Tour (jalan-jalan) to Yogyakarta "Hometown"

Firstly Arham would say..“FINALLY" means after waiting a long time for vacation, Papi got a breaktime to spend vacation time with Ibuk, Arham & adik Allysa. It supposed to replace Arham's mudik time" during lebaran actually. But it's ok, now is better time for vacation as there is no pick session any more..JOGJA will be no crowded as it normally happened during long holiday period.

Take off from Balikpapan with GARUDA 665 on Monday 19 Sep 2011 at 7.50 WITA then arrived at ADISUCIPTO JOGJA at 8.00 WIB.

DAY-1:
After sowan Kakung&Eyang putri, then doing jalan-jalan sore arround Kaliurang street..trying a traditional kuliner “GUDEG YU NARNI“.


"I was shocked..surprised when seing a price menu...more then twice cheaper than Balikpapan food. GUDEG with telor bacem only Rp 7000, complete with chicken meat max Rp12000, drink hot tea Rp1500. You can find this resto inside a small road at the northern part of POLSEK, UGM CAMPUS.

Finished a kuliner session at Gudeg Yu Narni, then continued with jalan-jalan sore. At the end of the day, we visited Ambarukmo Plaza to play Timezone and take a dinner.

DAY-2: PRAMBANAN TEMPLE- SENDANG AYU RESTO
Morning events: sowan mbah buyut putri at Gaten, Condong Catur then visit kak IGEN's family. We were playing together: kak igen, bulan, adik allysa & me. Really a nice moment, therefore we promised to play again in GABUSAN Waterboom area in the next following day.


Evening session: we visited a Prambanan temple. Arham never arrived here before..we spent a couple hours here to take some nice photography. At the end..adik&arham played with rusa..to give them some food from surrounding grashes. Offcourse. We were all happy..

Before we back home, we tried a kuliner at Sendang Ayu Resto Jl jogja-solo in between airport & Prambanan temple. Resto menu mainly fishes with some associated food, the prices is relatively almost the same with Balikpapan. I think it because of special view here..”Bungalow concept above River pool”. To reach the location, we have to cross the big pool using rakit or small perahu.

DAY-3: GABUSAN WATER BOOM - TAMAN SARI,KRATON
Early morning..riding a bicycle with Papi...travelling arround kampung Tempelsari..seeing kolam Ngingas and Kali Kuning.

First destination was water boom area at Gabusan, Bantul. In here arham played together with kak Igen..Bulan. Adik allysa was slept at that time. Arham swam inside pool, playing a sliding thru water channel & swimming below a bucket water.

Next destination was Taman sari, an ancient Javanese palace from dynasty Hamengkubuwono I to IV. A lot of unique and mysthic places in here..

In general, there are 3 main places:
1. A private swimming pool for King&princess plus others King's wifes, associated with old sauna room,
2. King bed room & a meditation room for King &family.
3. Underground masjid architecture. Historically, it became a hidden place for praying &muster point for Sultan &his soldiers to do a gerilya attack to the Deutch colonial. If you have a hobby of photography..please don't miss to visit this location..to capture a great & nice pictures in here.

For you which never been here before, you can find this place to the west from current modern palace. It is relatively difficult to find directly since the location was inside current village outer from current Kraton. It is better to ask a local guide surrounding or sopir becak there. Entrance ticket for 4 person Rp 10000, plus a local contribution depend on us.

At the end, we tried a kuliner arround Jl Kaliurang, but due to traffic jam and Arham already hungry so we just went to Pizza Hut.
After that we went back to Kakung's house at Tempelsari village near Sambisari Underground temple.



DAY-4: ALUN-ALUN, MALIOBORO
In the morning adik &Arham..were treated a tradisional masssage by mbah Ahmad. After refreshing the body, we went for jalan-jalan sore to Malioboro area. Firstly Arham went to masjid besar Kauman to do a sholat Ashar together with Papi&Kakung. General view about this masjid seems very artistic..with predominantly Javanese style.

