View at Picasa 26-Jul-2009 07:33, Canon Canon DIGITAL IXUS 80 IS, 4.9, 18.6mm, 0.006 sec, ISO 100 This weekend we went to Bandung to climb Gunung Cikuray with Merrin, Pete and Dan who we met on the Java Lava trip to Gunung Lawu. Bandung is the largest city in West Java and is about 3.5 [...]
West Java
Gunung Salak (2,210 metres)
View at Picasa 08-Jul-2009 06:56, Canon Canon DIGITAL IXUS 80 IS, 2.8, 6.2mm, 0.002 sec, ISO 80 We took advantage of a “bonus” national holiday for the Indonesian Presidential election to finally climb Gunung Salak. We hiked with Karen and Michael and Dan (who had braved the economy train from Jakarta to Bogor). It was [...]
Ujung Genteng – Sun, Sea, Surf and Giant Green Turtles
View at Picasa 19-Jun-2009 21:41, Canon Canon DIGITAL IXUS 80 IS, 2.8, 6.2mm, 0.125 sec, ISO 250 For a long weekend while Gill’s parents were visiting we chose to head out to the remote Southern coast of West Java to Ujung Genteng; this is about six hours bumpy drive from Bogor. Ujung Genteng is known [...]
Amorphophallus titanum
Last fall one the specimens of Amorphophallus titanum flowered in the Bogor Botanic Garden. Of course, by the time the Jakarta Post had managed to report that it was happening and we went along to take a look, the flower was looking a little droopy! The titan arum has the largest inflorescence in the plant [...]