Train Ride: Tuntang to Ambarawa Stations

One of the ports of call in our recent Indonesian cruise was Semarang in Central Java.

We had decided to take an excursion to see Borobudur, which involved a long bus ride of close to 3 hours.

This excursion, however, also included a half-hour train ride, which provided a welcome relief from the long bus journey.

The train ride proved to be quite spectacular, taking in splendid views of the rice fields of the area.

Most enjoyable, especially as I hadn't expected much from it.

 View from Tuntang Station

 

Boarding the diesel train

Above, farmer with his Japanese buffalo

Ride ends at Ambarawa Station

Javanese dancers

Moving the carriages around manually