IndonesiaDaerah Istimewa YogyakartaPurbonegaran7°46’59” S 110°22’42” E
23. kesäkuuta 2019, Indonesia ⋅ ⛅ 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 builtLue lisää
IndonesiaDaerah Istimewa YogyakartaPurbonegaran7°46’59” S 110°22’43” E 23. kesäkuuta 2019, Indonesia ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
Another smorgasbord of amazing food...
IndonesiaDaerah Istimewa YogyakartaPaduresan7°55’1” S 110°22’60” E 24. kesäkuuta 2019, Indonesia ⋅ ⛅ 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 toLue lisää
IndonesiaDaerah Istimewa YogyakartaGuwongan7°47’23” S 110°22’6” E 24. kesäkuuta 2019, Indonesia ⋅ ⛅ 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.
IndonesiaDaerah Istimewa YogyakartaSidoharjo7°54’53” S 110°22’51” E
24. kesäkuuta 2019, Indonesia ⋅ ☀️ 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 aLue lisää
IndonesiaDaerah Istimewa YogyakartaPurbonegaran7°46’58” S 110°22’41” E
24. kesäkuuta 2019, Indonesia ⋅ ⛅ 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 wouldLue lisää
IndonesiaDaerah Istimewa YogyakartaPurbonegaran7°46’59” S 110°22’42” E
25. kesäkuuta 2019, Indonesia ⋅ ☀️ 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 theLue lisää
IndonesiaDaerah Istimewa YogyakartaPurbonegaran7°46’59” S 110°22’42” E
25. kesäkuuta 2019, Indonesia ⋅ ☀️ 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!).Lue lisää
IndonesiaDaerah Istimewa YogyakartaPurbonegaran7°46’60” S 110°22’42” E
25. kesäkuuta 2019, Indonesia ⋅ 🌙 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 theLue lisää
IndonesiaDaerah Istimewa YogyakartaPenumping7°47’14” S 110°21’55” E
26. kesäkuuta 2019, Indonesia ⋅ ☀️ 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 visitLue lisää
