It was one of those rare days that I had to ‘force’ myself to sleep before 9pm and struggle out of bed, breaking my own record of setting off at 3:30am to see sunrise over Mt Bromo. From Java Banana Lodge, we took the jeep to Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park and arrived in less than…
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The Wonders of Borobudur Temple
Been there twice in a year. On my recent trip to Central Java, I visited Borobudur Temple in the early hours to catch the sunrise. Without many tourists around in the morning, the whole atmosphere was calm and surreal. I could count with my fingers how many times I really got up very early for…
The Mystic World of Orangutans
When I learnt that we had to overnight on a river boat in the jungle of Central Kalimantan, eight persons sharing one bathroom, that put up a bit of struggle in me. Voice inside: You are there to see the endangered orangutans that are only found in Borneo and Sumatra! Yeah, I saw those in…