The indonesian food range is a very big one. We especially liked the most simple food ever at a local warung. But we also tried the typical meals in different regions. As Indonesia has many regions with even own languages (like the Jawa, an old language of the kings, which contains three sublanguages in it), […]

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On the way from Medan to Parapat, we met a german guy, who teaches students in german language in a village near Toba Lake. He told us about Bukit Lawang, from where jungle trekking in nearby Gunung-Leuser-Nationalparc is offered. We liked the idea and booked a 2-day-trekking! It was an amazing trip, demanding but worth […]

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Finally, we arrived at the famous Toba Lake in Sumatra. From Bandung in Java, we took a driver to Jakarta (4 hours drive, after 1,5 hours we had reached Jakarta, due to the bad traffic we had another 2,5 hours to the airport;-)), then we went by plane to Medan (I always insisted on taking […]

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On the way back to Jakarta -our multi-return-point to fly to Sumatra- we had a stop-over in Lembang near Bandung. Bandung used to be the “Paris of the East”, but nowadays the tea plantations -that were property of dutch farmers, and that made Bandung rich- belong to the Indonesian Government. Still the surounding area of […]

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Yogyakarta is probably the most common city under western people. With Borobodur, Prambanan and the famous Maliboro Street, we spent a couple of days under the wings of Frans, our dutch hotel manager and his lovely boys. Also, I got the chance to bring my notebook to an Apple Shop, where it had to be […]

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Another reason, why we came to Malang is the landscape of east Java. In a day, we visited beautiful temples, mysterious hot water springs, water falls and aplenty of plantations (fruits, vegetables, rice).

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Only one hour from Malang the National Reserve of Bromo-Tengger Volcanos starts. To see the sunrise over Bromo crater, we booked a special tour. It turned out to be a demanding trip. At 1.00 AM, we were picked up at the guesthouse and joined the other tourist couple in the jeep. For two hours we […]

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Malang – in the east of Java – is a perfect starting point to explore the surrounding landscape. As this is exactly, what we did, I divide “Malang” into three posts starting with the city. The city of Malang is shaped by the Dutch Empire, which reigned the archipel of Indonesia for more than 350 […]

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There is only one thing, that can be more exhausting than asking an Indonesian for the right direction: Getting in touch with indonesian authorities, and trying to negociate anything, that in western countries would be self evident. To be clearer, our journey to Malang started with a cancelled flight, two hours “negociating” (Never forget to […]

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The Gilis – three islands situated in the north west of Lombok – are true paradise. There is Gili Trawangan, the party island. There is Gili Meno, the opposite and the quietest island of all three. And there is Gili Air, our choice and the island with best beaches and best chill out restaurants of […]

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