Travel Blogs Indonesia

By train we travelled from Bangun to Yogyakarta, the former capital of Indonesia and now especially a city known for its fine arts like batik, wayang and theatre shows.

We all loved the train ride to Yogyakarta and especially the kids couldn't stop staring out of the train windows as the passed green rise fields and small villages.

Inside the train there were people...

From Lembang it's a short ride to Bandung, the capital city of West Java and one of the largest cities in Indonesia.

Bandung is known to draw tourists and visitors to the Tangkuban Perahu Volcano, one of the city's attractions and a very fascinating place to visit.

After reading about the volcano in our guide book we decided to go on a day trip to the Tangkuban...

From Bogor we drove east to Lembang which is located in West Java and not too far from Bandung, the capital of West Java where we headed afterwards.

In Lembang we stayed at Venity's Villa, a beautiful hotel with a large lobby area, really nice rooms and even more spectacular views of the city and the surrounding mountains.

We also found a small internet corner...

Around this time of year in 2009 my family and I made a trip to Indonesia. We landed in Jakarta but didn't spend much time there because we had rented a villa at the HB Guesthouse in Bogor and headed there straight from the airport.

The HB Guesthouse was a true blessing after our long flight and the tranquil atmosphere really calmed us down. The nice thing about the villa was that...

About a year ago I went on a holiday to Bali Indonesia with a friend. I had visited some other countries in Asia visiting Thailand, Cambodia and Laos and most people I talked to during those travel experiences had been to Indonesia as well and said it was just as beautiful.

We flew with Cathay Pacific Airlines to Denpasar in the south of the island and where we would stay during...