YOGYAKARTA

Yogyakarta, or also known as Jogja, is an old city which still maintain Javanese tradition and cultural in all aspects. By the time we arrived there, it's already dark. We went straight to eat at Suharti fried chicken at Jalan Solo or also known as Jalan Laksda Adisucipto. Actually they have their branch in Jakarta, but I'd like to taste the real taste there. Their fried chicken is one of Jogja's typical. After eating, we continued our trip to the famous street of Malioboro. The busiest and the most crowded street where on the left side there are so many food stalls, sell many kinds of Javanese food such as Gudeg, Java noodle, etc in lesehan. Lesehan is a type of stall where customer sit on the ground, which already layered with tikar, a traditional carpet made of plastic or dried leaves webbing. On the right side of the street, there are many stores that sell batik and other handicrafts. There are also street vendors in front of the stores, that make the situation crowded even more. From my friend, Stephania, she recommended Mirota store for us to shop. Mirota Batik store is located in front of Beringhardjo Market, the old famous traditional market in Jogja. The address is at Jalan A Yani no. 9. Mirota is a big store that provide many kinds of batik and handicrafts from Rp 30.000 - millions. We didn't waste much time, directly fitting and grabbing some batik shirts because they closed at 9. And so are the vendors in front of the stores. They're all closed at 9. Then, we took pictures in front of VREDEBURG FORT, which is side by side with Beringhardjo market. It's the oldest Dutch building among all. It was built in 1776-1778. Because it's already closed at nite, so we couldn't take any picture of inside. Then we bought some drinking water and fruits from Superindo supermarket, then we're heading to our hotel, Monginsidi Guest House to get some rest.