Couchfish Day 359: Heading South with John Charles Van Dyke

On the train from Surabaya’s central train station it is a straight run south to university town Malang. Set roughly at the centre of the triangle formed by three volcanic peaks—Kawi and Arjuno to the west, and the enormous Bromo caldera to the east, the valley enroute is smooth and fertile. Beyond the city to the south lies some of East Java’s beaches,…