Initially we planned to go to Taman pintar Malioboro, unfortunately it was already closed at 16.00. Fyi, on Monday-Friday this place is opened from 9.00 to 16.00..then for weekend session is opened a little bit longer to 17.00.

So..we just went to Jl Malioboro to search any souvenirs at Pasar Beringharjo. The name Beringharjo was given by previous Sultan means: "Bering": beringin tree, "Harjo: seldom = kesejahteraan. Again, due to it was too crowded at that time, then we just walked along trotoar for a while..then finally decided to ride "Andong" together: Kakung, papi, ibuk, adik & me.

We paid Rp 40000 to ride arround Malioboro-kawasan Pecinan-Pasar kembang then back to post in front of Pasar beringharjo.

Following some interesting objects which was found at surrounding Malioboro area:

Someone is riding old style byke named as "Sepeda Othell"

President Palace "Gedung Agung"

Benteng Vredeburg "a Deutch colonial building"

Pangkalan becak in front Vredeburg:

At the end of the day, we tried a kuliner session at SAGAN RESTO..seafood restoran whixh is close to UNY Campus. We paid Rp 205000 for menu sapi lada hitam, sup bibir ikan, udang mayonaise, tahu goreng plus some drinks: 2 orange juice, 1 ice lemon tea & temulawak a traditional drink.

DAY 5: at Kakung homestay, check in hotel, jalan malam at Alun-alun
From morning to afternoon, we just stayed at Kakung's house because afterlunch we planned to check in at Grand Quality hotel at jl adisucipto.

Before check in, we tried a kuliner steaks ala campus which located at Colombo area. Everything menu are really cheap as the most consumers are students in Jogja. You may see following list menu&prices.

Finally we check in at hotel, at lobby we saw a live show of Javanese traditional music GAMELAN + UYON-UYON". Papi paid this hotel for deluxe room with corporate rate Rp 545000/ night

at llobby of Grand Quality Hotel

At evening session, we went arround kota & alun-alun Kraton Jogja. We saw some attractive shows at Alun-Alun kidul. Many people spent time to enjoy evening session by drinking wedang ronde while "Ngobrol sana sini" in the yard.

Nighlife at Alun-alun Kidul, Kraton Jogja

DAY 6: Taman pintar, Malioboro, kuliner at Ramingten
Since at the beginning, Arham planned to visit this place..finally we arrived here on Saturday morning at 9.45..entrance ticket Rp 15000/adult Rp 10000/kid. Arham really enjoyed the playground game and studio inside which presents an educative materials for children to know basic geosciences & physical teory.

playing outdoor drum music

inside Taman Pintar auditorium

Next destination was Batik Mirota to do a shopping some batik clothes & souvenirs. Unfortunetaly in here, everything prices are fixed (we can't do a bargain like in Malioboro trotoar). Adik Allysa & me are waiting Ibuk doing shopping at small resto 3th floor...while drinking es cendol & snacks. See adik weared a traditional Javanese hat named as a "blangkon".

adik Allysa wear "a blangkon"

If you are expert to do a bargain..I think it is better to buy some souvenirs along Malioboro trotoar or inside Pasar Beringharjo.

After finished shopping, then we went to a special resto named as "Ramingten House" located at Kotabaru..adjacent to Mirota bakery. This is really a nice resto with an old Javanese traditional atmosphere. The waitress were using a traditional Javanese dress code named as "Kemben"...and there was a "gamelan music" as the accompaniment. The menu are relatively complete and the prices also cheap. We paid Rp 86.000 for a giant bowl of bubur ayam, mendoan, ketupat tahu, soto daging plus drinks: wedang jahe, es dawet, es kelapa & ice tea. After satiated then we went to Kakung's house to say a goodbye since tommorow early morning...Arham will back to Balikpapan soon.

A trade mark of house resto "Ramingten"

Day-7: Back to Balikpapan with GARUDA (at 9.30)

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