September 2017 – the last word

Month: September 2017

Europe: Of Majestic Vistas and Petty Crimes

By yamnut on September 20, 2017 • ( Leave a comment )

Memory & Reality Disconnect – Europe 15 Years On I remember Italy with fondness. The tragic history of Pompeii; that to-die-for Margherita at a roadside pizzeria in Napoli, the grand and imposing St Petersburg in Roma, the cool wind-surfing dudes at Lake Garda. These left an indelible imprint […]

Yogyakarta in 4 days

By yamnut on September 17, 2017 • ( Leave a comment )

Yogyakarta is quite a mouthful. So call it ‘Jog-ja’ if you will, as the locals do. Yogyakarta? Where? Jogja lies in the centre-south of Java island; Java in turn is located in the centre of the arc of islands that collectively forms Indonesia (around 17,000+ islands, still validating). […]