I'd forgotten to put Aeroguard on though, which is basically compulsory for me given that I did not receive a malaria injection due to the low instances of ...

Visiting royalty, palaces

A travel blog entry by johnabcitizen

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... they couldn't get back up out of the chair. They had to call witch-doctors to cast their spells and allow the person to get out of the chair again.

There were quite a few other haunted/cursed exhibits, which you could tell apart from the others by the offerings placed next to them. One of the more interesting ones was an old carriage, for which there was a special attendant. Apparently, two people were copulating inside the carriage, but as soon as they were finished, they ...

Finally arrived in Solo!

A travel blog entry by johnabcitizen

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... expensive as locals') and took a guide who was very knowledgeable and interesting. We walked up and around the temple, which our guide told us is visited by hundreds of thousands of people every year (the peak time is apparently during Ramadan).

The temple is divided into three sections - the three sections of life according to Buddhism. I'd go into more detail, but all of that information can be found on Wikipedia, so there's not much point :P
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Vulkanen, steden en aapjes

A travel blog entry by langweekendweg

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... verkocht wordt om te gebruiken in verschillende producten. Soms lopen ze wel met 70 kg op hun nek, maar de glimlach op hun gezicht is er wanneer je ze tegenkomen. Het uitzicht vanaf de craterrand op het azuur blauwe zwavelmeer was schitterend. Erg lang hielden we het echter niet vol op de rand. Na een kort lesje Bahasa Indonesia (taalles) werden we door de irriterende zwaveldamp naar beneden bedwongen. Maar de lange tocht was het meer dan waard!


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An amazing tour with an uncomfortable ending

A travel blog entry by robartle

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... at the side of the road and many local men on scooters slowing down to have a good ogle at us (mostly Kim).

Slightly on the sweaty side we arrived at the local market for a walk around to soak up the sights and smells and buy my bike a new brake cable, which later turned out to be the wrong kind and totally ineffective. I found the market fascinating; especially the blacksmiths who were heating up pieces of iron and hammering them into sickles and other ...

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