Yes Java is a term for coffee, but is also one of 15,000 islands in Indonesia and home to the capital city of Jakarta.
Outside the hustle and bustle of the city is a wide open tropical and lush environment that is hard to put into words. Indonesia is quite possibly the only place on earth where you can be writing an email, sipping your Starbucks coffee in the morning, and in the afternoon quite literally be in the some of the most remote and 3rd world places on earth. There are still tribes in parts of Indonesia that have no touch with modern day society. Places like Bornea and Papua just to name a few. Hopefully one day I will get to see this as I am sure it would be unbelievable to experience.
The closest I got to outside the city on this trip was on the way to Bandung which is a city 2 hours outside Jakarta. Yes I know its a city, but even 30 minutes outside Jakarta you really start to see the true beauty of this island. Volcanoes (that I found out later are still active), rice fields, and green, green, green.
Outside the hustle and bustle of the city is a wide open tropical and lush environment that is hard to put into words. Indonesia is quite possibly the only place on earth where you can be writing an email, sipping your Starbucks coffee in the morning, and in the afternoon quite literally be in the some of the most remote and 3rd world places on earth. There are still tribes in parts of Indonesia that have no touch with modern day society. Places like Bornea and Papua just to name a few. Hopefully one day I will get to see this as I am sure it would be unbelievable to experience.
The closest I got to outside the city on this trip was on the way to Bandung which is a city 2 hours outside Jakarta. Yes I know its a city, but even 30 minutes outside Jakarta you really start to see the true beauty of this island. Volcanoes (that I found out later are still active), rice fields, and green, green, green.
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Hi, I read your answer to my question on Yahoo Answers. I've traveled in that area of the world (but not to Indonesia yet), so I was looking for information more specific to Indonesia, as opposed to the First World vs. Third World comparison you're giving in this blog. Nice pictures, though, and if you can recommend any good books about the country that helped you when you were there, I'd really appreciate it. Thanks!
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