Jogja

On the way home from Pacitan we spent a long weekend in Jogjakarta, a popular tourist spot in Central Java. It's said to be the cultural heart of the island and also is home to 80+ universities. For these reasons we suspect it gets dubbed as a hippie town, attracting crazy Europeans, Australians, Japanese and Indonesians the like.

Highlights include visiting Borobudur (world's largest Buddhist temple, SO beautiful), Prambanhan (world's largest Hindu temple), shopping at the open air markets on Malioburo,the sort of Palace, and new friends Daniel and Tamara - IPB students also a part of the project, they needed a well earned break from hard work! Hot showers and a pool at the guest house were also supremely welcomed. Jogja has a great energy, delightful food and friendly bike cab drivers. I thoroughly enjoyed. Pictures below - some photo credit to Dan - my camera battery chose a sweet time to die.

Non highlights of the weekend: USA soccer's unispired play against Ghana. Not speaking of the WC again.

Happy to be home and in my own space again! Agenda for the next few weeks: attempting to explore more of Bogor/West Java, and perhaps make some sense of my travels...