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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.

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.