Yogyakarta is pronounced Jogjakarta, and that's how it's spelled in Indonesia. I have no idea why we spell it with a Y. It's also the cultural capital of Java, and an excellent jumping off point for Borobudur. Our excursions in Yogya were limited to the Kraton, and there pretty much to the Sultan's palace. The friendly owner of our hotel informe...

Weg uit die megastad en wij dus met de trein naar de volgende stad, Yogiakarta. Hier is het verkeer ni bepaald veel beter maar op zijn minst is er het een en ander te zien en zijn er mede-backpackers te vinden. Het is ook het kunstcentrum van Java en dat wil zeggen dat iedereen, van den buschauffer tot de politieman, de kuismadam en uwen reisgid...

UGM.....euy....4,5 th di jogja....banyak hal indah...menyenangkan..... kota yang kondusif buat belajar pa lagi buat maen.....menyenangkan lah...

On 7th December 2007 Jay arrived in Brunei and to celebrate this fact we had a Christmas fancy dress party at mine. (More pictures in follow on facebook) We flew to Surabaya on 9th and caught a 5hr train to Yogyakarta in central Java. The region is dominated by paddy and the trains are fast, clean, cool and efficient (if you travel first class t...

Feb. 28, 2007 Wednesday This morning Chris and Endang took us to the station for our train to Yogyakarta, and we've agreed to meet them again on Friday evening in Jakarta. We're glad we took the day train because the views were great with volcanic peaks coming into view one after the other. Java is known from its surplus of active volcanoes. We ...

In the southern half of Yogyakarta is the area known as Kraton, walled acres containing the reigning sultan's palace. Little is open to the public. The covered coronation and wedding platforms and the two rooms of royal costumes are not very interesting. Our guide, Imam, however, has much to tell. A Muslim married to a Catholic, he is also a gam...

We started bright and early today with visits to four local artists in Jogja. The art community here is so open and "gotong-royong" (communial - everyone works together and pitches in, bouncing ideas off one another and helping everyone out). All the artists see to play a very important role in both politics and the culturally imbeded social obl...

So what have I been up to since my last entry, I keep imagining you all dying to know?! Well I left Lovina in Bali last Friday for a few days in Java, and I'm still here - won't be leaving until Friday in fact. I love it here, it's quite different to its neighbour, although I have to say I am looking forward to a few days lazing on the beach in ...