Thetraveljunkie.org – What’s the first thing about Karimunjawa that comes to mind? Likely its beautiful, pristine beaches. But beaches in Karimunjawa increasingly feature not shells, but rather, plastic trash.
Thetraveljunkie.org – After a four hour flight, having stopped over in Semarang, we arrived in Karimunjawa. We travelled to a lot of different areas in the marine national park. We stayed at Ayu Hotel. Upon arrival, we were greeted by… Continue Reading
Thetraveljunkie.org – A backpack and a lot of desire. We wanted our Java trip to be unique and special, feel the magic of those improvised trips that aren’t forgotten, the perfect place to make it happen. To return to our… Continue Reading
Thetraveljunkie.org – We love nature. We’ve learn to love it and appreciate it more as the years go by and to find in it many things which we can’t find elsewhere: peace, freedom and inspiration. A few weeks ago we… Continue Reading
Thetraveljunkie.org – Do you know whats one of our favorite improvised plans? Drive a few minutes and get lost in nature to disconnect. In Karimunjawa Islands we find everything we need: nature, peace and tranquility.
Thetraveljunkie.org – Borobudur is a 9th-century Mahayana Buddhist temple in Magelang, Central Java, as well as the world’s largest Buddhist temple, and also one of the greatest Buddhist monuments in the world. The temple consists of nine stacked platforms, six… Continue Reading
Thetraveljunkie.org – This time we are not going to talk about food or travel. When we stayed at The Sidji Hotel, Pekalongan. We went to Pak Zahir place and I couldn’t wait for the second chance to spend time with… Continue Reading
Thetraveljunkie.org – Kampung Canting is a village in Pekalongan. While the Indonesian word ‘kampung’ translates as village in English, its meaning in Indonesian is sometimes more like what we’d call a suburb of a town or city. For example, people… Continue Reading
Thetraveljunkie.org – It was almost by chance that we visited Pekalongan on our last trip to Central Java. The reason was just practical, thinking about the trains, Indigo Batiks and that the places we really wanted to visit were all… Continue Reading
Thetraveljunkie.org – We love indigo. We also love batik so when we heard about Zahir and his love of these two we couldn’t wait for the chance to spend time with him and learn more from him. Zahir really developed… Continue Reading
Thetraveljunkie.org – Pekalongan is full of heritage, textures and different places to see. We have never been to a place with a wooden-boat industry like this small area of Pekalongan full of giant wooden-boats, that blends in with the river… Continue Reading
Thetraveljunkie.org – We are in Pekalongan right now and we’ll spend the rest of the weekend in this amazing city! So excited with all the things to come! A bed that gets you trapped, a bath to get lost for… Continue Reading