Bandung -> Yogyakarta

5:30 a.m. - I woke up and got ready for another travel day. Before we left we got some toast with peanut butter and afterwards got a cab to the train station.

7 a.m. - We departure to Yogyakarta. We had a really long train ride before us bit that didn’t matter because the scenery was even even better than the first one.

2:30 p.m. - We arrived in Yogyakarta and walked to the hostel. We got some recommendations for the hostel we stayed in so I had high expectations.

4:30 p.m. - I went for a walk by my own and had a phone call with my sister. I explored a bit the neighborhood, apparently there is a lot of street art and all the little paths are decorated with plants, met some lovely people and ended up on the main street. Then there came this guy to me and began to talk to me. He was very friendly and at some point he mentioned a Batik gallery. He told me that the 25 best artists of Indonesia got a gallery her and apparently it is the last day before they move to another place. I had no idea what Batik is so he took me to the gallery and the guys there explained me everything about it. I got some tea and they showed me the technic and some painting’s. To make it short I wanted to buy some souvenirs for my parents anyway. First I thought to buy some Luwak coffee but then I decided rather to buy some art, which lasts longer, instead of buying some coffee beans which last for some cups of coffee. So they kinda convinced me to buy one of the paintings for my parents. It was really expansive although I got the student price.

7 p.m. - Afterwards I went back to the hostel and did some research about batik painting. One of the first blogs I found described exactly what happened to me in the late afternoon and said its a scam. It might have been a scam. However Laura, the owner of our hostel, said its a real Batik painting but I definitely paid to much. Anyways I got some free dinner at the hostel and realized that I forgot my small backpack in the hostel in Bandung.Läs mer