Irishman and I have stolen four days away from Jakarta to visit Yogyakarta.
Yogya is like a breath of fresh air compared to Jakarta, not just metaphorically, but quite literally. I will feel sad leaving tomorrow but hopefully we will have a chance to return again soon.
These Becak’s has been Irishman’s and my preferred method of transport during our stay and we’ve had a lot of fun riding around in them. These colourful bikes make a welcome change from Jakarta’s noisy Bajaj’s, belching out their toxic fumes into the already heavily polluted atmosphere.
I have lots of stories to tell about our visit and of course lots of photos but for now here’s a glimpse of us on our travels!
Nice pictures of becak .. lot of them taken from unusual angle ha ha..
Love Jojga too…
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Glad they made you smile! 🙂
We’ve had a great time here and can’t wait to return – a nice change from Jakarta.
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Nice photos Lorrie. Did you visit the Kraton and watch the Wayan poppen.? That city is the seat of Javanese culture and has some very good shops with original batik materials. Many of the elderly still spoke Dutch.
We were there for a week some years ago. We liked it and from there visited Borubudur..(spelling).
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Hello Gerard – Yes, we’ve packed a lot of stuff in and I shall be writing about it all soon. Absolutely love it here, such a nice change from Jakarta – not a high rise in sight and you can breathe!
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Lottie of course.
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Haha! I’m used to being called lots of names but Lorrie is a first! 😉
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Lovely photos Lottie. Lorrie? PMP!
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Andrew! CMP! 😛
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These are great. The one guy that appeared passed out. Was he is a “drunken stupor?” Then there was a follow up that seems he had revived a bit. Any hoo, all of that looked like great fun.
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These were the two drivers who took us around Yogya – they had a great sense of humour! They were ‘playing to the gallery’ in these pictures and I was laughing so much which is why they are out of focus!
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Can you hear the applause? Please take a bow. Amazing. Cool. Genuine. Can’t wait for more! xoxo
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You always say the nicest things… thanks Sis and I can’t wait for our skype tomorrow! XOXO 😛
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My pleasure! Please do 🙂
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It’s posted now. Thanks so much, we really appreciate it!
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My pleasure and thanks so much for featuring this post on your blog! 😀
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