EXPLORE LASEM ABOUT LASEM THE LEGEND of LASEM VILLAGE (by wikipedia) One of the largest Chinese immigrants in Java Island in the 14th to 15th centuries is Lasem (Lao Sam) in addition to Sampotoalang (Semarang) and Ujung Galuh (Surabaya). The arrival of Admiral Cheng Ho's large fleet to Java as ava ...

YOGYAKARTA & SURAKARTA THE HERITAGE YOGYAKARTA The city is named after the Indian city of Ayodhya from the Ramayana epic. Yogya means "suitable, fit, proper", and karta, "prosperous, flourishing". The area of the city of Yogyakarta is 32.5 square kilometres (12.5 square miles). Yogyakarta is welyakarta ...