Long bus rides on old busses, cold water "bathrooms", black smoking vulcanoes, tea and coffee with sugar, no sleep because of the permanent muezzin calls everywhere, Nasi Goreng for breakfest & a good street-stall "Soto Ayam", very friendly new indonesian personal friends and finally a "Hey Mister" called from somewhere every other minute, characterise East Java for us.
So, what are our first impressions of Java after having visited "East Java"?
Villages that do not recieve many tourist can be described as: friendly people, cheap accomodation, cheap food, bad transport, no tourist facilities, curious, perplex faces at our approach, a smile in return for a smile, no Internet, no hot water, no showers in the bathrooms, people selling you things for "real local prices" without hassle
Villages and places where many tourist can be found: expensive, bad accomodation, overcharged public transport cartels, people looking at you and seeing a big "$"-sign, expensive (not even good) food, better transport options, better facilities (e.g. Internet, Coffee), hot water and showers, you have to look harder for smiling faces, people thinking they can overcharge you for everything.
Take a look at our picture collection of our first week in East Java!
We hope you are all fine and send you best regards,
Renate & Rainer
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