Trip to Jogja (English Assignment)

Hello! I want to share my experience in Jogja. Fyi, this is my first time to go there. It's such a memorable experience.

I went to Jogja with my big family. It took about 3 hours from Pacitan. I only spent 2 days in Jogja. I went to Jogja when the holiday season so there was traffic in there. So I recommended to you the best time to go to Jogja is when (not) in holiday season. Here are tourism spots that I visited in Jogja:


Prambanan:
First we went to Prambanan. As we know that Prambanan is one of a historical sites in Jogja.
It is a 9th century Hindu Temple dedicated to the Trimurti, the expression of God as the Creator (Brahma), the Preserver (Wisnu) and the Destroyer (Siwa).

The temple compound is located approximately 17 km northeast of the city of Yogyakarta on the boundary between Central Java and Yogyakarta provinces. The temple compound, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is the largest Hindu temple site in Indonesia, and one of the biggest in Southeast Asia. It is characterized by its tall and pointed architecture, typical of Hindu temple architecture, and by the towering 47-metre-high (154 ft) central building inside a large complex of individual temples. Prambanan attracts many visitors from across the world.

In Prambanan we are not allowed to entered it if we don't wore a fabric and after that we allowed to entered. The entrance ticket of Prambanan is about IDR 25.000. Well, yea we have to prepare umbrella because the sun bright so shine (there was no tree in the Prambanan complex) and just in case if it is raining. In this place we can took many pictures like this:

(was taken from the gate of the temple)

It's  a good view for the professional to took a picture like this:

(but i'm not saying myself as a professional. LOL)

Prambanan consists of many temples but i only entered some of it, that's because of many people around there. I entered one of a temple but before entered it we have to wore helmet because of there was renovation in that time. In that temple we can also saw many reliefs like this:

(Reliefs)

Suddenly dark clouds comes around so we have to back to our car immediately.

 

(when i wore a fabric in area of the temple)

 and we go back to our hotel.

Malioboro:

After that, at night we went to Malioboro. Malioboro is a major shopping street in Jogja. 

 The street is the centre of Yogyakarta's largest tourist district surrounded with many hotels, restaurants, and shops nearby. Sidewalks on both sides of the street are crowded with small stalls selling a variety of goods. In the evening several open-air street side restaurants, called lesehan operate along the street. Sadly, like I said we went to Jogja when the holiday season comes so yea we got stuck in our car for almost 2 hours to found some food. And I have no opportunity to took a picture in Malioboro because it was already dark and i'm still in the car.

 

(source: wikipedia)

Mie Jogja Pak Pele

In the car i felt so starving and my uncle gave us recommendation to eat in mie jogja pak pele. It is located in front of Keputraan Keraton elementary school, North Alun-Alun Jogja.

 (mie jogja pak pele; source:google image)

When i got there, there was many people in there. So we have to waited until there's enough space for us. We waited for about an hour but it's so payed of with the tasted of that noodles, it was so jaw-dropping.

 

(mie godog putih; source: google image)

Don't worry about the price. The menu are inexpensive, all of it is under 30k. That was the first time I ate mie godog and I if someday I go to Jogja again I would eat it again. And after that we go back to our hotel.  

Kota Gede

On the second day we went to Kota Gede.. We can reached Kota Gede by public transportation from Malioboro. If we want to make an impression we can reached it by andong from Beringharjo market, also it's cheaper than public transportation.

It is a historic neighborhood in Yogyakarta. Kotagede contains the remains of the first capital of Mataram Sultanate, established in the 16th century. Some of the remains of the old Kotagede are remains of the palace, the royal cemetery, the royal mosque, and defensive walls and moats. Kotagede is well known internationally by its silver crafting.

 Kotagede's silverware is characterized with its floral motifs, e.g. leaf or lotus flower, based from the Hindu tradition; and their manual labor, kept historically authentic. Types of silverware produced by Kotagede are filigree, silver-casting, sculptures (miniatures), and handmade products (necklaces, rings). Jalan Kemasan, the main street leading into town from the north, is lined with silver workshops selling hand-beaten bowls, boxes, fine filigree and modern jewellery

In Kota Gede we only bought some silvercraft.

 

 (silvercraft source: Wikipedia)

Borobudur

Then we went to Borobudur temple. It is about 30 minutes to got there from Jogja. It's not too far from Jogja.

Borobudur is a 9th-century Mahayana Buddhist Temple in Magelang, Central Java, Indonesia The monument consists of six square platforms topped by three circular platforms and is decorated with 2,672  anels and 504 Buddha statues. 

A main dome, located at the center of the top platform, is surrounded by 72 Buddha statues each of which is seated inside a perforated stupa. It is the world’s largest Buddhist temple, as well as one of the greatest Buddhist monuments in the world. Built in the 9th century during the reign of the Sailendra Dynasty, the temple was designed in Javanese Buddhist architecture, which blends the Indonesian indigenous cult of ancestor worship and the Buddhist concept of attaining Nirvana The temple also demonstrates the influences of Gupta art that reflects India's influence on the region, yet there are enough indigenous scenes and elements incorporated to make Borobudur uniquely Indonesian.The monument is both a shrine to the Lord Buddha and a place for Buddhist pilgrimage. The journey for pilgrims begins at the base of the monument and follows a path around the monument and ascends to the top through three levels symbolic of Buddhist cosmology: Kāmadhatu (the world of desire), Rupadhatu (the world of forms) and Arupadhatu (the world of formlessness). The monument guides pilgrims through an extensive system of stairways and corridors with 1,460 narrative relief panels on the walls and the balustrades. Borobudur has the largest and most complete ensemble of Buddhist reliefs in the world.

Entrance ticket of Borobudur was about IDR 30.000. Well, in Borobudur we have to prepare our stamina, like we knew that Borobudur was so huge and the stairs was quiet steep. There were many people in Borobudur so we can't walked freely. And of course we can took a picture but in my opinion took a picture of the temple was quite hard because the temple is really huge so I should found the best view but sadly I can't found the best view of the temple.

And here are some pictures:

 

(Borobudur with many visitors)

 

(I only got silhouettes of the stupas)

  (me in Borobudur)

In Borobudur I can saw the view of Magelang from the top but it was a bit foggy so I can't saw the view clearly. Well, besides you have to prepare your stamina, jacket was really important too because the temperature in Borobudur was a bit cold, so I brought my jacket too. After go around the temple I bought some handy-craft which is sold in the exit gate for my close friends.

Finally, we hit the road from Jogja at 7PM  I arrived home from the trip safe and sound.

P.S.: I'm so sorry about the grammar-_-v

Liburan Super Panjang

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