Java Off-Track: Break Bread with Via Via - Page 2

Author: Cynthia Popper
Published: September 23, 2011 at 8:31 pm
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Also just as diverse is the variety of excursions and courses available through Via Via Yogya, ranging from bicycle trips through villages and community outreach hikes to cooking and religion courses. Learn Bahasa Indonesian from a local, discover jamu (traditional Indonesian medicine), or, for the exceptionally adventurous, take a five-day East Java tour and immerse yourself fully into the natural beauty of Javanese volcanoes, rain forests, and beaches.


Via Via currently has fifteen locations in lesser- trekked areas of the planet. (Not utterly remote, but it’s unlikely you’ll see a Via Via in the same town as, say, a Hard Rock or a Starbucks.) By integrating with traditional culture and experiencing local customs, Via Via trekkers don’t depart with shiny sacks of plastic souvenirs. At Via Via, the souvenir is you.


 
 

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My background is in literature. I hold a B.A. in English from U.C. Berkeley and an M.A. in English and American Literature from Mills College. I’m represented by the John Talbot Literary Agency in New York City, and I have a creative non-fiction book proposal presently in the marketplace. …

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