A Hectic & Fun Journey
INDONESIA | Thursday, 15 May 2014 | Views [233] | Scholarship Entry
Everybody loves their 'partners'; can be family, friends, and more. I point the 'partners' here is friends. We may not want to ruin our closest friendship, right? I'll never forget the day that I ever visited the place I love. There were the days where I spent about 3 days to get a holiday with my friends after the mid-terms was over in 3 grade High School. The place I visited may not be strange as Indonesian, or at least there are foreigners who know this place. The foreigners would definitely appoint the beautiful tourist attractions in Indonesia, Bali. Yup, Bali is one of the most beautiful tourist attractions in Indonesia, but there is another Bali. This place located in Java island, southern of Central Java exactly. Well-known as Student or Gudeg City. Yeah, Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta (Jogja). I have been here twice for holiday. So lucky I am visiting this beautiful place. Starting point from Bekasi, the city where I live, we took a train to Jogja (Tugu Station) in the morning and arrived there after taking for 8 hours. We started being pedestrian and praying at the mosque was one thing we did before exploring this city. Followed by having dinner in angkringan (traditional restaurant) with 'lesehan' style, we may call it sitting on the floor, and ate Gudeg (traditional food in Jogja) while listening to music brought by street musicians. After having dinner, we walked to my grandmother's friend house while sight-seeing the unique stuffs. By taxi, we arrived to the resting place. And the following day, we planned to go to UGM, one of the most favorite university in Indonesia after having breakfast (porridge). If you know, the culinary in Jogja was really cheap. There's one thing I couldn't hide my admiration to the seller of porridge after eating, I paid more without being noticed. When we're walking back to the resting place, the seller approached and gave the change to us, "Sorry, boys! This is your change, you paid more to me.", then we thanked to him. UGM was being one of the places I visited. By taking the Transjogja we arrived in UGM. Surrounding UGM by bicycle was awesome. We parked in every spot to take some photos. We ended up the time in UGM by having lunch. As I said, the food was really CHEAP! We're back to the resting place and prepared to go home. Before going home, we bought a handicraft, traditional cookies, Bakpia. Finally, we arrived at home safely. Having holiday in Jogja is unforgettable moment. Best holiday! REALLY RECOMMENDED!
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