Oryza Hotel Yogyakarta

... as home, actually a bit nicer. You pre-select your seats when you purchase your ticket and sit in much larger and more comfortable chairs. The tickets are relatively cheap, but of course, the popcorn and drinks is what gets you.<br><br>Up at 4:30 the next morning we were off to tour Borobudur and Prambanan. Borobudor is the Budhist temple where we took a tour with a guide. The story, chisled out along all of the walls, depict the ...

Today is already September 18 and I have been in Yogyakarta since the 13th!!! Where is the time going!!!!!????<br><br>First of all I broke all my travelling rules when I left Jakarta. First one is to always take the first flight, train, bus out - I went for cheaper and my 5:00 flight was delayed and ended up arriving in Jogya around 11 p.m. when most everything at the airport is closed!!. Second of course is never arrive in a city after dark!! With ...

... purchased passes to &#8220;couples only&#8221; mud bath tubs. Being a couple on our honeymoon, Hanan and I similarly purchased this pass. We stepped into a tub of watery mud that I immediately proceeded to get in my eyes. How romantic! The other Asian couples were scooping the mud onto one another, giggling, smearing the mud on one another&#8217;s faces, etc. And of course I caught more than one sideways glance at Hanan&#8217;s mud-covered chest hair (mostly glances of jealousy, envy, etc ...

... tickets, and not far behind us (about 10 people or so) everyone else was sent away as all the train tickets had run out.<br>We arrived in Yogyakarta at 4.25am this morning, and managed to get a bed in this pretty cool losmen hotel. We both then fell asleep, woke up at 12.15 - and went to the hindu and budhist temples at prambanan(i think thats how its spelt) which was pretty ace. For the rest of the day we have just explored the town, and i ...

... at all, but someone looking for a quick buck) saw us and waved us over the fence. I stood around taking photos, whilst Tom wondered off in his own little world [Tom: Cleverly avoiding paying any money] which left Andy to get his own private tour of the temple (in exchange for a small amount of cash). After some walking around I realised that the temple was not fenced off, and that there was in fact an entrance a bit further along the path we had been walking along. It ...

... yet another reason why I love this country!!!! Today, my last day in Jogja, I took a day trip to the Dieng Plateau, another absolutely beautiful area of countryside in Java. The specific sights were visited weren't that amazing (a temple, a crater, and some lakes), but just taking in the scenery on the 3-hr drive there was the best part. I didn't bother to take photos, just enjoyed it. :) I was sort of glad that it only required minimal walking, because my legs really hurt ...

Yogyakarta was a nice stop. I got here on the train which was a pleasent journey but the a/c made my cold worse again. After 14 hours of non sleep overnight I stumbled out of the train and into a guest house. Paid whatever the guy wanted and slept till mid day. Ive made it a personal mission to get rid of this stinking cold so I decided to do nothing today. Just be healthy and force myself to sleep a lot. It worked - it made me feel a lot better. On day 2 I saw ...

... delight is wandering around the alleys inside the kraton walls were is seems life hasn't changed in years. Also inside the wall is the remains of Tamin Sari an old crumbling wreck of a castle with not ...

Salut tout le monde, Nous allons bien. Aujourd'hui pas de grace matinee. Levee a 5.00a.m. On s'est fait jette en bas du lit par le chauffeur qui nous a reveillee, puisque notre cadran n'a pas ete entendu dans notre profond sommeil. Visiter Bodobudur etait un peu ardue a cette heure. Un magnifique gateaux en pierre. Un temple boudhiste des annees avant notre jesus... De toute beaute, le Volcan Misasi en arriere plan avec des trainees de nuage s'y accrochant et de la foret ...

... do. It's the most popular jump point to get to Borobudur (the largest Buddhist temple in the world) and Prombenan (the largest Hindu temple in Indonesia). We did a day trip to see them both. Very impressive! They were both built around the eighth and ninth centuries. Borobudur sits at the base of Mt. Merapi. Not the one we hiked in Sumarta. I guess Merapi means "Big Fire" so the name is fitting for a number of volcanoes ...