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Yogyakarta or Jogja is located in south-central Java. it is the only province in Indonesia that is still formally governed by a precolonial Sultanate, the Sultanate of Ngayogyakarta Hadiningrat.

Yogyakarta is one of the foremost cultural centers of Java. It is well-known by its leather puppets for wayang kulit (shadow plays), traditional batik, silver crafts to Gamelan (big set of traditional music instruments).

Yogyakarta is more than just culture, though. It is a very lively city and a shopper's delight. The main road, Malioboro Street, is always crowded and famous for its night street food-culture and street vendors. Take a horse-drawn carriage around Malioboro area to get a closer view of the craftmaking business. Many tourist shops and cheap hotels are concentrated along this street. People are friendly and down-to-earth, with most living the simple life.

Yogyakarta just bore the 6.3-magnitude earthquake on 27 May 2006, and it affected some tourism sites such as Prambanan temple, the biggest Hinduism temple in Indonesia. But you will find pleasure to visit it, especially for the famous Borobudur temple (a world heritage site) in Magelang, the neighboring city of Jogja.

The city is also called city of students as the oldest university in Indonesia is located here. Plus another 50 or so, of small universities and institutes.
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Central Java Tour Begins with Mount Merapi
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Jun 19, 2008 - Jun 25, 2008
Mt. Merapi Volcano in Jogjakarta has been active for more than 10,000 years, is Indonesia's most active volcano and is one of the most dangerous volcanoes in the world. It is also known as the sacred Mountain of Fire.The volcano spews lava at a speed of 110 kms per hour. It destroyed homes and killed lots of people in the towns far from the foot of the volcano, but inspite of the eruptions, folks in these towns with their Javanese mysticism opted not to leave.The first thing I asked my tour g...
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More than just Borobudur and Prambanan Temples
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Mar 30, 2007 - Apr 03, 2007
After an overnight train trip, we finally arrived in our destination - Yogyakarta! When we got to our hotel, we were greated by the friendly receptionist, Yarri.  We visited Prambanan, the most beautiful Hindu temple in Indonesia.  Destroyed by earthquakes a couple of times, the recent one last year, we weren't able to enter the temples for safety reasons. Prambanan is magnificent, too bad they lack funds to rebuild the temples . Later that day we went to Borobudur Temple to catch t...
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Around Sultan Palace
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Dec 24, 2007 - Dec 27, 2007
I took 'becak' as my transportation to see Sultan Palace and surrounding area (Museum, Taman Sari (Water Castle) and small beautiful village where the worker from the Palace live with their family).Formerly Tamansari was a recreation garden or a resting house for the Sultan and Family. The other function is used as hiding place for royal family to defend against the enemy assault. It is built by Portuguese architect in European aquatic construction adorned with Javanese Symbolize ornaments....
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The Water Castle Yogyakarta
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Mar 04, 2007
A short work trip to Yogya in Central Java made me to think to have a quick escape to see a bit about this old city, and i always wanted to see this old city with its magnificent buildings especially surrounding the Sultan's palace.  Yogyakarta, a.k.a Yogya, a.k.a Jokja lies in the southern of Central Java, a city with magnificent historical and cultural heritage and the centre of Mataram Dynasty (1575 - 1640), all still exist the Sultan, the kraton (palace), market even houses st...
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