Central Java

Best travel reports from Central Java

Borobudur or the stony ascent to Nirvana

open VW model with its angular body and boxer engine in the rear recalls the army Kübelwagen of World War II. In Germany, the VW 181, originally designed for the Bundeswehr, was...

Semarang and Dieng – Dieng Plateau – Java – Indonesia

I left the rice fields behind and boarded my pre-booked taxi at 7 AM back to the airport in Denpasar. Only upon arriving there did I realize that I was in the wrong area of the...

Volcanoes and fantastic people on Java

One day before I wanted to travel to Java, I received an invitation from Hanis after I had posted my trip to Banyuwangi on Couchsurfing online. He offered me a place to sleep,...

INDONESIA - Java Part 1

Hello from Surabaya, Time has flown by once again, and now our journey through Java is almost over :( Two weeks ago, we landed in Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia. It was...

Expedition report Indonesia 3.1

Yogyakarta / Dieng Plateau / Semerang / Bromo - Tengger- Semeru - National Park Central Java / East Java - Indonesia Hello, how are you? (How are you?) Arriving on the...

Day 185 Borobudur Tempel und Prambanan Tempel

Ein Ausflug zu zwei UNESCO-Weltkulturerben

Java - Island of Volcanoes

Arriving in Jakarta, we wanted to make our way to a national park in the east of Java. However, since the offered tours were really expensive, the plan was to get there on our...

Yogyakarta and Prambanan (Java Tour 3)

After arriving in Yogyakarta, the student and artist city, the day before, we first went to a batik workshop in the morning. We then learned that Javanese batik has little in...

Good afternoon Indonesia

After a two-hour flight, we arrived yesterday in the land of the thousand islands - Hello Indonesia. We were warmly welcomed at the airport by our tour guide and driver. The...

Dieng Plateau (Java Tour 1)

On the Dieng Plateau, we saw the oldest Hindu temple complex in Java. Our drive took us past rice terraces, tobacco, tea, and coffee plantations.

Indonesia: fascinating temple complexes and our last days in Java and Bali

Hello there! It took a little while this time with our post. However, we don't want to miss telling you about Java's fascinating temple complexes, which we visited during the...

Borobudur (Java tour 2)

To see the sunrise at Borobudur Temple, we set off early in the morning. Although it was cloudy, we were still impressed by this famous Buddhist sanctuary.

Singapore and Java

After Borneo, we experienced a small culture shock in Singapore: out of the jungle...into the city, which is sometimes rather unnaturally modern and exaggerated! In any case,...

Borobudur - Indonesia

The night was short, only 5 hours to be exact, but as an individual traveler, you have to deal with it. I walked along Braga Street towards the train station. It was just...

The Last Station

My last station should give me some time to relax. Jawa would have surely offered me a lot in terms of culture, landscapes, and interesting cities. But I didn't want to rush...

Beautiful Indonesia - Part 1 🌸 JAVA

First of all I really have to apologize that it took me so long to publish my next blog! But I never thought that traveling could be so exhausting. You somehow completely lose...

6th-10th March Sourcing Mission Central Java

On 7th March, the Ministry of Trade Indonesia invited around 30 companies from the wood industry to the IPD Event. The entrepreneurs were introduced to the program and its...

14th and 15th March, Agroforestry expert in the concrete jungle of Purwokerto

On Tuesday, 14th March, together with Lewi, an Indonesian organic food entrepreneur, I boarded the train to Purwokerto. Lewi supplies the Claro store in Switzerland and has...

Day 114 and 115 of 175: World Cruise - Semarang/Java and Sea Day

Day 114 and 115 of 175: World Cruise - Semarang/Java and Sea Day