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Published: June 11th 2008
I’ve had several days to get settled in Yogya. I’ve met all my advisors at the University, and my Indonesian student counterpart. It is a very beautiful campus! I’ve finally moved my enormous pack of supplies to their final resting place - I’ve been given an office! And, they found me a really lovely room in a guesthouse for only $160 a month (oh, laundry is an additional $6 a month!). The room is decorated entirely (floor tiles and wall paint included) in shades of sky blue, which is quite fitting for me, though perhaps wouldn’t be my first choice. For now, I’m still staying in the lovely guesthouse so that I can tag along with Jenni until she leaves this weekend.
Today we went batik shopping! It will make the Indonesians very happy if I have shirts made from local batik, and so I purchased a variety of patterns! Some quite beautiful, some only beautiful through Indonesian eyes (i.e. I won’t be wearing all of them back at home). I also got new batik pattern bed sheets, so that my housekeeper will be able to consider me a bule gila (crazy white person). Photos will certainly be coming…. We
also went to the supermarket, and I smelled my first durien! In fact there was a whole mound of them, and after ten minutes in that store, I felt quite nauseous. Yes, it is really that bad.
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Wish to go Jogja again!
Hey, Miranda! Seems you really enjoy of your Jogja trip! I was enjoying my Jogja trip in last month! It really impressed me! Bought alot of batik shirts as souvenir to my family and friends! By the way, I have tried online travel guidebook at a4trip.com! I found it really helpful! Just give an idea for you if you plan to have jogja trip soon! : )