The Great Post Road is the name for the historical road that runs across Java that connects Anyer and Panarukan. It was built during the reign of Herman Willem Daendels (1808–1811), governor-general of the Dutch East Indies, using unpaid forced labor that cost thousands of lives.
Part of the Great Post Road in Kampung Cibabat, Cimahi, West Java during colonial period
The Great Post Road runs through Bandung in 1938 (today Jalan Asia-Afrika)
Java is one of the Greater Sunda Islands in Indonesia. It is bordered by the Indian Ocean to the south and the Java Sea to the north. With a population of 151.6 million people, Java is the world's most populous island, home to approximately 56% of the Indonesian population. Indonesia's capital city, Jakarta, is on Java's northwestern coast.
Mount Bromo in East Java
Parahyangan highland near Buitenzorg, c. 1865–1872
Cymbidium dayanum - typical orchid in Java.
Male Javan rhino shot in 1934 in West Java. Today only small numbers of Javan rhino survive in Ujung Kulon; it is the world's rarest rhino.