Thetraveljunkie.org – This time we are not going to talk about food or travel. When we stayed at The Sidji Hotel, Pekalongan. We went to Pak Zahir place and I couldn’t wait for the second chance to spend time with… Continue Reading
Thetraveljunkie.org – Kampung Canting is a village in Pekalongan. While the Indonesian word ‘kampung’ translates as village in English, its meaning in Indonesian is sometimes more like what we’d call a suburb of a town or city. For example, people… Continue Reading
Thetraveljunkie.org – It was almost by chance that we visited Pekalongan on our last trip to Central Java. The reason was just practical, thinking about the trains, Indigo Batiks and that the places we really wanted to visit were all… Continue Reading
Thetraveljunkie.org – We love indigo. We also love batik so when we heard about Zahir and his love of these two we couldn’t wait for the chance to spend time with him and learn more from him. Zahir really developed… Continue Reading
Thetraveljunkie.org – Pekalongan is full of heritage, textures and different places to see. We have never been to a place with a wooden-boat industry like this small area of Pekalongan full of giant wooden-boats, that blends in with the river… Continue Reading
Thetraveljunkie.org – We are in Pekalongan right now and we’ll spend the rest of the weekend in this amazing city! So excited with all the things to come! A bed that gets you trapped, a bath to get lost for… Continue Reading
Traveljunkieindonesia.com – The technique of applying wax or other dye-resistant substances to cloth to produce a design is found in many parts of the world, but none is as famous as the batik of Java. The Javanese were making batik… Continue Reading
Traveljunkieindonesia.com – Yes, Travel Junkie Indonesia love Batik. The word ‘batik’ is an old Javanese word meaning ‘to dot’. From the mid-19th century, batik production was increased by applying the wax with a metal stamp called a cap. The cap… Continue Reading