We left
Banyuwangi on Monday morning. At around 5 am Johny and his son dropped us off at the train station.. In the terms of Indonesia this delay does not even count. We bought our economy class ticket by paying 35.000 Rupiah (7.5 TL).. The train that was supposed to leave at 6 o’clock left at 06:30. The train is also like a market place. Every few minutes one or more vendors pass by. When it stops at the stations, the activity is more.
If I list the vendors I remember: newspaper, fruit and vegetables, various drinks, chips, belt, rosary, wallet, dates, lollipops, pens, packaged local food and you wouldn’t believe it, but in a cage. there were even birds sold. A 1.5 hour break was given at the station in Surabaya, the second most populous city in Indonesia.
The seats are wide and normally 3-seater. I sat on the sofa alone, put my little bag under my head and slept from time to time.. Although the noise of the vendors woke me up, at times I didn’t care.. Although it was not enough to fully extend the feet, it was a more comfortable journey compared to bus and plane travel.. After 15 hours we arrived in Yogyakarta. We arrived at the hotel by walking in 20 minutes from the train station.. We looked at hostels on Sosrowijayan Gang I and II streets, most of them were full. We found a vacant place in Losmen Lucy and settled down.. The hostel room was small as well as not clean, and breakfast was not included in the price.
The next day I got up and looked at other losmens around.. Here, the lodging option in hostel style is called losmen.. We moved to another place on Maliboro street that is both cheaper and cleaner and includes internet. There are large and small hotel and homestay options for every budget.. There were many local tourists in Yogyakarta, which is considered the culture and art capital of the country.. It’s a city full of batik products and artists who have the art of hand-painting on fabrics and textiles.
According to Bali, the vendors here are fully professional.. With a clever introduction as if you were a commoner, most of them start a conversation with you in proper English.. Maybe after talking for half an hour, walking and chatting together, he tells you that he can take you to his friend’s batik store if necessary.. The sidewalk in front of the shops in the streets is packed with mobile confectioners.. Yogyakarta became a city that failed to meet my expectations. I was expecting neater and cleaner streets, shops and restaurants, but I couldn’t find anything different from the classic Indonesian city bustle.
After our stay in Yogyakarta,. We went to Borobodur, one of the largest Buddhist temples in the world.. On the way from Banyuwangi to Yogyakarta, we bought our tickets for Rp 120,000 from an agency on Maliboro street with 2 Germans, 1 Peruvian and a Spaniard we met on the train.
They picked us up from the hotel at 5 am.. We arrived at the temple, 42 km from Yogyakarta, after a 45-minute journey.. A thick layer of smoke surrounded everything, it was difficult to breathe.
There are 2,672 reliefs and 504 Buddha statues from Borobudur Temple, which was founded in the eighth century.. 14. With the reign of Islam on the island in the 19th century, the temple was abandoned and was rediscovered in 1814.. It is now on the UNESCO world heritage list. The museum inside the temple area can also be visited.
After the temple visit, we got our breakfast at a place outside the temple, included in the tour price.. After breakfast, we went to Medut Buddhist Monastery, another Buddhist temple.
The distance between the two temples is around 10 minutes by car.. It is a place worth seeing, although not as magnificent and big as Borobodur.. Especially the old and interesting tree in the garden was another beauty.. We returned to the city around 2 pm.
On our last day in Yogyakarta, we went to Sultan’s Palace.. The palace, located at the East end of the main street in the city center, was not a place worth seeing.
It didn’t look much like a palace either.. The palace, which has been tried to be likened to a museum, contains the items used by the Sultan, ceramics, some clothes and old photographs.
The city of Yogyakarta, which the locals call Jogja, is a place where we relax more and do our work on the internet. it happened. I think 2 days will be enough for those who plan to travel here.
Day 386, ID:43, Yogyakarta, Java. Thursday, August 25, 2011
