Traveljunkieindonesia.com – Monday was another premiere day on Travel Junkie Indonesia.
Ganesha is one of the most popular deities in the Hindu pantheon. How cute is that?!?
A calming, outside of a hotel in Ubud, Bali.
The Traveling Shorts
Traveljunkieindonesia.com – Kisses from Denmark. Give a second life to your worn out jeans; cut them into shorts.
That’s what Bowie Holiday from Indonesia did with his Lea jeans. Lea is an Indonesian brand that’s somewhat a fusion of Levi’s, Lee, and Big John.
Bowie travels around the world and writes for the blog traveljunkieindonesia. The shorts have been worn for on and a half years and they’ve never been washed.
Awh @TheSunanHotel, Great Accommodation in Surakarta
a hotel song | Camera Sony alpha NEX-7
Traveljunkieindonesia.com – Decided to traveling some place (for the first time, especially), you first concern is going to be ‘where to stay?’.
Are you in Solo or Surakarta? the other day, I found one place when I visited Solo.
People say Solo might be the comfortable places in the world. That was why I didn’t worry much. Before I left, I found a place called “The Sunan Hotel” in our bible, twitter. Just choose in a hunch. A lit expensive, but exceptable.
A Work Desk to Be Converted into a Bed
Traveljunkieindonesia.com – Whether it is at school or at the office, deadlines meet us several times throughout our lifetime.
Due to this, Greece-based architect Athanasia Leivaditou (of Studio NL) has had a genius idea and created a convertible piece of furniture that features a desk and a place to rest.
Tengkleng Bakar Ala Sor Waru Solo
tengkleng bakar | Camera Sony alpha NEX-7
Traveljunkieindonesia.com – Despite trying to come across all super healthy and all that, I confess that I have a weakness for weird Javanese food.
And last weekend, Hafidz Novalsyah (fulltime travel photographer) and I decided that since it was city of Solo birthday, I was going to eat some of my favourite foods – Tengkleng Bakar with vegetable.
Amazing Aromatherapy Massage at @TheSunanHotel Ayudia Spa
the logo | Camera Sony alpha NEX-7
Traveljunkieindonesia.com – Eeeek I am very excited at the moment.
I was invited to have an experience aromatheraphy massage at Ayudi Spa, the Sunan Hotel Solo.
Why do people get aromatheraphy massage? Aromatherapy massage is particularly suited to conditions involving stress or improving emotionally-related conditions.
Klappertart Cake Ala @TheSunanHotel Solo
the sunan hotel klappertart | Camera Sony alpha NEX-7
Traveljunkieindonesia.com – I am very excited at the moment. Here are my foodie highlights of the week.
Klappertart cake is an Indonesian cuisine from North Sulawesi; somewhere between custard pudding and cake filled with sliced young coconuts. It has a creamy texture and melts in your mouth.
The Sunan Hotel Solo Klappertart Recipe
Between Gilimanuk and Ketapang
the chemistry between us | Camera Sony alpha NEX-7
Traveljunkieindonesia.com – I had a really wonderful, simple, but meaningful day. The world is getting smaller every year. Most travellers to or from Java can get an onward ferry or bus straight away, the terminus for ferries that shuttle back and forth across the narrow strait to Java.
Ferries from Ketapang and Gilimanuk depart roughly every 30 minutes around the clock. Through-buses between Bali and Java include the fare in the bus ticket and are the easiest option. Here are photos from one morning when I was in Between Gilimanuk Ketapang.
Anarchy in the Kraton Surakarta Hadiningrat
Anarchy in the Kraton Surakarta | Camera Sony alpha NEX-7
Traveljunkieindonesia.com – It’s Freebuary! We love to travel and share snapshots from the road, this is why seeing our visiting the Kraton Surakarta Hadiningrat grow is a pure pleasure.
You keep us motivated for upcoming adventures.
Travel Like a Ciu Maker in Sukoharjo
ciu maker with black cane molasses or tetes | Camera Sony alpha NEX-7
Traveljunkieindonesia.com – Travel like a ciu maker at Bekonang village, Sukoharjo district, not far from Solo in Central Java Province.
At the entrance to the village, a rusty, official-looking sign says that this is a home-industry alcohol-producing village. And, the distillers in Bekonang say that their ancestors were making ciu since before the Dutch came there.
After the Diponegoro War, Bekonang was then already a famous producer of ciu.
Pursuit of Music: Gamelan-Making in Bekonang
gamelan performances | Camera Sony alpha NEX-7
Traveljunkieindonesia.com – Hi travel junkies, here for you. Spectacular gamelan-making in Bekonang village, Sukoharjo – Central Java.
It is another magical, mysterious product of ancient Java.
Bekonang, the locals pointed down the street, and as a full-time travel blogger and ethnomusicologist Puri Haryadi from the Indonesian Institute for the Arts (ISI) Surakarta approached a small, unassuming brick building we heard the sound of hammering.
Glorious Tjakra 7 Spa in @PullmanBali
glorious tjakra 7 spa | photo by Pullman Bali
Traveljunkieindonesia.com – Awh I am very excited at the moment.
Travel Junkie Indonesia was invited to Tjakra 7 Spa in Pullman Bali Legian Nirwana.
Retreat to serenity and discover an oasis to balance travel junkies body and mind. Experience the ultimate pampering to renew my energy and senses through series of tropical spa treatments that blend traditional and modern approach to body healing.