Jogja!

Hola!
I just went for holiday at Jogjakarta last week!
Had amazing time there!
Here goes my adventure for the 4 Days 3 Nights tour!

Please bear with me as this post is full with words!

There's so much to say in words about this trip!

Day 01

Air Asia rescheduled the flight from 2pm flight to a 700 am flight! I woke up at about 3.30am to get ready! My dad was so kind to fetch me all the way to LCCT! So, I flew to Jogja safely (SLEEP ALL THE WAY THERE. It was a 3-hour flight).
When I arrived, it was raining. At the airport (The simplest airport ever!), I waited for my sis at the airport for almost 4 hours. She flew from Singapore to Jogja. That’s why I had to wait for her. ALONE! I waited there patiently though (Was re-reading Remember Me by Sophie Kingsela while waiting). The wait was ok. I don’t feel bored or anything. Even chatted with the one of the locals. & I passed the 4 hours successfully! And my sis was here!

Then, we proceed to our hotel, Novotel. Did the check in and we rested for a while in the room. My sis was hungry so we went to have our late lunch at the mall next to the hotel we were staying. By that time, the rain was basically pouring! The pumps I was wearing got all wet! My sis and I hunt for flip flops at the mall.

Later, we proceed to the food court. The food court in this mall was rather interesting. It was so cosy and it even have WiFi! My sis had this mee call Tamie, Soto and Avocado Juice. I just nibbled her food! And also her drinks! After feeding our tummy, we went back to our hotel and asked the reception at the Business Center for some tour advice.

Continue to our first sightseeing / shopping at Malioboro Street after the rain stopped. Travelled there by bus. At the bus stop while waiting, we bumped into the receptionist, Ami who gave us the tour advice with a foreigner (She was on the same flight with my sis). We made friends with them and planned to go to Borobudur together. We even stopped at the same stop and later on splitted up on our own.

So, me and my sis did a lil shopping at Malioboro. Walked the entire street of Malioboro and it was flooded with batiks! EVERYWHERE, almost EVERY SHOPS! Batik shoes, Batik shirts, Batik everything!

I also did a temporary tattoo! Totally painless!LOL... Had our dinner at Malioboro Mall. Ordered some local dish and KFC. I have to tell you this, Jogja's KFC is sooooooooo goooood! YUM!

Went back to the hotel as the rain started pouring again! In the room, I realised that my fake tattoo was smudged!! :(

Day 02

Had a restless night caused I was not used to the bed. I kept awaking from my sleep as I thought it's already morning (My sis too!). But when I look at the clock it's still 2am (Note: Jogja's time is an hour lagged from Msia's local time)!

After breakfast, we went to Prambanan by bus. It was exciting as we were using the city bus there. When we reached the station, too lazy to walked to Prambanan, we took this thing called andong (Horse cart). It was an interesting ride!

Visited the Candi Prambanan. This was once a Hindu temple. We dare not enter the candi as it looks kinda creepy inside (It was dark!). So we just walked around the balcony of the candi where it was BRIGHT!

We went back to our hotel, rest a lil and I checked my watch, I was like 'WHAT? Only 2pm?' (It feels like it was 4pm at that moment. I don't know whether it was just me, but I feel that the time seems to pass quick slowly at Jogja!).

Assuming it's still early, we planned to visit Kraton Palace located at Malioboro Street. Upon reaching Malioboro, we only found out that it was closed at 2pm! =.=

We just do more shopping instead (And faced more of the batiks!). I passed by the place where I got my tattoo and the fella who did my tattoo recognizes me. He saw my smudged tattoo and offered to touch it up for me, for F-R-E-E! How nice of him.. :)

Day 03

As planned, met up with Ami and Ellen to visit Borobudur. We rented an Advanza for half day for the transfers. It was quite a long journey from the hotel to Borobudur. About 1 hour journey by car.

We visited the magnificent Borobudur. It's like a dream come true for my sis as she's been longing to visit here for a loooooong time. We even hired a guide to do the explaining and it was fun to know more about Borobudur. FASCINATING. And yet SUPER DUPER HOT! I even got sunburn!

And the locals who sell souvenirs were so persistent. Keeeeeeeeeeeeeep insisting us to buy souvenirs from them and chased us from the candi to our rented Advanza! At last, my sis was deafeated by 1 of the seller and had a great bargain with him. She bought a Prambanan and Borobudur replica for total of RP 50,000.. I think it was a great deal. :)

Do you see the fire in their eyes while doing sales? LOL! XD

Day 04

Sayonara Jogja! I really love this city! The people here are so nice and warm and friendly! Looking forward to come back for holiday here in the future! :)

More pictures will be uploaded on Facebook soon!