Travel blog of a digital nomad.
When I’m on the road I’m always on the lookout for interesting cafes and new coffee experiences. On my trip to Yogyakarta I found an unusual brew called Jopi Joss: charcoal coffee. [Kopi Joss - it tastes better than it looks.] Kopi Joss preparation starts off in the usual Javanese style, with loose coffee grinds [...] Read more »
[Bromo-Tengger-Semeru National Park in East Java, Indonesia.] Like most visitors to Bromo-Tengger-Semeru National Park (more commonly called Bromo) I arrived to my guest house in the evening without having seen the park. The tour begins with a jeep ride in the morning darkness to the crater rim, arriving in time for the sun rise. As [...] Read more »
This creative piece of public art in Solo, Indonesia, turns bird cages into an ornamental street light. Travel Photos: Solo photo gallery Read more »
[Pangandaran Beach, Java - Indonesia] Up until a few days before I arrived I had never heard of Pangandaran. This fishing village on the south coast of West Java is a popular beach resort (if you can describe it as that) for domestic visitors, but like much of Indonesia beyond Bali, it is not on [...] Read more »
[Remnants of Old Jakarta] Kota (Old Jakarta) is the area around the old port area of Jakarta. The remaining heritage buildings here are remnants from the Dutch colonial era when the city was known as Batavia. [Jakarta History Museum] Like seemingly every big colonial city in the region Batavia was an “x of the east” [...] Read more »
Sunset on Legian Beach, Bali – Indonesia. Travel Photos: Legian Bali photo gallery Read more »
Cakranegara Market, Mataram Lombok – Indonesia. Travel Photos: Mataram Lombok photo gallery Read more »
Ampenan, Lombok – Indonesia. Travel Photos: Ampenan Lombok photo gallery Read more »
The Gilis (Gili Air, Meno and Trawangan) are car and motorbike free. No motor transport at all. It is quite surreal after travelling around motorbike happy Indonesia. The only form of public transport is the cidomo (horse and cart). Bicyles are available and the islands are small enough to walk around. Everything is brought in [...] Read more »
Kopi Lombok on Gili Meno, Indonesia. The Gili Islands are off the coast of Lombok island so they serve Lombok coffee. The coffee is unfiltered so you get some grinds clinging to the side, but most of it settles and it is a good brew. I like the coffee naming system in Indonesia. So far [...] Read more »