Yohan, in my experience, if you ask a Javanese person a question you will usually get an answer that the respondent believes will
A) correspond with your expectations as perceived by the respondent
B) please you
C) serve to enhance your perception of the respondent
you will almost never get an answer that represents, or even comes close to, reality.
In fact, in dealing with Javanese people it is generally a very good idea never to ask a direct question, this can be seen as an indication of the questioner's lack of good manners. To extract relatively realistic responses one needs to approach the matter in an indirect fashion, and this can be quite difficult unless one is face to face with the person one needs an answer from.
However, if you are happy with a map of S.E. Asia on your wrongko, and the related explanation, that is really the only thing that matters.
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