Time to start packing...
2019年6月17日, オーストラリア ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
Only 4 days before we leave for Yogyakarta. Time to start packing that suitcase but only put in as much as you can carry!
Please be at the airport by 5:30am. We will meet at the Garuda Check-inもっと詳しく
Journey to Yogya
2019年6月22日, インドネシア ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
We have arrived at Hotel Novatel in Yogya. There were lots of opportunities for photos along the way.
In the main group photo, taken as we left Tullamarine we have...
Rear from left to right: Buもっと詳しく
First Impressions
2019年6月22日, インドネシア ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
We asked some of the girls for some first impressions of our trip so far...
Ailish - very different to Bali in a good way
Charlotte - hotel is good, likes the fish tank, pool area looks good
Yu Shin -もっと詳しく
Itinerary
2019年6月22日, インドネシア ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
Here is the latest Itinerary...
Dinner at the Novatel
2019年6月22日, インドネシア ⋅ ☁️ 23 °C
Dinner tonight was a smorgasbord of lots of interesting options...
Breakfast
2019年6月23日, インドネシア ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
What a selection...
Noodles, fried rice, cereals, pastries, pancakes, toast with variety of toppings including peanut butter, juices, fish, chicken, gado gado and so much more plus soft serve icecreamもっと詳しく
Visit to a Mosque
2019年6月23日, インドネシア ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
The Kauman Great Mosque was closed but our guide Rifa told us the Yogyakarta mosques are a mixture of Islam, Buddhist and Christian design and that all Indonesians are taught to accept the differentもっと詳しく
The Sultan's Palace (Kraton)
2019年6月23日, インドネシア ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C
Here we saw where the Sultan lives with his wife and 5 daughters. And had a photo taken in front of it. Then through another area there were some ladies and then men, practicing their dancing. Whileもっと詳しく
Lunch at nDalem Ngabean
2019年6月23日, インドネシア ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C
Next we were driven to lunch at nDalem Ngabean, a restaurant in a building which used to be part of the Palace grounds with beautiful wood carved rooms. Lunch was another buffet with a huge array ofもっと詳しく
Taman Sari
2019年6月23日, インドネシア ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C
After a short walk from the restaurant we arrived at Taman Sari, the site of a former royal garden of the Sultanate within the grounds of the Kraton. It was a bathing area for the Sultan's wives withもっと詳しく
Sumur Bawah Tanah (Sunken Well)
2019年6月23日, インドネシア ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
To get to this underground mosque we walked down a narrow set of stairs to a gated building. Through the gate we walked down some ramps to get to an amazing area of 2 different circular tunnels builtもっと詳しく
Dinner at Pesta Perak Restaurant
2019年6月23日, インドネシア ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
Another smorgasbord of amazing food...
A Visit to the Sultan's Graves
2019年6月24日, インドネシア ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
This sounds like a fairly simple activity until we find that they bury the Sultans in the mountains so it means first about an hours drive. Then a climb of over 400 steps upwards. Then we needed toもっと詳しく
All OK here in Yogyakarta
2019年6月24日, インドネシア ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C
We've heard that there was an earthquake near East Timor. That has not affected us at all.
We've had a busy day. Stay tuned for more details when we have collated the photos.
Batik Lesson
2019年6月24日, インドネシア ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
From the graveyard we went to a place nearby to learn about Batik. We sat outside under cover and were shown how to apply hot wax to the cotton material using little pipes. Then we were each given aもっと詳しく
More Batik pictures, lunch and dinner
2019年6月24日, インドネシア ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C
After the Batik lesson we had a well deserved lunch in Kota Gede and then it was back to the motel for a rest and we had dinner in the hotel restaurant where the girls could choose what they wouldもっと詳しく
Javanese Dancing Lesson
2019年6月25日, インドネシア ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
We headed off to a place where we would have a lesson on Javanese dancing. The teacher and her helper started with simple movements and then kept adding the next bit for an hour or so. And near theもっと詳しく
Gamelan Playing
2019年6月25日, インドネシア ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
After the dance lesson we had an hour long lesson of playing the Gamelan instruments. We had a special teacher - a lecturer from a local Music University (there are over 100 universities in Yogya!).もっと詳しく
Wayang Kulit Performance
2019年6月25日, インドネシア ⋅ 🌙 25 °C
Last night we went out to dinner and then to the Wayang Kulit Performance. Wayang Kulit is a very famous and important puppet show where you can either watch the side where the man controlling theもっと詳しく
Market Food Shopping
2019年6月26日, インドネシア ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
We headed off early to the market to buy food for our cooking class. Rifa and her driver took us to a market that has only been open about a year and apparently we were the first westerners to visitもっと詳しく
Cooking Class
2019年6月26日, インドネシア ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
After buying the food needed we went to Ibu Ning's cookery school. We made Nasi Goreng (fried rice), perkedal (potato fritters), capcay (mixed vegie dish), tempe goreng (soy bean product). Then we satもっと詳しく
Rice Paddys
2019年6月26日, インドネシア ⋅ ☀️ 31 °C
Across from the cooking school and next to it were some rice paddys with people working. Tahnee and Ingrid wanted to offer the man nearby some of our food so they waded out a path he had created byもっと詳しく
Parangtritis Beach
2019年6月27日, インドネシア ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C
The beach was about an hour’s drive south. The beach consists of black volcanic stones.
No swimming here as it is a very dangerous area of ocean and if you were to wear green beware!
Meg, Tahneeもっと詳しく
Ramayana Ballet at Prambanan
2019年6月27日, インドネシア ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
Some explanation from the students...
Year 9 - Ramayana ballet. Love story between Ramayana and Sita, same as Romeo and Juliet. Competition for Sita, Rama wins. Finally they got married but the veryもっと詳しく
Becak ride to Malioboro St Market
2019年6月28日, インドネシア ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C
After Bu Hinchey summoned 15 becaks (mostly powered by foot but some motorized) and drivers, we set off for the market. What an experience in the busy traffic! The drivers are amazing.
At the marketもっと詳しく





































































































































































































旅行者You there yet x
旅行者
Looks and sounds like you are having a wonderful time already 👏 love seeing the photos . Have fun girls x