Tinted Window BMWs turning left at the Gucci shop into muddy lanes of begging street children - Jakarta, Bandung, Yogya and Solo: Photos 21 to 34

I rushed through the island of Java because I only had 10 days left on my Indonesian Visa. The Visa on arrival is only for 30 days, which is totally inadequate for the archipelago of islands which make up the state of Indonesia.


So, I didn't really do justice to Java, I just visited some of the cultural highlights of the island, which
included the cultural heart of the island around Yogya (Yogyakarta) and Solo (Surakarta).

Java is the political and economic centre of Indonesia. It is the most populous island in the archipelago.
Java alone has a population of 120 million. In fact the island is one of the most densely populated
places on earth. It has a population twice the size of Britain in a land area half the size. This is possible
because the land is fertile. The soil is very rich because of the string of volcanoes that line the island. It
is also near the equator with plenty of rainfall, the farmers can manage 3 rice harvests a year.

I ended my last blog entry in Aceh, Sumatra; another leg in my multi-year around the world trip. From Banda Aceh I flew

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