IndonesiaDaerah Istimewa YogyakartaPurbonegaran7°46’59” S 110°22’42” E
23 Jun 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 builtBaca lagi
IndonesiaDaerah Istimewa YogyakartaPurbonegaran7°46’59” S 110°22’43” E 23 Jun 2019, Indonesia ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
Another smorgasbord of amazing food...
Pengembara Your food photos look lip-smackingly delicious. A pie and chips will never be good enough again.
IndonesiaDaerah Istimewa YogyakartaPaduresan7°55’1” S 110°22’60” E 24 Jun 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 toBaca lagi
Pengembara Wow. That’s alot of steps for a hot day. I am curious, the fragrance from the grave, can someone describe what it smelt like?
Pengembara The earth smelled very floral and incense. They say that it is an all natural smell from the earth.
IndonesiaDaerah Istimewa YogyakartaGuwongan7°47’23” S 110°22’6” E 24 Jun 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.
Pengembara Thanks for letting us know. The updates are terrific. Thanks for all your hard work.
IndonesiaDaerah Istimewa YogyakartaSidoharjo7°54’53” S 110°22’51” E
24 Jun 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 aBaca lagi
IndonesiaDaerah Istimewa YogyakartaPurbonegaran7°46’58” S 110°22’41” E
24 Jun 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 wouldBaca lagi
IndonesiaDaerah Istimewa YogyakartaPurbonegaran7°46’59” S 110°22’42” E
25 Jun 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 theBaca lagi
Pengembara Looks like another wonderful day. Everyone will be exhausted, you are so busy 🙂
IndonesiaDaerah Istimewa YogyakartaPurbonegaran7°46’59” S 110°22’42” E
25 Jun 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!).Baca lagi
Pengembara Great to see you all happily enjoying the many and varied cultural experiences on hand. What a great trip. Well done teachers for all you do.
IndonesiaDaerah Istimewa YogyakartaPurbonegaran7°46’60” S 110°22’42” E
25 Jun 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 theBaca lagi
IndonesiaDaerah Istimewa YogyakartaPenumping7°47’14” S 110°21’55” E
26 Jun 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 visitBaca lagi
