Menjer Lake

About 12km north of Wonosobo, this was a 20 min angkot/ bemo ride to Garung, followed by a 10 min ojek ride (sans helmet!) up the slopes. The photo really doesn't do justice to how picturesque this high altitude lake was, surrounded by terraced tobacco plantations, and cloud-covered peaks.

Wonosobo (28-31 May 12)

May 29th 2012
After my trials with the local inter-city bus services, I decided to try instead a door-to-door minivan service that was supposed to pick me up from my hotel in Solo and drop me off at my next destination in Wonosobo. Travel agency said "about five hours", but the total journey time was more like seven hours! Two hour ride back to Jogja with multiple stops, followed by an hour's wait before se ... read more

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The Dutch began to colonize Indonesia in the early 17th century; the islands were occupied by Japan from 1942 to 1945. Indonesia declared its independence after Japan's surrender, but it required four years of intermittent negotiations, recurring hos... ... read more

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