Blogs from Yogyakarta, Java, Indonesia, Asia - page 13

Day 58 cont So after I last updated this we headed to the post office to post some stuff and grab some street noodles for lunch. Then a very exciting thing happened I found cider in a bar! Cider is impossible to find anywhere and after 8 weeks of fruitless searching there it was on the menu however it was about £3 for a tiny bottle, ah well it was worth it! After this we had a 4 litre chang beer tower which we polished off in no time before heading out shopping on the kaosan road. Picked up a few bargains then headed back to the hotel by this time we were knackered so decided against a show and had a quiet night in a bar and restaurant near the hotel. Day 59 Left at ... read more

Day 72 Pangandaran to Yogyakarta (Mon 13th Sept) Just another travel day today. We drove past Jakarta, which took hours! The amount of traffic in this country is incredible, but at least some of the roads are properly surfaced here. We also managed to get in before dark tonight for a change. We ate dinner at the hotel and had a relaxing evening. Actually, the only remotely interesting thing that happened all day was that we discovered (by way of a rather odd conversation to begin with) that Ali had been going to the toilet backwards. Since Iran. No wonder she never had enough room! Okay so I know Asian toilets are a little different, but really...this provided entertainment for quite a while and Lynn and I couldn’t stop laughing. Who needs a TV anyway? Day ... read more

Sunday, 8th August 2010 After finishing our tour at the Borobudur temples, 4 of us continued our journey in the afternoon towards the north in the direction of Magelang where the Losari Coffee Plantation was located. It was fortunate that our stomaches were not growling even though we had missed our lunch today. I guessed this had got to do with the hearty breakfast we had this morning for this unusual phenomenon. Located at over 800m above sea level (at least that's what our guide told us), the Losari Plantation had a relatively cool weather to thank in a lush and idyllic backdrop. This was in stark contrast with the scorching heat and the consequential sun burns we experienced in Borobudur. After an hour’s drive, we reached our destination sometime after 2.30pm today. The Coffee Plantation ... read more

potuttaa… Tavattiin Solossa brekkarilla yksi newyorkilainen tyttö, joka oli juuri lähdössä katsomaan vuorille kahvi- ja teeviljelmiä. Ovat kuulemma todella upeita maisemia ja tee vain tuoksuu joka paikassa. VOI HEL! Ollaan rakennettu meidän Jaavailu lähinnä temppelien varaan ja oletettu, että matkalla näkyy hienoja juttuja. Oltiin kokonaan missattu tee/kahviplantaasit. Harmittaa ihan älyttömästi. Sen sijaan, että oltaisiin nähty hienoja maisemia, tultiin autolla Solosta Prambanan hindutemppelialueelle (rakennettu 700-luvulla ja ihan näkemisen arvoinen) ja sitä kautta Yogiakartan kamalaan keskustaan. Yogja on tosi turistoitunut ja meidän hotellin alueella joka ikinen rakennus on majoitus tai ravintola, yleensä molempia. Tämä on varsinaista backpacker-aluetta, joten ympärillä pyörii jatkuvasti läjä onnenonkijoita. Hyvästi seesteinen hengailu… Hirveä skootteri-, becak- ja autoliikenne, ... read more

Onze laatste dag in en rondom Yogjakarta is een drukke. Een van de hoogtepunten bij een bezoek aan Java is de Borobudur. Als voorafje een kijkje bij de Tjandi Mendoet of Candi Mendut (Javaans: Candhi Mendhut)het is een Boeddhistische candi en ligt in de desa Mendut, Mungkid, Magelang, Midden-Java, Indonesië, enkele kilometer bij de Borobudur vandaan.De Borobudur (Javaans: Barabudhur) is een boeddhistisch heiligdom op 40 km ten noordwesten van Jogjakarta in de provincie Midden-Java, in het centrum van het Indonesische eiland Java. Het is naast de Prambanan en de Kraton in Jogjakarta één van de toeristische trekpleisters van Centraal-Java. De Borobudur is gelegen bij de Merapi, de meest actieve vulkaan van Indonesië, en is gebouwd in de periode 750 - 850. De naam stamt mogelijk van het Sanskriet "Vihara Buddha Ur", dit betekent vrij vertaald "boeddhistische ... read more