Hotel Jayakarta Yogyakarta

... self-awareness whatsoever. Ten minutes later he shuffled in, watched us chatting for a short while then interrupted our conversation; waving his beloved hotel information in my face he asked me: "Do you still need this?" "No!" I said, "You already saw me type the name into my phone, I'll look it up another time!" He looked unhappy, and went off to bed sulking. After this me and Crystal chatted for a while and messed about on ...

... arrived we had to get our tickets from the "international ticket office", which was more expensive then what the locals pay, but we got free water, tea and coffee and internet, not to bad! We walked along the pathway until we saw Borobudur in the distance. What a stunning and prominent structure, it really looked interesting, it was quite big, but not "wow" big, however what was amazing even from looking from a distance was the level of detail in the design ...

... you eat on the bus and people leave their gross fruit peels inside of the seat pockets and they bread disgustingness that you can imagine. After making Hanan empty my entire bag on board the bus, I found it after it escaped and crushed it. What a sweet moment of revenge. You literally have to watch where you step at night while walking, because you could get in the way of a roach, and they will either step over your tiny foot or allow themselves to be crushed with a loud crunch.
Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta , Indonesia sarahandhanan

In the morning of the day I left Bandung I was still uncertain of my next destination. I was sorely tempted by Pandangaran with its sea turtles and pearly beaches. Time and of course money eventually decided for me and I bought a rail ticket for Yogyakarta (Yogya) with great excitement. This excitement was mainly down to Yogya's proximity to Borobudur - an ancient Buddhist temple that I had planned to visit since my gap year travelling that never happened. The ...

... like a train. We insisted on telling as many people as I could that we were now VIPs through-out our Borobudur visit, haha. Needless to say, both the free coffee and train ride were disappointing, but they were free so I struggled through both!

Ignoring the initial annoyance, Borobudur was fantastic! It was well worth the $12, and I'd do it again. I got into an interesting conversation with a local Indonesian, who was keen to try out his English. We were ...

... them back together. It had a real old, spiritual feeling about it. The stones are black (presumably volcanic) and against the green land and the blue sky, it looks really cool. And there were several smaller complexes too. Very impressive. The next day we went to Borobudur - the Buddhist temple. I thought this one would be really impressive. It's more popular than Prambanan and bigger, but it's not original ...

... Yogyakarta is a mixture of a modern city but is also the home to many artists practising the traditional art of Batik - clothes or art made from the layering of fabric with wax. A layer of wax is applied ...

... impact on those I encountered during my five months on the continent. Then there is Mary. Mary and Asia will forever be tied in my mind. I met my friend after several months apart, fell in love with her and got engaged with her all in Asia. We discovered the continent together and, in doing so, discovered that what we desired in love was always right there next to us. I reached Yogyakarta's domestic airport and ...

... da restare a bocca aperta. Alla fine del concerto io e Matthew andiamo a conoscerli; inutile dire che ha cominciato a piovere birra da ogni parte e dopo un po' ci hanno invitato nel loro "ufficio". Ovvero la panchina lungo la strada di cui vi parlavo prima. Vaghi ricordi, tipo il maltese che prende in mano la situazione e comincia a suonare, visto che in Australia si guadagnava da vivere cosi', una bottiglia di orripilante whiskey indonesiano, almeno una ...

... in steamy jungle until (re)discovered by Sir Stamford Raffles, it was certainly worth seeing although we were all melting out there on the exposed masonry. The district is supposed to be menaced by some big volcanoes like Gunung Merapi which is always threatening to erupt - but the heat haze and humidity blotted out any such views for us. Our guide at the Buddhist temple was a young man who trilled his script in heavily accented american english so fast that ...