An All-Day Drive from Yogyakarta to Malang, Java
Malang (pop: 710,000, altitude 476m/1,500′) is a large rural, Dutch colonial town in East Java and if we left the hotel at 7:30 a.m., Ian anticipated arrival in Malang, close to 6:00 p.m. with a stay...
View ArticleFinding Our Way Around Malang, Java, Indonesia
Breakfast at Enny’s, served from 6:30-10:00 a.m., and then the morning free to do whatever we wanted since the group wouldn’t leave until 1:00 p.m. for the 4-hour ride to Mount Bromo, the next...
View ArticleMalang’s Bird Market and A Little Identity Theft in Java, Indonesia
Once we found the bird market, it was easy to orient ourselves. They were selling trays of grubs…View image, bees…View image, bird seed, gerbils, rabbits…View image, cats, gorgeous flowers…View image,...
View ArticleMount (Gunung) Bromo Volcano, Java, Indonesia
It’s a four-hour drive from Malang to Mount Bromo including a change of buses in Probolinggo…View image. This smaller bus could negotiate the uphill twists and turns for the last 20 kms/9.3 miles. The...
View ArticleSunrise (or not) on Mount Bromo, Java, Indonesia
Lava View Lodge isn’t heated and it got pretty cold in the room but there were nice, heavy blankets. Neither of us slept well because of the altitude (Lava View Lodge looks down on Mount Bromo) and...
View ArticleHiking Up Mount Bromo, Java, Indonesia
Back down at the “Sand Sea” of Mount Bromo, it was now sunny and getting hotter by the minute. Jeeps arriving and departing filled with tourists, and men on horseback offering rides to the steps of...
View ArticleIndonesia Travel Tips and Information
Naturally, today was beautiful and those who went at 4:00 a.m. to see the sunrise over Mount Bromo caught a lucky break. It was possible to get up at 5:00 a.m. to watch the sunrise (at a different...
View ArticleTake A Ferry From Java Over to Bali, Indonesia
Banyuwangi…View image… is the eastern-most regency of East Java and a 1-1/2 hour ride from Kaliburu. This is one of the main ports to Bali and the bus would accompany us on the ferry ride. An early...
View ArticleSheila’s Fast and Easy Guide to Central and East Java, Indonesia
Java is easy to get to from anywhere in the Far East with most airlines flying into Jakarta. Start off by surfing over to the following sites: – West Java, Java Tourist Guide, and Indonesia Tourism –...
View ArticleLion Air from Sumatra-Bali via Flooded Bandung, Java
Another terrible night’s sleep at Antares Hotel in Medan. Our room faced the main street with such loud traffic, we might as well slept on the sidewalk. The ride from Medan to new Kuala Namu Airport...
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