Bali & Java

Prambanan

Borobodur

Mt Bromo
Kawa Ijen

We just returned from our two-week holiday in Indonesia, more in particular the islands of Bali and Java. Indonesia is a very big place (it stretches over 5000 km from east to west, has more than 17000 islands and a population of about 250 million) so we had to limit our trip to a fraction of this fascinating land. We have selected some pictures which give an impression of what Bali and Java have to offer. Bali is famous for its beaches, rice fields and ancient Hindu culture (most inhabitants of Bali are Hindu). Java is famous for coffee, of course, but also for the majestic human monuments in Borobodur and Pramanban and the equally impressive natural monuments in the form of a string of volcanoes. For the sake of completeness, we should add that we also spent a few relaxing days in the picture-postcard tropical island of Gili Meno, near Lombok island (east of Bali). The photos (in random order) show: typical grass-roof temple in Bali (including extensive if somewhat bizarre entrance rules), rice terraces (Bali), beach (Gili Meno), Borobodur (Buddhist complex in Java), temples in Prambanan (Hindu temple complex in Java), Candi Sewu (Buddhist temple in Prambanan), Mt Bromo region (Java), Kawa Ijen (Java). The latter is a volanic lake where sulphur is being mined. Giving a detailed description of the whole trip would take too much time, but we are happy to provide information to those interested.