Jogjakarta

We took a very scenic train to get to the cultural centre of Java: Jogjakarta.
I think it's an amazing place, the central part has lots of very sweet little backstreets. We were also there during some Chinese new year celebrations and we witnessed Malioboro Street (the main street) packed with thousands of people, watching the parade of colourful dragons, dances, etc.
Two major temples are also reachable from Jogja: Borobodur, a stunning 1200 years old Buddhist temple and Prambanan, the main Hindu temple remaining on Java.
On our second day in Jodja, we took an arts course and tried out some Batik (Indonesian painting technique). Although I wasn't very good at it!Read more