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blue fire of ijen plateau
Asia, Indonesia, Outside India

The blue fire at Ijen Plateau

If ever there exists a hell which has pink beds of cloud, mother-of-pearl sunrises, a shocking blue-green lake, coffee plantations, […]

March 24, 2026 By maverickbird
mount bromo sea of sand at sunrise
Asia, Indonesia, Outside India

Mount Bromo sunrise and the Sea of Sand

Once while walking around Yogyakarta’s shopping district of Malioboro, I succumbed to the fantastic photos of Mount Bromo and Ijen […]

March 24, 2026
becaks of yogyakarta
Asia, Indonesia, Outside India

My Yogyakarta trip memories

My most poignant Yogyakarta memories consist of being culturally immersive. A big, bustling city, Yogyakarta is famous for being an […]

March 24, 2026
borobudur sunrise
Asia, Indonesia, Outside India

The mysterious Borobudur and a beautiful sunrise in Java

The Borobudur sunrise took my breath away. There was something so intensely spiritual that I was touched to the core. […]

March 24, 2026
mount bromo in java
Asia, Indonesia, Outside India

My Java stay in a nutshell

I left Lombok for Java after a few weeks and returned in a couple of months. The second Lombok stay […]

March 24, 2026

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