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Monday, 10 February 2014

8th of February… Weekend sightseeing



We went to the city for a bit of sightseeing. Despite the heat and the high humidity, (around 27 degrees with 75% of humidity) we went for a very beneficial walk and visited the Sultan’s palace. Yogjakarta is the only city in Indonesia that conserves a Sultan.


Street view
Street view: Malioboro
Sultan's palace, entrance



Sultan's palace


 
Gameland: shadows performance at the Sultan's Palace


Sultan's palace

Sultan's palace

Sultan's palace

Sultan's palace

Guardians meeting at Sultan's palace

Sultan's Genealogic Tree: male children at the right, females at the left

Sultan's palace


We took the bus at 14 hours for our first weekend around Yogja. The final station was the Prambanan temple and the Ramayana ballet at 19 hours, but before we enjoyed a relaxing swim in a resort which swimming pool had one the most impressive views I have seen.


Raku toko temple

 



Then, a snack and a quick play with a game our Hungarian colleague brought with cards, monsters, energy cubes… 

 




At 19h we headed to the Prambanan temple, a Hindu temple for praying with more than 200 temples built to honour the three divinities around 9th century and is an outstanding example of Siva art in Indonesia.

Prambanan Temple
Rahmayana ballet






After admiring its imposing shape in the middle of the night, we attended a marvelous performance of Javanese dance by the Rahmayana ballet. You have the synopsis of the story as well of the video, sounds and pictures in the “interesting links” section. This has been the activity I’ve liked more until now.

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  1. Alexia12 February 2014 at 03:03

    It looks absolutely beautiful. Have a great time there!

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    1. Rosa M Santiago14 February 2014 at 05:11

      Thanks, sweety! You are the next one, so take note ;)

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