Java

An Indonesian adventure. Travels from Java to bali visiting volcanoes, temples, beaches and most importantly Jay!

My first entry in Aisia, real thirld world as far as i was concerned. I wa s used to roughing it, camping .no problem,finding a place to use the toilet in the bush, no prob, but a toilet that hung over a drop directly into the sea? where the hell was I, ...

... was an eerie mist around the plateau when we left, but once we started climbing, and passed incidentally through the highest village in Java, the conditions were perfect - and so was the sunrise. The climb right at the end had been quite a steep one but ...

... empire took over the Buddhist Martaram Dynasty around the year 1006. Although based in Sumatra the Srivijaya influence spread throughout Java until taken over by Kertanagara in 1268. By then the Hindu influence was starting to decline but the temples not ...

... icon & actually is still pretty spectacular- particularly when you see it at night in the internal courtyard & from outside. Java brought us some real cultural discrepancies. In Bandung, we went to our favourite bar & restaurant - ''Roempot" ...