After travelling to some seriously far flung places, Simon Proudman tells us why Yogjakarta in Indonesia is his favourite city in the world.
UrbanLegends: Simon Proudman and Yogjakarta
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Indonesia
Jakarta: All that’s good and bad about Asian cities
Jakarta is everything that is good and bad about an Asian city; shopping, poverty, diversity, tension, globalisation, gridlock, development and pollution.
Preconceived notions and surprising realities in Sumatra
The name Sumatra conjures up images of tigers, rainforest, coffee and the 2004 tsunami, but not cities, a matrilineal society and a rich culinary tradition.
Around Yogyakarta: Prambanan and the Dieng Plateau
Near Yogyakarta, Indonesia, lie the remains of a Hindu civilisation, and the influence of its traditions remain alive and visible to this day.
In search of Indonesia’s soul: Borobudur
Hot and sticky in Yogyakarta, impressed at sunrise by the ruins at Borobudur; this was the week in which I searched for Indonesia’s multi-layered soul.
Yogyakarta: Indonesia’s cultural capital?
If Australia loves a barbecue and Italy invented pizza, Yogyakarta is meant to be Indonesia’s tastiest bowl of fried rice, although beautiful it ain’t.
How I learned to stop worrying and love Bali
Bali gets a bad rap, but on my recent trip to Indonesia’s hedonistic party island, I was pleasantly surprised and I’m already planning my return trip!
The Jetstar Dreamliner experience!
The Jetstar Dreamliner experience is comfortable and relaxing; everything it should be, on this aircraft designed for the next generation of air travellers.
As the mist rolled in: Mount Bromo
After perusing Flores, we flew to Surabaya on Java and nearby Mt Bromo. We walked around the rim of a volcano and watching the mist roll in over the mountainside.