This is the good news you have been waiting for! Now Borobudur is available for the sunrise on the top of the temple (again). It’s been a while that Borobudur was closed to climb for the sunrise time since the pandemic time. With limited and special tickets, you can now
What to do on Mondays in Yogyakarta? You may not know that some famous places are (partly) closed on Mondays. I hope you don’t read this too late.. Borobudur : Borobudur is closed for the structure. This largest Buddhist temple in the world only available to visit on the temple
Jomblang cave has become a unique natural attraction and one of a kind in Indonesia. Foreign tourists from Singapore, Malaysia, China and various European countries visit Jomblang Cave every day. Limited to only 80 people per day, visitors come to look for the heavenly lights which becomes the main attraction
Ramadhan is coming shortly and some of you might be wondering what difference will be going during the holy season. Indonesia as the largest Muslim population in the world celebrate Ramadhan as the month of prayers and fasting. Here are some things you need to know as tourist about activities
Why Indonesians like to take photos with you? You might be surprised that people swarm at you asking for photos. You become like a celebrity here. Why do they do that? It is because they never meet foreigners like you. They just see people like you on TV and movies.
Here are some tips you need to know before visiting Borobudur temple: There are limitation of people to climb up the temple. This will be a nightmare especially during the high season (July – August) that thousands of people flocking yet only 1,500 people per day (150 people per hour)
Traveling on motorbike is fun. Yogyakarta is used to be called as city of bicycles, and now it can reasonably called as city of motorbikes. So riding a motorbike is pretty challenging here, due to some reasons. Firstly, we ride on the left lane like in Japan, UK, Malaysia, Thailand,
Yogyakarta offers delicacies worth trying. Mostly are sweet and spicy. These are 5 must-try foods and drink in Yogyakarta. Gudeg Gudeg is the most iconic food in Yogyakarta, even people nickname Yogyakarta as the city of gudeg. This dish is made from raw jackfruit, cooked in thick coconut milk for
After a long pause during the pandemic, NGAYOGJAZZ is back! Ngayogjazz is the biggest annual jazz event that is unique, combining local and international jazz in different rural / village. It was all started in 2007 as a small jazz event called ‘Jazz Mben Senen’ (Jazz on Mondays) held in
Becak used to be largely found everywhere in Indonesia as the main transportation, especially during 80s and 90s while motored vehicles barely existed. Throughout South and East Asian countries it is also known as bike taxi, tricycle, trishaw, bikecab. Initially it was all human-powered pedaling, while now it’s becoming more
Climbing Borobudur as per now (October 2022) the government still doesn’t allow visitors to climb Borobudur. The rate at which the stones at the Buddhist temple are wearing off has significantly has increased in these years due to visitors thronging the temple daily, said Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy
