Bandungan and Gebong Songo Temple
Time seems to have frozen in these three villages in southern Lombok on the eoad from the capital to Kuta Beach. All the houses and barns are built in the age-old traditional style, and life continues daily here as it has for century.

Dieng Plateau
Four hours from Semarang is the Dieng Plateau, the site of some of the oldest Hindu temples on Java. These 50-foot high monuments stand on a crater floor amidst sulphurous fumes. The road to the Dieng Plateau passed through tobacco plantations and beautiful mountain scenery.

Jepara
Northeast of Semarang, is surrounded by white sand beaches, and is also famous for its wood carving industry. An ancient Portuguese Fort can be found to the east of Jepara.

Kudus
About halfway between Jepara and Semarang, is home to the Minaret Mosque, which was built in the 15th century.

Demak
Demak has the oldest mosque in Central Java, which is said to have been built in a single night by one of the nine early leaders of Islam in Java.

Baturaden Central Java’s most outstanding resort, approximately 14 kms north of Purwokerto, occupies a fine site on the slopes of Mount Slamet, 650m above sea level. It has remarkable weather, nice gardens, hot springs, ponds and bungalows-style hotels.

Mangkunegaran Palace or Pura Mangkunegaran Another palace built in 1757, with typical Javanese architecture consisting of “Pendopo” (an open front hall to receive guests), “Pringitan” (an porch to hold leather puppet shadow play) and private apartments. Two sets of 17th century Javanese gamelan instruments are exhibited and played every Wednesday in the Pendopo. The palace also exhibits complete collection of masks, wayang orang costumes, leather and wooden puppets, religious articles and jewelry.

Mendut Temple Located only three kilometers from Borobudur, Mendut is said to face toward Benares, India, where Buddha Gautama taught his five disciples. The smaller temples of Mendut, which house the great statue of Buddha and the Pawon temple, form an integral part of the Borobudur complex. The three-metre tall Buddha and the two Bodhisatva figures of Lokesvara and Vajrapani are among the greatest manifestation of Buddhist thought and art.