
Back at our favourite country again, Indonesia! So this time around dad asked me whether I have any place to suggest or else we go Sarawak. I was like, Sarawak???? The flight ticket is much more expensive than going to Indonesia tbh!
So I asked dad "Ok la kita pergi Jogja since tak pernah pergi lagi" and he said ok and he booked the flight and we arrived two weeks after that. Life seems so easy for u huh daddy? Haha.
What excites me more is because Jogjakarta has been one of my places to go and I can finally cross it in my bucket list! Hoooooray!
Let's begin the journey..
Day 1:
We didn't do much. Really. I was confused that my dad bought the ticket flight at 5pm and.....it's air asia guys. Of course, there will be a delay. So we supposed to fly at 5pm but then flight was delayed and we finally flew at 630pm. I.....am...so...mad..... By the time we arrived in our hotel in Jogja, the time was about 10pm (Indonesia time, early 1 hour than Msia) ughhhhh so okay whatever let's move on to the next day.
despite the delay, i got to see this beautiful view from above.
6:21pm
Day 2:
So here we go! We went to the old palace in the city that turned into a royal museum called the 'Sultan Palace'. First of all, I'm sorry that I don't know the price of everything. Because basically my dad paid for everything xD
This is a sticker that you will get once you have paid the entrance fee. It was necessary to stick to your cloth, but I didn't, lol
This is the main entrance to the place.
Just look at the wall, so old!
The 'letter stone' from the Dutch. As we know, the Republic of Indonesia has been colonized by the Dutch before their Independence Day.
Look at the details of the ceiling. Amazing!
Then, we went to the King's bath house near the palace. It was just a walking distance but quite far. If you walk, you'll arrive in 10-15 minutes.
This is where the wives of the king would take their bath. There were 3 pools in the bath house. One for the wives, one for the kids and one for the king and one of his wives. There was a long story about the bath house. Should I write it here? Hmmm okay I will.
So the tour guide told us the story about the bath house. He said that the King would come here during the weekend with the families (read: vacation). Did you see the tower and a window in the picture? So the King would usually stand there and look out to see his wives and kids in the pool. Then, he will throw a flower to the wives' pool and the one who managed to catch the flower would be the one spending time only with the King in another pool behind the tower. Just the two of them.
So then I asked the tour guide about how many wives did the King has. He said that different King had different numbers of wives. The first King had up to 24 wives if I'm not mistaken but damn, that was a lot! He said that in the old time, Islam was not that wide so the Islam teaching was not that good so the King marries whoever he wanted and at the same time, to widen the Islam teaching. But after decades and decades, Islam teaching became wider and the next King(s) had lesser number of wives xD But really, the history was amazing! One of the reason that I looove love to travel to other country is to know more about their history. So fun!
This is just another entrance. I don't remember which part was it lol
Then we went to a mall in the city. We went for lunch and shooping, of course. That's it, I guess? Let's go to day 3!
Day 3:
Today we went a bit far from Yogyakarta. We went to few places and later you can see the pictures below these wordings.
First stop, Hutan Pinus. The travel duration was about 2 hours by car. It was all about the pine trees. The trees were all over the places and the view was magnificent!
I took this photo using my iP6 and edit it with a filter by VSCO anddd tadaaaa! Nice, isn't it? Haha.
The spot for you to take a picture with was also strategic and nice. My brother took this photo and disclaimer; all my photos are from my iP6.
Next stop, we went to Timang Beach. Ooooh this place has been a chaos when people talk about Yogyakarta. The travel duration from Hutan Pinus was also almost 2 hours. To reach Timang beach, we cannot go there by car therefore we had to ride a jeep. The jeep cost was 500,000 rupiah (RM150) per ride. Super expensive! You can also go there with a bike but nah jeep is better for a family. Despite the costs, the view again, unbelievable! Can I just live here?
Just. Look. At. The. View.
Me, looking at the beach (lol)
This is just....a stone...? Haha but there were two ways for you to get there. One is by the gondola (150,000 rupiah) and one is by the hanging bridge (100,000 rupiah). The gondola ride looked fun but the queue was long and the price were quite expensive so we decided to go and eat lobster. It was sooooooo pricey guys. Our supir (driver) brought us to this one house that serves fresh lobster. It was a normal house in a village, not a restaurant. So we ordered 5 lobsters and it came with other dishes and drinks. The total price was 650,000 rupiah that would be almost RM200. For me, it was pricey cause the taste of the lobster didn't impress me at all. It was too bland for my tongue. Day 3 was where my dad spent a lot, lots of moneysssss for a day. We paid the supir for 600,000 (RM200) per day zzz expensive. I think he spent almost RM1000 (including entrance fees for each place) for 4 people today. Craaaaazy! You guys better prepare your money if you come here lol. Anyways, let's move on!
Day 4:
This is my ultimate place to go and of course, one of my bucket list! It's Candi Borobudur. Nothing much actually. The place was super hot and super crowded because everyone was on their christmas-new year holiday. But at least, I dah sampai haha!
The building was quite tall and it was satisfying that we got to see a magnificent view from above. Again, plan your holiday guys. We came at the wrong time. Too crowded, I just wanna get out from that place haha.
Ummmm I can't remember what we did after we went to Candi Borobudur. I wrote this post 3 months after the trip, so yeah haha. Okay I really can't remember. But I think we went straight back to the hotel to rest and went out again at night. Later at night, we went to this night market in Malioboro street. It was full of tshirts, bags, batik, night gown and the prices were quite cheap. I didn't buy that much annnnd that concludes out trip to Yogyakarta! It was an amazing one and I really love Indonesia. I'm thinking of going to Bali or Lombok next but ummm let's see! Hehe till then,