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Mount Bromo and Leaving Indonesia
“I don’t want to own anything until I know I have found the place where me and things belong together. I’m not quite sure where that is just yet. But I know what it’s like.” — Truman Capote, Breakfast at Tiffany’s More Java Moving across Java, I took an overnight train from Yogyakarta eastward to Malang. Midnight training across Indonesia isn’t a bad way to get around, but arriving at a train station at 10pm and trying to sleep in an upright seat for 11 hours is not my favorite. It’s as comfortable as you’d expect. So not very. Malang is one of my last stops in Indonesia. I’d…
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Yogyakarta and Central Java
“Live your life by a compass, not a clock.” -Stephen Covey Waking up in Java It was before dawn in Yogyakarta when my alarm went off. The sun still lay sleepily below the horizon while I sleepily got dressed. It was 3am. On this day, I was scheduled to meet a van filled with foreigners and a local tour guide at 3:30 am. We were headed to Borobudur Temple. A.k.a. The largest Buddhist temple in the world. I came to Yogyakarta to see Borobudur. And a few other things. But mostly this temple. Yogyakarta is a medium-sized and relatively calm city in central Java, the biggest island in Indonesia. The…
