Fotografi: Jogjakarta visit: Photo siri 1

Dear readers....

Two weeks ago I visited Jogjakarta or Yogyakarta or Djogjakarta... There's no standard spelling for the town, as mentioned by the local...

The following are the photos I managed to snap with my compact camera... some of the photos were snapped by the friendly local, as I a am a solo tourist...

This is Jalan Malioboro, the famous street in Jogja... famous for the roadside stalls selling Javanese Batik, handicraft, Dagadu T-Shirt, delicious street food...You can find many hotels along the road, the luxury or the budget hotels... for the budget hotels, the room is clean and service is good...

Bank Indonesia colonial style building... beca (trishaw) is common transport in Jogja... you can hire the beca for affordable rate and they are kind enough to give you a ride around town...

My advise is, take the beca ride early in the morning, so you can enjoy Jogja beautiful old scenery.....You can see quite a number of old people cycling using old fashioned 'Speda Ontel'.... by 9am the good old scenery will be polluted by modern transportation especially motorcycles...

This is Taman Sari... Once were the Java Keraton forbidden garden and private bath area... during the heyday, it was told around 20's concubines lived together here....

The main entrance of the Taman Sari... as you can see the entrance door is quite low... this was politically built on purposed.. so that that anyone who enter, must bow down... especially for the 'bule'...

Photos captured inside the underground mosque, inside the Keraton area... it was told during Dutch colonial era, the Muslim Java Keraton have to perform the Islamic ibadah not openly.... so they built the underground mosque complete with place to conduct Jumaat prayer....