rss feedYogyakarta, blue sky, paddy, and spicy – part 1
Went for a trip to Yogyakarta with Siewmei, Yenc, Jook, Shyng, and Hamyu on the 4th of July. It was a 4 days 3 nights trip with minimum planning. But it was a fun, relax, and filling (stomach wise) trip for all of us. Reached Yogya about 6 something in the evening, our Guest House’s pickup already waiting for us at the airport after we done all the scanning and spraying for prevention of H1N1 Flu. So we head straight to our Guest House. The distance from airport to our Guest house was around 30 to 40 minutes. The sky turn dark very early there at Yogya, so we were already planning what to eat during our ride to the Guest House. Finally we decided to walk around and we found a nice little restaurant that serve indonesian food to eat. After the dinner, we chill around our Guest House, and went to sleep early cos we need to wake up pretty early the next day to catch the sunrise at Borobudur.
Like I said about the sun going down very early in the day, it also rises very early in the morning. We woke up 4am in the morning, prepared ourselves and took our ride to Bodobudur at 5am. All of us were thinking that we can catch a nice sunrise of the sacred Borobudur, but we think too soon. While we’re on our way there, we already saw light coming out at the horizon. Kinda disappointed, but can’t do anything. On our way there, we passed by the outskirt of Yogyakarta, what we saw impressed us. Although it was very early in the morning, but the streets were not quiet at all, we saw a lot of people actually jogging and having their exercise along the way to Borobudur. From old aunties to young boys and girls, they group together and jog their way to a healthy lifestyle.
Reached Borobudur at 6 something in the morning, and you can see that it’s already quite bright. Hamyu pulling a *nyan nyan* in the morning.
Siewmei spreading the culture of Asian poses to the people of Borobudur.
The girls taking picture in front of the almighty temple of Borobudur.
Official signage for the temple.
People came here very early in the morning.
Uncle having a nice view of the Candi (temple) under the tree.
Went up the “Stairs of Morning Exercise For the City People” and this… this is what you’ll see. An amazingly big and detailed temple of Borobudur getting its morning shower of sun rays.
Proof of visits for Mr. Ham.
Proof of visits for the girls.
And proof of visits of me. My hair kinda resemble the tip of the temple.
Stone carving on most of the walls of the temple.
Stories are being tell on the wall.
One of the 72 Buddha statues surrounding the temple.
Shadow of me scaring the wall people.
Almost the top of the temple. All these stone “cages” ware shielding statues of Buddha. A lof of the head for the Buddha statues were unfortunately stolen for some Musuems as collection.
Sun rises early in the morning.
Bell shape “cages”.
This is the top of the temple. Breath-taking.
From the top you can actually see quite far down since there isn’t much high objects surrounding the temple.
One of the exposed statue.
All the Buddha status may appear the same, but they’re different in their “mudras” or the position of the hands
Giant tip with added lighting arrestor to protect the sacred temple.
YenC at the top.
YenC is actually posing here. 
Another view of the Buddha statue. So calm.
Jook documenting his trip here in Borobudur with his newly bought LX-3.
The couple enjoying the stay.
Shyng’s shirt blending into the very blue sky of Yogyakarta.
A foreigner writing down his experience here. I think.
A nice shot of Shyng sitting on the ledge on the top.
YenC tired from all the walking.
Siewmei also enjoying her shooting session here.
Amazed by the works involved in building the temple.
Every carving has its own story.
Far out you can see mountains which is also quite amazing.
Walkway on one of the level.
One of the staircase passage.
So happy~
A stone marking the “officiality” of this sacred temple in this modern world.
A foreigner helped us take this picture in order for me to help them take theirs. 
The sky is always blue in Yogya.
After our trip to Borobudur, Shyng requested we go to this silver crafting factory near to the temple. So we stopped by and have a look, since Yogya is kinda famous for their silver.
A silver crafter making some silver stuffs. His professionalism can be seen from his smoothly gel-ed hair.
Seems like this silver crafting factory can attract some foreigners too.
After the factory, we head to our next destination, Prambanan, one of the largest Hindu temple in South-East Asia. The distance from Borobudur to here was not a problem to us, because all of us were sleeping in the van. Hehe…
Reconstruction works are actually under way here. A lof of the smaller shrines as you can see from the photo collapsed due to an earthquake in 2006. So this is what’s left now.
From color to black and white? I don’t get it.
Photo time~
One of the still standing smaller shrine.
Very hot in the afternoon but still there are a lot of people. There are also a lot of locals picnicing outside the compound of the temple under trees.
Fallen shrines… what a pity.
Another photo in front of one of the big ones.
Hopefully all the shrines that are still standing will remain standing for millennia to come.
Tall and pointy compare to Candi Borobudur.
Very cute “fence”.
Going in to one of the shrine.
We spotted one of the local kid visiting the temple. Damn cute with the “tudung” shading him from the sun.
Siewmei posing in one of the still standing wall of one of the shrine.
Cute or not?!
Some colour green to spice up the overall look and feel.
As you can see, the reconstruction is on-going.
Accident happened. YenC stepped onto a barb wire while walking on the grass. Luckily she’s not hurt.
Jook “stoning”.
Flying Jook.
Stone platforms remain of the smaller shrine.
Head of a statue lying around the floor.
We spotted an smaller shrine with nobody there. So took the opportunities and took some photos.
Put my camera on the rock pile opposite the shrine to take this shot.
Jook imitating the stone carving.
Cute little stone carving on the floor.
After walking around seeing the Candi Prambanan, we started walking around the outer compound and spotted this guy.
Horses are very common thing in Yogyakarta.
Siewmei posing with the pony.
Another view of a road leading to the temple. It’s freaking huge!
After we got amazed by the temple of Prambanan, we still got some time left before our driver’s time is up, so on the way back, we asked him to suggest a place to visit for us. He brought us to this Museum of Yogyakarta. Stories of how Yogyakarta got to become like this is told here.
Jook spotted this sun scene outside of the museum.
Weapon to protect. Jook being patriotic protecting Yogyakarta… eh?
This is the museum building itself.
What’s inside the top floor of the building is this. A flag on a pole and a hole from the top letting in sunlight while there are some carving on the wall showing don’t know what.
After a whole day of walking and shooting, we’re back to our temporary crib. Rumah Palagan Guest House. A quiet and cozy place to stay.
After the reception, this is the path leading to our rooms.
Corridor in front of the rooms.
Some decor at the reception area… old-skool~
This is the pool we chill in. Nice?
So this is the end of part 1 of my trip to Yogyakarta. The next part will be the visit to Yogyakarta town itself. More blue skies next entry.
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mr hamyu looks like a natural asian poser. should ajak him for the next asian pose friday.
i miss the trip… the food… and the ice cold swimming pool….
Nice trip……dono when only i got time to visit back there…..but when i go back i think u;ll ady visit most of the place n no one teman-ing me d 
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deep blue sky with nice texture! very nice place !
the museum like UFO btw.
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wah! u snapped every corner. nice! nice! nice! im so miss the place
the spider almost the same with Lembing hill; spider loves u…. i think 
follow u to Yogya
Lyn > Hey… ya the guest house is nice… around RM100 per night for 2…
Justine > He got talent… somemore very natural…
Clive > Yalor the museum really a bit weird… but good la… another location for us to shoot… but the inside of the place is like some old Malaysian government office… 
Sherrina > I think i miss some angles… hehe… yalor… I working in a company called Arachnid also…
wow…nice nice….felt like i am there already. hehe. I so wanna go leh!!!
And the guest house is really not bad.
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Wah…your guest house looks very nice…is it expensive? 0.0