Dutch East Indies administrative division in Java
Pekalongan (Dutch: Residentie Pekalongan) is a region of Central Java in Indonesia.
Pekalongan dialect Javanese language is used in Tegal (western part), Weleri (eastern part) and the Kendeng Mountains area (southern part).
Some cities, Brebes, Tegal, Pemalang, Pekalongan, and Batang is served by train services from Indonesia's capital Jakarta or Central Java's capital Semarang.
Cities are connected by good condition Great Post Road and Trans-Java Toll Road.
See Batik Museum in the city of Pekalongan.
Take a hot bath in Guci natural hot spring in Tegal.
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.
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.