Up at 4am - jet lag helps with this as it was 9pm by our body clocks. Breakfast of tuna and egg (together) sandwiches and then flight to Yogyakarta, arrived 8:30am for much form filling at immigration.
Hotel room not ready this early so we explored the local area.
This is the Tugu Monument at the end of the road. It was built as a house for the Spirit of the Forest when the forest was cut down to make way for the city. Bet he was chuffed.
Moped city round here.
This is Maliboro - the main street. Shops and markets, but quieter today (thankfully) as it is the first day of Ramadan.
The easiest way to travel is by becak - a bike with a seat on the front and a knackered old man on the back, pedalling. Bless him.
Maliboro mall. It has a marvellous donut shop. Laura - chocolate and nut Richard - Donut with cheese. Mmmn.
Also has McDonalds, KFC and Pizza Hut if the local cuisine is dodgy.
Time for something a little more cultural, so we went to a museum of Javanese history and culture. This man was making a traditional puppet, carved from buffalo hide with a bicycle spoke (46 different spokes no less). They are brightly painted and used in tellings of the Ramayana - Hindu legends.
We bought a Vishnu.
The rest of the museum was idol-tastic. Plenty to look at, even if you weren't sure what you were looking at. Like this chap.
Checked in to the Pheonix Hotel, which is posh, but friendly.
This is just one of the corridors.
This is our room. Off now for a swim in the pool and dinner in the hotel restaurant. Hopefully an early night and an early morning trip to Bororbudur temple before the crowds and the heat.
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