Jogja & Jakarta (Java, Indonesia) Vacation

Upon arrival in Yogyakarta on Tuesday morning, we decided to go directly to the Prambanan temple, which lies about 18km east of Yogyakarta. This is recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1991, and was built around 850. In 2006, the temple was seriously damaged by an earthquake. He is currently being rebuilt and therefore can be seen in the pictures so many scaffolding. I was very fascinated in spite of the damage from the temple.

Afterwards, we went by bus to the city itself, where we checked in to our hostel after a delicious meal to take with us. The food in Yogyakarta was really great and can definitely be compared with that of a "normal" fine cuisine in Germany. However, prices of the equivalent of 2-4 € incl drinks. We then decided to go to sleep after dinner, as we had planned for the night, the ascent of the volcano Merapi. The Merapi is the most active volcano in Indonesia and no less than 2911m high. He is just 51m below the Zugspitze!
By 22 clock we were picked up from our hostel, then drove about 2 hours to the volcano. At about 1500m began after a short break and a hot cup of tea by 1 clock at night the rise with our guide. It remains for the rise only to say that there was a raging inferno:-P. It was very exhausting, but ultimately we have to be done in time for sunrise at 5 clock to the summit. My energy reserves were indeed gänßlich at the end, but the view was magnificent. However, it was the first time I am in Singapore are that I gefrohren TRUE. At the summit, it was extremely windy and at 2-3 ° also quite cold. The descent was pretty exhausting Once again then, since there are no roads. It went without a rope and double back over the rocks, until we march again after about 9 hours arrived at the foot of the volcano. The trip home, we will no-longer noticed, since we had slept the whole time and even our guide had been reached at the end of his strength as we walk. It remains, however, firmly hold: An absolutely brilliant trip, which we have done in my life time and it has my first mountain was volcanic and that I have climbed, it was all the more fascinating.
On Wednesday, we have then made after the much-longer sleep late. We have granted us a one-hour Javanese massage and a delicious meal and then went to bed fairly early because we had planned for the next day a tour of the Borobudur monument, and the ride by 4 clock went off at early dawn to be there.

The Borobudur monument is the largest Buddhist monument in Southeast Asia, on postcards, is even said that it is the largest in the world. It was built 750 to 850 and consists of 9 floors. It has even been suggested as a world wonder. It is centrally located between 4 volcanoes. Since 1991, it is also a UNESCO World Heritage Site. But enough history. You could see that I've made a lot of pictures of it and I could not make up my mind that I now put online, or delete, since each has its own fascination. The visit is definitely a must if you are on Java!
At noon it was still in the Ngayogyakarta Kraton, the palace of the Sultan and the Sultan, the former swimming pool, but that are due to public accessibility will be 250 years-longer used by the sultan.

In the afternoon, we are then flown to Jakarta. Jakarta is the "fucked up" the city I have ever seen. I used this word, as it best applies to the city and an elderly gentleman from Germany has also used the same way :-). It's really, really dirty and dilapidated. In addition, the city has to offer at the National Monument nothing. Jakarta is an emerita Hollnder colony and there is an old neighborhood holländisches there with some beautiful buildings. This you can you see in the pictures. We tested both the public buses and trains, representing a heranbringt closer to the people who live there. That was very interesting.
In the evening we went to the club X2, since Jakarta is said to be, that clubs are among the best in the world. And the clubs are really the exact opposite, and a stark contrast to the city because they are very modern, failed (our club worked from the inside as a chapel) and very stylish. The celebration, in spite of the few people on Friday night had been fun since.

The next morning we went for 4 1 / 2 hours waiting at the airport to return Singpaur, where I will make this week a little sightseeing. On Saturday gehts then to ZoukOut, a huge dance festival on the beach in Singapore, which is expected to more than 10,000 people. It will be interesting how it is :-).

So until the days and I hope that even if I had set out very far in between that you enjoyed the report ;-),
Micah

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