May 5th – 8th was long
weekend in Indonesia due to The Ascension of Jesus Christ and The Ascension of
Prophet Mohammed and i decided to spend my 4 days vacation in Yogyakarta (often
called ‘Jogja’), Central Java.
On Thursday morning (May 5th) at 6.20 am should be my 1st flight
that day going to Lombok from Sumbawa, but it was delayed till 7.30 am, sucks
huh but it wasn’t the only delay that day. My 2nd flight from Lombok to Bali
was also delayed from 7.15 am to be 10.30 am. My 3rd flight from Bali to Jogja
should be at 10.40 am but they left us :(,,,so
as their responsibility they found another flight for us which was at 2 pm and
after another delay, i arrived in Jogja at 3 pm. Luckily i have some friends in
Jogja who picked me up at the airport and took me around on my 1st day there.
I
meant to go to some beaches and waterfalls on my 1st day but with those
horrible delays my plans were messed up and ended up going to Malioboro Street
as my 1st destination. It’s a major shopping street in Jogja. It was so crowded
and they sell many souvenirs for cheap. I didn’t buy anything tho -,-. We jut
went to eat and walked around a lil bit and i didn’t even take many pictures.
It was so hot and many people around i was too lazy to take pictures and that i
still feel annoyed by those flight delays.
After
Malioboro we visited Tugu Jogja or Jogja Monument, a famous historical landmark
of Jogja. So many people around just to take pictures or hang out there and i
met some fake ghosts too -,-. Btw i still didn’t know where to stay that night
:D but luckily my friend’s gf offered me to stay with her, thanks to her.
The
next day i woke up early and walked around a lil bit and then decided to cut my
hair and then went to Prambanan Temple. It took about 1,5 hours to reach the
place due to terrible traffic which should just be 30 minutes driving.
Prambanan Temple itself is an ancient Hindu Temple, the biggest Hindu temple in
Southeast Asia and one of the most touristic spots in Jogja, even tho some
buildings were broken due to earthquake and volcano eruptions but it still
attracts so many people to visit it. The entrance ticket is Rp. 30.000 for
locals and not sure how much for foreigners........
Cause
it was too many people there and it was so hot, i just walked around a lil bit
and took pictures. The pictures i took were not that good and on most pictures
i always do selfie so sorry if you have to see my face too instead of the place
in almost every pictures i took.
In the evening i decided to go to Cinema to watch Civil War. We don’t have
Cinema in Sumbawa so it was my 1st time going to Cinema, that’s lame but yea,,true.
Rp. 75.000 or equal US$ 6 for VIP room.
The next day i went to Borobudur Temple. This one was one of my main destinations. Borobudur is a famous Buddhist Temple from the 9th centuries and one of UNESCO World Heritages. It was a perfect place to naturally and spiritually enjoy history and culture. The entrance ticket was Rp. 30.000 or equal USD 2,5 per person for locals and it was so crowded. Outside the temple area there are so many souvenirs shops selling keychains, necklaces, dresses, shirts and blabla but i didn’t buy anything.
After
Borobudur i went back to Malioboro again. Decided to buy some cute necklaces
there and i found some. The price was very cheap but again, tooo many people so
after bought some things i went back to hotel.
Next
morning i gotta go back to Sumbawa but i’m sure you don’t wanna hear about my
flight delays again but it was another delays going back to Sumbawa, so i’m
gonna skip this part.
Didn’t go to many places as i expected in Jogja but it was still awesome, i
guess i gotta find time in low season. Jogja has many nice beaches and
waterfalls and that’s where i wanna go, so from now on saving money for another
trip to Jogja one day. And i wanna thank everyone who helped me during my trip
to Jogja, you guys are amazing :)
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