THE BLUE FLAMES OF THE IJEN CRATER
Have you ever hiked up Ijen crater in East Java in the middle of the night to stare at its blue flames? Read this to avoid the most common mistakes and get blown away by this nightly spectacle.
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THE UMBRELLA PEOPLE OF THE BOROBUDUR TEMPLE
Borobudur. The world’s largest Buddhist temple, located in central Java. It took me 17 hours to reach it from Bali and I have to say it was worth the struggle… hadn’t there been the umbrella people. UMBRELLA PEOPLE [Am’brela Pi:pl] Human beings of Chinese or Japanese origin holding up devices consisting of a circular canopy…
VOLCANO WONDERLAND: SCREAMING CATS & HOODED MEN
I was in the car for hours and hours and hours. The trip didn’t seem to end. My driver got his 5-year-old boy to join the journey and probably blocked out the fact that it was only me in the car, who couldn’t speak Indonesian fluently. Seemed fair. The road to our hotel in Java…
BUMPY ROADS TO BUTTERFLY COUNTRY
“Just living is not enough,” said the butterfly, “one must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower.” Leaving Bali to head to Java felt right. I started to get too comfortable and needed something new. But before heading to Java, there was something I needed to do. Full of the excitement that lies in heading…
SNEAKING INTO AWESOME HOTELS- 5 COMMON MISTAKES
Have you ever googled fancy hotels? Ever sat there in awe staring at their beautiful pools on your computer screen while sweating to death in a rundown internet cafe? No? Well, you definitely should, because there’s a way to get in there for free… But first let me tell you how not to do it.