Semarang Travel Blogs

A fresh morning in Semarang, after a good night rest from a long drive from Jakarta-Wonosobo-Semarang. We headed Tanjung Emas harbour in northern Semarang to catch a boat which will bring us to Karimunjawa Islands. Rp 110.000 each for a one way business class ticket of Kartini-1 boat. 9 am sharp, w…

    the 'old town' as most people named the place or the 'oudstadt' in dutch is a colonial quarter situated at the verry heart of the city of semarang, a major port city during the dutch colonialism era. here you can visit the old church of imanuel, an old protestant church consec…

Yes! Finally my first real travelling. Travelling with a new group that Lukito (my co-workers) introduce. They are Putri,Anti,Andri,Ricci,Christine,Lukito and Peggy (will join us on semarang). We took train from jakarta to semarang. We left at 9pm from Station Gambir Jakarta. We took KA Angggrek, d…

    for most visitor who wish to visit indonesia, semarang might or mostly will not be listed on the destination list. but this melting pot city is now has become a worth visit destination.     situated at the central northern part of the island of java, this once a ma…

    this temple was built to respect and commemorate the chinese admiral zeng he/ cheng ho/ sam po thay for his visit in this site at 1405. interestingly this place believed once to be a mosque, since zeng he was a moslem. and until now visitors can see a tomb in islamic style be…

    this temple known as gang lombok temple is originally named tay kak sie. believes to be built by chinese muslim admiral cheng ho (zheng he) in 1405 although this more likely myth instead of history is still debatable, but one thing for sure this temple is one of the oldest chine…

a small part of Indonesia

A perfect time just to relax and enjoy the scenery, went up to Solo, Central Java, to busk in the green of the paddy field, the fresh air and warm smiles of the local farmers and people. It's just before Christmas, I went there with the whole crowd, to enjoy our relaxing days after the whole year slaving ourselves in the city, it's a paradise, indeed :-) Mount Lawu standing straight in the early morning daylight, still shrouded in the cloud...hiding its beauty for the moment...

a crazy yet tiring trip to java with some friends by driving my own car and done within 2 days..

Hier is het reisschema.

My first professional volleyball gig overseas... way overseas... to Indonesia. A couple of months after the tsunami, I accepted the offer of a team, so I spent 3 months playing for the Jakarta Electric volleyball team, what an experience! Learn so much about their culture and got to vacation in Bali and other islands... what a treat after so much work!

The last time I was in Indonesia was 8 years ago. I came back just to show my girlfriend and best friends the country I was raised in. I saw Indonesia with other eyes, with tourist’s eyes. I was confronted with the social and economic problems and the intolerance of the radical movement. But I also was confronted with the beauty of this country and the kindness of it’s people. Indonesia, I wish you the best!