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INDONESIA – JAVA EAST AND CENTRAL (Surabaya, Semarang) World Heritage Sites BOROBUDUR TEMPLE COMPOUNDS WHS SANGIRAN EARLY MAN SITE WHS SEMARANG OLD TOWN Tentative WHS (30/01/2015) TROWULAN – FORMER CAPITAL CITY OF MAJAPAHIT KINGDOM Tentative WHS (06/10/2009)✏️ Islands Java Madura✏️ … Continue reading →

INDONESIA – JAVA WEST (Bandung, Cirebon) UJUNG KUTON NATIONAL PARK WHS This national park, located in Banten Province in the extreme south-western tip of Java on the Sunda shelf, includes the Ujung Kulon peninsula and several offshore islands and encompasses the … Continue reading →

GENERAL JAVA  GREATER JAKARTA JAVA WEST  JAVA EAST & CENTRAL and YOGYAKARTA  RIAU & ANAMBAS ISLANDS and RANGKA & BELITUNG ISLANDS MALUKU WEST & EAST PAPUA

INDONESIA – BANGKA AND BELITUNG ISLANDS (Pangkal Pinang) BANGKA ISLAND Bangka lies east of Sumatra, the  9th largest island in Indonesia with a population of 1,146,581. Most is lower plains, swamps, small hills, and beaches. It has white pepper fields, many palm trees, … Continue reading →

INDONESIA – WEST PAPUA (Manokwari, Fakfak) Tentative WHS Raja Ampat Islands (0Baliem Valley Trek7/02/2005) The Historic and Marine Landscape of the Banda Islands (30/01/2015) Islands Misool Salawati Waigeo SORONG Airports: Kaimana/Utarom (KNG), Manokwari (MKW), Sorong (SOQ) World of Nature Raja … Continue reading →

INDONESIA – NORTH MALIUKU (Ternate, Tidore, Halmahera) Day 5 Sun Dec 14 Flight Lion Air, PGK to CGK @17:10-18:30. CGK to Ternate @01:15-10:30 +1 Day 6 Mon Dec 15 THE LAND BELOW THE WIND: SPICE TRADE ROUTE XIII-XVIII AD Tentative WHS: … Continue reading →

INDONESIA – NORTH MALUKU (Ternate, Tidore, Halmahera) THE LAND BELOW THE WIND: SPICE TRADE ROUTE XIII-XVIII AD Tentative WHS Pulau Banda, Pulau Ternate, Makassar and Kota Tua. Spices as luxurious commodities have existed for thousands of years BC. Several manuscripts … Continue reading →

JAVA Indonesia – Java West (Bandung, Cirebon) Visited by 1191 Nomads OpenStreetMap, OpenMapTiles, ©NomadMania Maps MapLibre countries’ labels cities’ labels     Error! Filename not specified. Indonesia – Java West (Bandung, Cirebon) First visit in: 2014 Last visit in: 2014 Best visit … Continue reading →

FOR SEVEN decades, Tokyo was considered the world’s most populous city. That was 15 years too long, according to data released last month by the UN. Until recently, the organization’s statisticians accepted national governments’ definitions of where their cities began and … Continue reading →

Tempura is a typical Japanese dish that usually consists of seafood and vegetables that have been coated in a thin batter and deep-fried. Tempura originated in the 16th century, when Portuguese Jesuits brought the Western-style cooking method of coating foods with flour and frying. BATTER A light batter is made of … Continue reading →