Bandung is known for many things – good food, great music, the Sundanese culture. So it was a puzzle when friends were visiting recently and their son insisted on a visit to Jeans Street. Bandung lays claim as the outlet capital of Java. Clothing and shoe stores can be found in all parts of the [...]
Bandung was once called “Paris on Java,” primarily because of its many parks and gardens, but whatever resemblance it once had to the City of Light is now fleeting at best. Today Bandung better reflects that old country saying, “Rode hard and put away wet.” The wet comes from the almost daily rains that fall [...]