Pictures of Java
 

These were taken in 1982:

http://tinyurl.com/5ngpd5

Thanks for the memories of central Java. One of these days, I'll get my old photos scanned into my computer!

Not at all what I'd imagined. Very appealing, you've moved it a couple notches higher on my list. Thanks for sharing.

Femi,

I do not know what 26 years have done to the area. You might have to take that into consideration.

I was last in Central Java over a decade after Michael's photos, and I was struck by how little it appeared to have changed in that time. I have a number of nearly identical photos! I loved central Java and it's one of the places we are considering for 2009.

Thanks for the photos. just returned from Yogyakarta and Borobudur in November and your photos evoked nice memories - we took a lot of the same stone panels too!

I moved my pictures to:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mksfca/...7623064002020/

Yup, of course Borobudur and Prambanan still look the same, except for perhaps some earthquake damage to Prambanan. The becak, horse carts, old ladies wearing batik and selling jamu (herbal remedies), countryside, old houses, ete etc are all there! I love to look at Mt. Merapi smoking in the distance!!!!