EXCURSION III 



Daluran (£a3t Java) a-:: Eali 

 by Bus. 



Dec. 22. Leaving Tjiawi at 6.00 a.m. for Solo in Central Java 

 via Ban'- lung . T.jirahon , Te^al , 3 etpr aiy. and oalati^a . 

 It will be a heavy journey this :ay. 

 Midwoy Tjiawi -Bandung we will see some plantations of 

 teak, which are truly out of bounds from an ecologi- 

 cal angle I the annual rainfall is too high; age about 

 10 years. 



Afterwards the bus clinib3 along the slopes of bare hill.. 

 G. Mi a sip: it tertiary formations of limestone. 

 Bandung will be reached at £.30j the capital of West 

 Java, well-known since the Asia-Africa Conference in 

 1956 - 9 Centre of Institutes devoted to the study of the 

 Matural Sciences, Physics, etc. 



Leaving Bandung on our left hand the volcano Tan^kuban- 

 prahu f which is still active, on the sic pes of which 

 are cultivated Cinchona and Pinus irjerkusii . 

 For some kilometres we will drive alcng ravines with 

 picturesque landscapes, with t-a-iiboo , ^upatoriun 

 pnlescens and nlsophila spp . 



entering the plains of Tjireb -n on our right hand we see- 

 the Nunuk hills , which are severely eroded. 

 These plains are the most western part of Java where 

 sugar cane can be grown. From here the region with a 

 distinct ■OiUreQQ climate start3. 



From Tjirebon to Semarang the road follows the north 

 coast of Central Java. This is a region where onions 

 are grown on a large scale and further more sugar cans 

 and rice. 



Lunch will be at Tegal at 13.00. 



At 5^00 p.m. we will be passing through ogmaranA the 

 Capital of Central Java. 



Along the road to Salatiga wc see Myristlca frarxans 

 (nutmeg) and Keyea plantations . 



At sunset we will have left Salatiga and we hope to 

 arrive at the Dana-Hotel in Solo at 7.00 p.m. 

 Solo is the Centre of Javanese art and culture. The 

 Sunan has his palace here. 



Dec. 23. Solo - Madiun - Gernpol - Fasirputih . 



Depature from the Dana-Hotel at 7 #00 a.m. 



For an hour the journey is not very interesting; wide 



plains just ploughed for growing rice in the next wet 



season. 



