Java’s easternmost province isn’t short of attractions either. The archeological site at Trowulan Village was the ancient capital of the Great Majapahit Empire. Kalmias, in the province’s capital, Surabaya, is an old traditional harbor for phinisis or Bugis schooners. Read more…
Mt. Bromo is about 2,382 meters above sea level. Time has filled the caldera with grey sand and this expanse, which you walk across en route to Bromo itself, is known as the Sand Sea. It is about 10 km. Actualy it’ located 145 km south of Surabaya. Read more…
Mt. Bromo is about 2,382 meters above sea level. Time has filled the caldera with grey sand and this expanse, which you walk across en route to Bromo itself, is known as the Sand Sea. It is about 10 km. Actualy it’ located 145 km south of Surabaya. Read more…
The Majapahit dynasty, based in around East Java, began the foundation of an empire that was to dominate the entire Indonesian archipelago, the Malay Peninsula and part of the Philippines, also esrablishing profitable trade relations with China, Cambodia, Siam, Burma and Vietnam. Read more…