On June 8th I landed in Jakarta for a five weeks trip to Indonesia.
After a short stay in the busy and noisy capital I travelled to Jogjakarta in Central Java. The city is very famous for the craftwork and two outstanding hindu and budhist temples from the VIIIth century.
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Prambanan Hindu temple
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Jogjakarta Wayang puppet maker
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Borobudur budhist temple |
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Low-relief sculptures on ten levels
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On top of Borobudur budhist temple
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Then I spent few days in Dieng Plateau, in Central Java, an ancient volcanic area entirely covered by potato terraces.
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Inside a Angkot microbus |
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Candi Arjuna in Dieng |
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Dieng plateau potato fields
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Meeting Jogja Sketchers
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In East Java I climbed up two famous volcanos Bromo and Kawah Ijen
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Bromo Tengger Semeru park |
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Kawah Ijen sulfur miners
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Kawah Ijen Sketching on top of the Volcano
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