Pekalongan

Pekalongan (Dutch: Residentie Pekalongan) is a region of Central Java in Indonesia.

Cities

 * — dense forestry regency
 * — shallot agriculture and salted duck egg industry
 * — the capital of Pekalongan Regency
 * — a Batik city has become a part of UNESCO Creative Cities
 * — Comal river and pineapple agriculture
 * — the capital of Tegal Regency
 * — a lively north coast town with a strong colonial past

Talk
Pekalongan dialect Javanese language is used in Tegal (western part), Weleri (eastern part) and the Kendeng Mountains area (southern part).

By train
Some cities, Brebes, Tegal, Pemalang, Pekalongan, and Batang is served by train services from Indonesia's capital Jakarta or Central Java's capital Semarang.

By car
Cities are connected by good condition Great Post Road and Trans-Java Toll Road.

See
See Batik Museum in the city of Pekalongan.

Do
Take a hot bath in Guci natural hot spring in Tegal.

Eat
Warung Tegal (abbreviated as "Warteg"), a general term for middle to lower class food and beverage stalls on the side of the road in Indonesia. Most of them were managed by people from two villages in Tegal Regency back then.

Drink
As an area with a Muslim majority, it is very difficult to find alcohol drinks in the area. Try specialty tea drink teh poci (hot tea in claypot teapot with rock sugar) in Tegal.

Go next

 * Banyumas
 * Kedu
 * North Coast (West Java)