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Pangandaran

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A bit of a break from the Bali fest that has overtaken the blog in the last two weeks…

I had a fantastic time with my pals in Pangandaran in West Java at the end of last month (pictured above)… I wrote up a travel piece about all the great things you can do there for the Jakarta Globe, which you can read here.

Read it.  Then go there!!  I’d highly recommend it.

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Gula Jawa (Javanese palm sugar) being poured into bamboo molds to set at a home manufacturer just outside of Pangandaran, West Java.  It is made from the concentrated coconut palm nectar and has caramel overtones.

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Sugar farm kid with a sugar sweet smile, who seemed to know just the right place to hang out to please the foreigners and their cameras.

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During our tour out to the Green Canyon outside of Pangandaran, West Java, we stopped by the workshop of a local puppet master or dalang, Rojikin Supriadi Putra.

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Sunset at Pangandaran’s West beach in West Java.  This country sure knows how to put on a darn good sunset.  Will post more about our trip to Pangandaran soon, busy trying to pack at the moment.

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