Yogyakarta Day 1

Hi everyone! Sorry for not updating this blog for more than 2 months! I've been busy with life hehehehe...Anyway, I will continue the story. Trip from Semarang to Yogya took about 3,5 hours. We used Nusantara executive bus which costed us Rp. 35.000. After arrived at Jombor bus station, we went to Transjogja bus station (also located inside Jombor bus station) to continue our journey to the hotel. Transjogja bus fare is Rp 3000.

Nusantara Bus, quite comfortable

We stayed at ‘Losmen Family’ which is located in Dagen street. The losmen had a strategic location because it is very near from malioboro street. Mal Malioboro. The room is quite small and the bathroom is much smaller. But anyway, this losmen is better than the one in Semarang hahaha… The rate is Rp. 70.000 per night. If you want to stay here, you should book it first because the losmen is often fully occupied.

Transjogja Map

We had a tragic afternoon in our first day in Yogya but I won’t tell the story here. Trust me, it was such an tiring experience, physically and emotionally ^O^. We had our lunch at Soto Kadipiro in Jalan Wates. For me, that’s just a mediocre ‘soto’, nothing special there. At 4.30 p.m. we finally decided to go to Candi Ratu Boko.

Candi Ratu Boko

de Rio posing

Candi Ratu Boko is quite famous for its scenic view, especially the sunset view. To reach Candi Ratu Boko, we used Trans Jogja Bus and stopped at Prambanan station. Then we used ojek (motorcycle) since there weren’t any other public transportations. At first, the ojek charged us Rp 25.000 for the round trip Prambanan station- Candi Ratu Boko but we insisted for Rp 20.000 and finally we won ^^. Actually, the distance between Prambanan station and Ratu Boko was quite far and the track was uphill so don’t ever try to go there by foot. To enter the complex, we should pay Rp. 8000. (Higher if you are a foreign tourist). The scenery is quite breathtaking, so beautiful. Unfortunately, we couldn’t see the sunset since it was so cloudy. After dark,we went back to Prambanan station and back to the town.

View from the hill

Damn...it was cloudy. We couldn't see the sunset.

Kayak di Stonehenge kalo kata Rio

We had our dinner in a street food stall near Hotel Melia. They sold pork, delicious and quite cheap actually. Pork fried rice only costed us Rp 6.000! This place is recommended for you, of course if you can eat this non-halal food hehehe… After dinner, we walked to Malioboro street, just looking around and then we continued to Alun-alun Keraton by foot.

Blurr...but trust me, the pork fried rice is superb.

Presidential Palace

At the terminus of Malioboro street

Why we went to Alun-alun Keraton? Because we wanted to try our luck. How? In alun-alun Selatan, there are two ancient beringin (ficus) tree. People said that if someone, blindfolded, could walk straight to pass those two ancient tree, your wish will come true. Sound easy right? But trust me, it was really hard. Kozzy and I failed although we tried for several times but it was really fun. After that, we relaxed in the corner of the alun-alun enjoying our wedang ronde.

Me, blindfolded. Trying to walk as straight as possible

But I failed

De Rio's turn

Street inside Keraton complex

That's all for day 1. See you at day 2 ^^.