Yogya is the place chosen by John F. Kennedy daughter for her honeymoon. Different with Bali, Yogya is exotic but humble. In Yogya you will feel the plain life and strong connection with nature, in a simple way. The strong Javanese character, that go through their life in defenselessness as the God given to them, give atmosphere that say, "Stop it, you have to slow down your life and bless everything, no matter how small it is." I felt so down to earth in there. That's why I always return to go back to Yogya.
But not only the Javanese character that make Yogya interesting. It is heaven of wonderful and very cheap handkerchief. If you ever went to Bali, some of the thing be sold there came from Yogya. Do you love traditional cloth, called Batik ? You can go to Tenun Lurik Kurnia in Bantul. You can see the process of Batik making. Or you can go to Batik Giriloyo or Apip's Batik, for higher quality. And if you looking for ceramics you have to go to Keramik Kasongan Village. Sphere more time in there, you going to be crazy to buy souvenir until forget the time. Don't forget to go to House of Lawe. This place is very unique because you can buy laptop bag, mouse or any other ‘modern' things with Batik touch .
Are you kind of people who dare to taste traditional food ? Javanese food usually taste sweet with rich spices. Try Bakmi Jawa Mbah Mo, in south Yogya. Its very delicious with salty duck egg. All the food cooked one by one using small charcoal firebox. Want to try traditional soup ? Try Soto Kadipiro. Its kind of chicken soup, but be cooked using cord wood. Or do you like barbecue ? You have to go to Sate Klatak Pak Bari. The taste is very good. And don't be surprise. All the place that I mention are not fancy restaurant. Some of them just serve the food in the middle of market. Honestly, its quite dirty. But if you want to taste the real food of Yogya, forget about hotel food. There is no hotel chiefs can be compare with them.
How about the nature ? Yogya has exotic place to be visited. In middle of city, they have old palace, very artistic with combination of Colonial and Javanese artitechture. That place keeps Raden Saleh painting, made hundred years ago. His two dimension painting are really wonderful. Believe or not. The position of object in the picture will change if you move your position. In out of the city, there are Goa Cerme, that you will walk 1200 meter to see beautiful stalagmite and stalagmite. If you like to see old Hindu or Budha temple, you come to the right place. There are many temples here, with 2 or 3 hours driving car form Yogya. One of them is Borobudur, the biggest Budha temple in the world. Or you can go to Wisata Turgo Village. You can see the amazing culture, nature, flora and fauna nearby Merapi Mountain, one of the most explosive mountain in Indonesia. Yogya also have beach. You can go to Baron Beach and if you lucky you can see ceremony to curtsey Nyi Roro Kidul, the legend Goodness who hold the Java Sea.
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