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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. People name Yogya as Gudeg city since it is famous for its specialty food; Gudeg.

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, Universitas Gadjah Mada. Plus another 50 or so, of small universities and institutes.
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Yogyakarta Travel Blogs

Yogyakarta - 1st stop
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May 27, 2008 – Jun 15, 2008
BOROBUDUR AND PRAMBANAN TEMPLES Borobudur is the largest Buddhist temple on earth and is one of the wonders of the world (was one of the 7 wonders but I was told it WAS dropped from that distinction) . The other temple Prambanan is a large Hindu temple that was damaged from a large earth…
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Central Java Tour Begins with Mount Merapi
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Jun 19, 2008 – Nov 28, 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 kill…
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Visiting Jogjakarta for the ...times!
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Dec 02, 2007 – Dec 03, 2007
Note: Oh my God, how come is my travel blog disappeared from here??? I've had actually written so many words and they all disappeared! Just one click. Gone forevah. Gosh, I should rewrite it again (sadly, I forgot to copy it first)? Seems like there's no other options, isn't there :-( Okay, I…
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