The Sand Sea with scarce vegetation. Nowadays a playground for dirt bike enthusiasts

The train that delayed forever, takes me to my destination, Malang.

Papuma Beach Located at Jember - East Java. Indonesia.

Madiun train station is small, filthy and quiet at night. Each day there are 11 trains that transit/pass by. Stalls along the station. There is one quite presentative there, but i have no chance to taste the food. as it opens just minutes before my train arrive.

Kediri, East Java, Indonesia

Purwodadi Botanic Garden

Pasuruan, East Java, Indonesia.

(Kebun Raya Purwodadi)

Barleria lupulina Lindl. Acanthaceae. CN: [Malay and regional vernacular names - Bisa ular jantan, Penawar seribu bisa, Andik, Sujen trus, Jarong landak, Landik, Saledpangon, Hua je jia du juan], Hophead, Hophead barleria. Native to Mauritius; elsewhere cultivated. Shrubbery plant with single dark green leaves, red-brown branches, and flowers that bloom in upright spikes. It is an erect shrub with smooth, hairless stems and leaves. Leaves narrowly obovate. Traditional and therapeutic use is anti-inflammatory for insect bites, herpes simplex use by its fresh leaves, and roots for anti-inflammatory centipede bites.

Synonym(s):

Barleria macrostachya Bojer

Dicliptera spinosa Lodd. ex Nees [Invalid]

Ref. and suggested reading:

www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-2670049

www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?6500

www.globinmed.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=a...

www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Hophead.html

The most popular and special culinary of Surabaya - Lontong Balap or we can call it Lontong Racing

Portrait of Maduranese Tribe at East Java, Indonesia

The width of the crater of Bromo volcano is 800 meters wide. Vegetation starts to grow only 500 meters from the crater lip. Before that the gases and ash kill everything.

You are alone out there.

A farmer collects grass as mount Bromo spews black smoke and ashes seen in the background in Ngadisari Village, Probolinggo, Indonesia, 29 November 2010. Volcanic activity at Mount Bromo in East Java showed a significant rise as a small eruption reportedly took place on 26 November. The volcano spit ashes and billowed smoke up to 1,000 meters into the air, an official said. EPA/FULLY HANDOKO +++(c) dpa - Bildfunk+++

Situbondo Jawa timur

Sempu Island

Malang, East Java

Bromo

The inside of the Kursi crater. Kursi volcano has been extinct for centuries, though vegetation is rare due to the sulfurous gases emited from Bromo near by

Ascending Mt Bromo to Lava Lodge for the night

The Pura Luhur Temple seen from Bromo volcano. As the sun sets the clouds slowly creep on to the caldera.

Kota Malang, East Java, Indonesia.

Ijen Boulevard.

"Lagerstroemia (Bungor, crape-myrtle), a Lythraceae planted in front of the regency's public library along Injen Boulevard."

Ijen Boulevard is a two km stretch enclave, once an elite complex during the Dutch colonial era. The spacious street is well tended and landscaped against a backdrop of old colonial buildings.

25s about , with ND 8 filter

Tenggerese Farmland, Probolinggo Regency (Kabupaten Probolinggo), East Java, Indonesia.

Phytolacca icosandra L. Phytolaccaceae. CN: Pokeweed. A native to the neotropics.

Synonym(s):

Phytolacca altamiranii Ram.Goyena

Phytolacca icosandra var. sessiliflora (O. Hoffm.) H. Walter

Phytolacca malabarica Crantz

Phytolacca octandra var. angustifolia Moq.

Phytolacca purpurascens A. Braun & Bouché

Phytolacca sessiliflora Kunth & C.D. Bouché

Phytolacca venezuelensis O.C.Schmidt

Sarcoca icosandra (L.) Raf.

Ref.:

www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-2562828

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phytolacca_icosandra

Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park, East Java, Indonesia

www.alchroniclez.blogspot.com

Sempu Island

Pasir Berbisik, Mount Bromo

Selorejo Dam (Bendungan Selorejo), Malang, East Java, Indonesia

Karang kates reservoir Blitar, East Java