Last year, I opened up my journey by visiting Yogyakarta with my friends. We spent 4 days to get lost there. It wasn't planned at all. We actually didn't know why we got there because all we just wanted to was to have holiday together. It was unforgettable memory, started by having time together, getting lost together and making unbelievable decision. it was such a stunning week ever!. Yogyakarta is a city which has thousand beauty inside of it. When you get there, I assure you don't want to come back hahahaha!
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Let's start from .....
FIRST DAY #1 : Where the journey began
This trip started when we arrived at Lempuyangan station, Yogyakarta. We had a dozen plan to do, but, first, we had to find a homestay. That was a funny thing when my friend used google map to find "malioboro street". We strolled down to Malioboro for 2 hours from lempuyangan station. To be honest, from lempuyangan station to malioboro actually just took 15 minutes. It turned out that my friend used google map, but the setting was when you used a car not walk hahahaha.
After we checked in at the homestay, we made a plan to get around in Malioboro street. We slept for couple of hour then we got off to Malioboro in the afternoon. We had a lunch in front of "beringharjo market". having "gudeg" (Yogyakarta's traditional food) was delicious meal for us. After that, we went to town square. There wasn't anything right there because we went to the wrong town square then we decided to get back to malioboro street. We stopped by at "titik nol Yogyakarta" this is a heart of the city where you can hear a heartbeat of the city.
As long as we walked, we rubbed up against store supplies such as clothes, meals, any other unique stuffs. Malioboro street is a place where you can find unique and unusual stuff. We got around 2 hours to find a stuff we we'd love to buy. I bought 2 clothes and 2 traditional wallets as a souvenir for my parents and sister. Bargaining is something that you should specialize here because you can get whatever you want with a low-cost.
SECOND DAY #2 : Unexpectedly decision
I woke up earlier in the second day. I had a plan to find another town square this morning. We enjoyed walking around in Yogyakarta and took a few pictures to memorize it. From Malioboro street to East town square took an hour by foot. When we got there, there was 2 huge tress in the middle of the field. The myth said that if you could possibly walk in the middle of by closing both of your eyes, your true couple would be found immediately. That was just a myth hah! .
I enjoyed a beautiful scenery with a cup of tea and "gorengan", so did my friends. Having conversation with local people was pleasure. The way they talked about the beauty of this city, and the way of their perspective about living this city made me stay longer or even lived there hahaha. I always dreamed of living in the village not in the big crowded town.
It'd been 2 hours so we came back to the homestay and packed our stuff to the real destination. We should've checked out at 12 am and went to the bantul, but the plan wasn't going well. We had to wait friend of mine pick us up, but there wasn't any news from him. We had to arrange another plan. We are insisted on staying at the mosque for 3 hours then we took a walk to Vredenburgh wall, but unfortunately, the wall was closed. What an amazing day, was it? we took off to another mosque. We stayed there till the night came, till the electricity that we used was turned off. We were like a beggar who needed a homestay.
We were desperated so we decided to get Bantul with a cab. We finally made it ! after more than 10 hours going to nowhere. Our friend who lived in Bantul was so pleased. He let us stay for 2 days. We slept there thanks to him.
THIRD DAY #3 : Going to hidden beach in Gunung Kidul
After getting through rough day, now we arrived in Bantul. We'd been getting closer with our destination. At first time, I didn't think we could get there because the way to get there was so steep with high hill and ravine. By riding motorcycle, we went to gunung kidul beach. In the middle of the trip, we saw a car crashed and got into the ravine. that was so terrified, but we kept taking our eyes on in order that we could keep an eyes on each other.
We got the main gate in Gunung Kidul beach. Rp.10,000/person was the ticket that we should pay. It wasn't too expensive to see chain of beach along Yogyakarta until east java. The nearest beach was "Baron Beach". We finally came by in "Slili Beach", it wasn't as familiar as "Indrayanti Beach", but the scenery was awesome and stunning. By renting a cottage Rp.20,000 you could put your things and enjoy the beach.
We did snorkeling there, but most of couldn't swim, including me. Rp.30,000/person snorkeling in Slili beach. it was cheaper than other beach. We had snorkeling for an hour. It was my first time and I thought I wanted more. After snorkeling, we had a lunch. Some of my friends continued seeing other beach whereas I slept in the cottage. My friend talked about a waterfall in the beach. That was their destination, but i didn't come along. They came back at 4 a.m and we went home. Journey was over.
FOURTH DAY #4 : Packing stuff then going home
The day was running quickly. There was a time we had to come home. Although I missed my home, I prefered staying here for few days more. Train was off at 4pm. We headed back with all memories kept tightly on my mind. Thanks to lad who let us stay for days in Bantul. The perfect holiday when i also turned to 21 years old.
Ciaoo!!!
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