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Globetrotter
Nov 12, 2008
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Prambanan and its towering temple structures are magnificent and awe-inspiring . Prambanan is located in Central Java, about 20 kilometers from Yogyakarta. Walking from the car park along the main...
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Benteng Vredeburg is what the Indonesians would call this once was a pretty big Dutch fort. Located at the end of the busy street of Malioboro, although I lived in Yogyakarta for almost 5 years...
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We read about PPHL in our lonely planet and thought it sounded like a great place to spend some time. Middle of Javas' rainforest, on a beautiful mountain slope and quiet spot. If I just would have knwon how quiet. Two of us were the only ones there. Surely was a beautiful place and if you just...
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I did not know what to expect when we first hopped in to a local bus in Java. First we were faced with young boys hopping in and out of buses, singing or playing guitar and this way earning money. Some of them were good, some very bad, but especially as a westerners I felt we were always expeted...
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After travelling in Bali and Lombok where most of the western tourists in Indonesia go, Java was a fresh change and it was good to meet local people. Even if communication sometimes was limited due to our limited Indonesian and Javanese limited English we still got a very friendly welcome and...
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Bedhot resto was one of the most interesting restaurants I visited in Java or whole Indonesia. The menu did not only include the traditional Indonesian dishes that every other restaurant has, they had some western dishes and most interesting, snake curry! I did not try the snake curry but sounded...
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Malioboro is the main shopping street in Yogyakarta and I was positively suprised when I walked along the street. No hard selling or not a single time people tried to scam me with their batik stories or aggressively sell batik even if every travel guide book warned about this. Also the shops were...
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This actually was not only a bird market but a market with all kinds of animals that planet or at least Indonesiaa carries for sale. Personally, as much as it was interesting, new and weird to see a market like this, it was also sad to see all those animals in their cages. The beginning part of...
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The best market I have ever been to I would say. This is a huge market and Yogyakartas' main market. There are different sections, the front and upper floors mainly batik and clothes, which is good if you look for cheap bargains. The best part of the market is in the back. It is a huge food...
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To compensate the fact that we were in a big city (I'm not really a city person) we chose to look for a place which has a swimming pool and is bit more upgraded from the budget places we had been staying. Bladok Losmen in the Sosrowijayan (never learned to pronounciate this) area was a really...
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Mendut Temple locates about 4km east of Borobudur temple. We took a horse cart drive to Mendut Temple from Borobudur (poor horse!) and we were actually the only tourist there which was nice after midday tourist masses at the Borobudur temple. Mendut temple is much smaller than Borobudur but...
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Borobudur temple is a massive Buddhist monument and for me it was one of the most interesting sights in Indonesia. It was amazing to see the technical skills used in building this temple 750-850 AD) and how well it has survived all the earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and bombings that it has...
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Prambanan temples are the largest Hindu temple complex in Java build between the 8th and 10thcenturies AD. WE visited the temples in October 2007 and unfortunately at that time manyof the main temples were closed from public due the extensive damage from the earthquake in May 2007. And I guess...
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Pasar Beringharjo is not just central of groceries, fresh and dried vegetables, fruits, and also meat and fish, cookies, cakes, toys, clothing, jewelries, kitchen utensil, flowers, food stalls, shoes, and souvenirs but also haven for pickpockets. Pasar Beringharjo is most famous for Batik...
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Besides famous for its silver jewelry, Dagadu t-shirts, great arts and crafts, Yogyakarta is also very famous for their souvenirs in the form of sweets and pastries; the most well-known one would be small cookie cake-like called Bakpia; these round traditional cookies have Chinese influenced and...
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