Yogykarta day 2

An early start with two chocolate filled croissants. We got in a mini bus and headed to the temples. We arrived at the Borobudur temple- the largest Buddhist temple in the world- and argued with our guide as tickets were now sold up to climb to the very top and it was meant to be included in our booking but they messaged us at 1 am to say we needed to book our tickets??
Either way we settled with the cheaper student price and explored the temple grounds on our own. Got asked for our photo to be taken with lots of tourist and then researched why this was happening only to be told that a ginger person is like seeing a brightly coloured bird so a photo must be taken. And no these pictures weren’t all with the background of the beautiful temple but solely of myself and Sam with the tourists (or some with just solely me).
We went into a pretty bad museum and then just sat in the gardens of the temple until it was time to meet up with our guide.
We then headed for lunch in quite a dodgy looking restaurant before heading to the second temple ground. We had nasi goreng which was pretty rubbish really.
We then wandered round 4 temples in the Prambawan tempo grounds before heading back to the bus.
We then headed back to the hostel and had a quick shower and then headed out for some dinner. We arrived on what was Yogyakarta’s westerners street and decided on pizza. Sam has chicken and pineapple and I had olives and peppers. We then stopped further down the road in a tiny bar which smelt really funny and didn’t feel very welcoming. We then went to another bar, people watched from their balcony and Sam got chatted up by some middle aged American lady. We then headed back to the hostel, stopped off in the super market for some ice cream and headed to bed.Read more