Batik, Borobudur, and a train ride to Jakarta

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We had about 5 or 6 days to explore Java and we were bound by the cities to where Air Asia flies. (One must only hear about Indonesian airlines having the absolute WORST safety rating in the world a handful of times before one will decided to not take a local airline whence flying from Bali to Java) Therefore, we were limited to exploring Yogyakarta (Jogja) and Jakarta. Which was all well and good since both of us had a peaked interest in seeing Borobudur, the largest Buddhist temple in Indonesia. Its only about 45 mins outside of Jogja, so a visit would be easy to do from the city. Jogja, incidentally, is also the Batik capital of Indonesia, which made it a great place to blow all our money and extra backpack space on gifts.

Post shopping binge and Borobudur trip, we took a 10 hour train ride across the rice fields and mountains of Java to reach Jakarta. Sounds miserable, but with A/C in a 1st class train, it was beautiful and a great way to see more of the Javanese countryside.

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