Yogyakarta [310819 - 040919]

Day 1 [310819]

Visited the Prambanan temple as soon as we touched down as it is near the airport.. The sun was blazing hot but luckily it's not humid. Our driver recommended lunch at this restaurant which was so cheap and good. We couldn't believe the fish, rice and drink set only cost sgd$2+. Visited the Parangkusumo Sand Dunes and the sunflower place in the evening before we rest early for our sunrise tour the next morning.

Day 2 [010919]

Woke up at 3am(!!) for the Borobudur sunrise tour. It was so cold when we took a torchlight in the dark and climbed onto the structure to wait for sunrise. Never seemed to have an affinity with beautiful sunrise/sunset.. The sun was hidden behind the clouds, plus it was rather hazy :( We only managed to take some photos after the sun was out awhile later. After a buffet breakfast (which came with the tour), we visited chicken church which was a rather cute structure.

Next up was the jeep tour to Merapi Volcano. To get nearer to the volcano, taking the jeep was the only option.. And I would say it's not for those with motion sickness.. Haha.. Even me who doesn't have motion sickness felt abit sick after sitting in the back seat. Lol. But well, the nice photos with the jeep was worth it! The guide explained about the history of the volcano along the way and it took us about 1.5 hours for the entire tour on the jeep.

Had a late lunch and visited Malioboro street (for shopping). However, we cut short our "shopping" as there was nothing worth buying as expected. We ended up going for a full body massage which was rather not satisfying.. Haha..

Day 3 [020919]

Visited Timang Beach after breakfast. Similarly, Timang Beach was also not accessible by car.. we had to take a jeep to the beach. Although the view at the beach was beautiful, Timang was just a small area made of rocks and nothing else, except the big waves which comes periodically. We were wondering how long we can spend on that small "island", and yes we were surprised that we actually spent about 2 hours there.. Haha.. Once we paid to go across the suspension bridge to the island, there was a guide who followed us the whole time. In fact, my phone was with him all the time while he asked us to do poses and found us the best angles to take pictures. So we had some nicely taken photos!

After that, we returned to a restaurant to have our lobster set meal. As we opted to go for a set meal which consist of 2 medium sized lobsters, vege, tofu, fried calamari and fish.. It was literally a feast which kept us full till at night!

Our driver recommended to visit Ijo temple for sunset after that. It was not crowded and there was a good view of the sunset. But well.. we still cannot control when the sun wants to hide behind the clouds...

Day 4 [030919]

Our last sunrise attempt (which somehow ended up being me watching sunrise alone!) at Bukit Panguk as recommended by our driver. It sure was a good place as there were little people who knows about this place. There was no crowd so you won't have to struggle taking pictures with many heads in front. But well... I lost count of the number of failed sunrise attempts..

Went back to bed after sunrise. Lol..  Too shagged. Changed our plans to visit the water castle (which was nothing fantastic) and the underground mosque. Went to Hutan Pinus Pengger (pine forest) in the afternoon which is very nice for photo taking! This door at Pintu Langit (which means stairways to heaven if i'm not wrong) is very instagrammable~ But the time we visited was during sunset, which means our faces couldn't be seen.. But it's also another form of beauty~

Lastly, finally, we got our pretty sunset to end our trip!

Yogyakarta is a simple place, but I felt the food (spicy and tasty!) and view makes it worthwhile to visit once in a lifetime.