Tag: Java

• Une Promenade En Voiture

  Irishman was tied up with university work and writing for most of our stay in Jogja so Mrs Nev was left to her own devices. With so much to see in and around Jogja this was hardly going to be a problem. It was more a matter of having enough time to visit all the […]

  Lottie Nevin

  March 3, 2013

  Indonesia, iphoneography, Photography, Travel, Uncategorized

  banyan tree, Indonesia, indonesian potteries, Iphoneography, Java, Jogja, jogja street art, kasongan, kotagede, Monggo chocolate, rural life in indonesia, travel

• A Saucy Sultan, Bathing Beauties & A Palace Of Pleasure

  

  Oh how I would love to travel back 250 years in time and visit Taman Sari in it’s heyday. What a glorious place it must have been with its palaces, waterways, pools and pleasure rooms, not least it’s18 water gardens, pavilions and lakes. This once vast water and garden complex covering several acres, was built […]

  Lottie Nevin

  February 24, 2013

  Indonesia, iphoneography, Travel, Uncategorized, Yogyakarta

  Diponegoro’s war, Iphoneography, Java, Java earthquakes, Photography, Polygamy, Sex and pleasure, Sultan, Taman Sari, Yogyakarta

• Race You Back Irishman!

  Irishman and I have stolen four days away from Jakarta to visit Yogyakarta. Yogya is like a breath of fresh air compared to Jakarta, not just metaphorically, but quite literally. I will feel sad leaving tomorrow but hopefully we will have a chance to return again soon. These Becak’s has been Irishman’s and my preferred […]

  Lottie Nevin

  February 23, 2013

  Indonesia, Jakarta, Travel, Yogyakarta

  Becaks, Iphoneography, Java, Photography, Transport, Yogya, Yogyakarta

• What A Waste

  One of the most shocking scenes in recent TV drama was played out in an episode of Madmen a couple of seasons back. Unusually for Madmen, it didn’t include the usual suspects of homophobia, sexism, or infidelity; it was something quite out of the blue and unexpected. Can you guess what it was? It was […]

  Lottie Nevin

  July 24, 2012

  Bali, Indonesia, Jakarta, Uncategorized

  Bali, Coral reefs, Deforestation, Eco-tourism, Ecology, Education, Environmental issues, Fishing, Forest People, Gaia, Garbage, Gas, Goverments, Indonesia, Indonesia’s Coral Triangle, Islands, Jakarta, James Lovelock, Java, Komodo, Madmen, Mining, Nike, Oil, Orangutangs, Photography, Plastics, pollution, poverty, Pulau Seribu, Pulau Tidung, Rubbish and Waste, Shanties, Slums, Social Ecology, Sumatra, Sustainable packaging, Timber, Tourists