West Java surrounds the nation’s capital of Jakarta on three sides, and good roads provide links to most of the province, passing through rugged mountains, iridescent paddy fields and along pastoral stretches of palm-fringed coastline. There are a number of popular resorts on the western and southern coasts with modern hotels and extensive facilities, favourite[…]
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In the 14th century, the port of Cirebon, then called Muara Jati, was the harbor town of the Sunda Pajajaran Hindu kingdom whose seat was in the interior highlands of West Java. This port was then already a busy trading center where ships from India, China and Arabia and other boats from throughout the Indonesian islands found[…]
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Located right on the border between the provinces of West and Central Java on the northern coastal plains of Java, the town of Cirebon is as yet not on the tourist route, yet in its heydays it was a kingdom to be reckoned with. Today, Cirebon returns to the tourist map together with the other[…]
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