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Favorite thing: Not much to see in Jakarta actually.
The nearesr airport to Bromo is Surabaya
Suggest that do the following
LCCT -> Bandung->Yogyakarta->Solo -> Mt.Bromo ->Surabaya ->LCCT : 9 Days Back-Packing
Bandung (1-2 days)
Yogyakarta (3-4 days)
Solo (1-2 days)
Mt Bromo (1-2 days)
Surabaya (There is nothing to see here)

I hope this helps

Favorite thing: There are many beautiful homes in the Ancul area of Jakarta. I stayed in one of them.

Nice collection of Indonesian arts and crafts as well as outdoor garden courtyards that open into the many living rooms.

Unfortunately I locked my bedroom each time I go out and so my room was sprayed daily with insecticides and was badly bitten by mosquitoes.

Favorite thing: Cipanas are in effect a part of the larger town of Garut. What attracts people here, are hot water, and a lot of it, pluss some relaxing. The area have several hot springs, and every hotel, as far as i know, also every room, have their own pool with hot springwater regurlary replaced via tubes. I had one of the cheapest rooms in town, still the pool was over a meter deep, long enough to stretch. On the side there was a shallow step. Cipanas are popular among foreign and indonesian tourists alike, the couple in the neighbouring room enjoyed (sometimes very loudly) their honeymoon in the water, witch also is said to have healing properties (witch hot spring aren’t?). The pools are the perfect place to digest your experiences after a long trip trough indonesia, because in Cipanas it is not to mutch going on. The hotelstreet are peacefull, and ends in a plaza surrounded by cheap eateries of witch most seems to serve sate and similar food. This is also a fine place to while away some hours.

Favorite thing: visit Prambanan! (Java)

photo by Luca Invernizzi Tettoni

LOCATION

Pramabanan temple is a Civa complex and represents the largest historical remains found in the Prambanan area. Administratively, the Prambanan temple is situated in the village of Bokoharjo, Sub Distric of Prambanan, Regency of Sleman, approx. 16 km from Yogyakarta on the way to Solo, at the North side of the road.

HISTORICAL BACKGROUND

Based on the God statue and the relief, could known that Prambanan complex was the place of the Hindusts worshipping.

An inscription that could be related to the Prambanan temples, was Siwagrha inscription (778 C / 856 M). The Inscription mentioned about inauguration a holy building for the God Civa. Then the name of King Jatiningrat (Rakai Pikatan) in which has to fight against Balaputra, and after he won the war he gave the Kingdom to Dyan Pitaloka (Rakai kayuwangi 851 - 852). In that inscription was also detailly said about the Hinduists holy building, as well as mentioning about Dwarapala; drainage system on the temple and the river's flow replacement down to the sides of the temple yard.

All was measured by the discovering of white, black and red short writings paint, that mentioned the name Pikatan at the temple's stone.