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Showing posts with label jogyakarta. Show all posts

Thursday, January 1, 2015

2015- 1-1 to 1-2 Trip to Indonesia- Jogyakarta with my family itinerary

 Temple Prambanan
- largest Hindu temple in Indonesia
 built to indicate the shift of religion from Buddhism to Hinduism
- collapse due to the eathquake
- total of 240 temples hre

- Shiva temple is the largest


- Vishnu at the north and Brahma at the south
- Ravana (bad person) kidnapping Shita (Rama's  wife) while the Jaayu on left tried to help her

- local legend of the Rara Jonggrang

- the story of Durga in the north of Shiva temple
- Bandung killed Rara's dad, King Boko and ruled his kingsom. He forced Rara to married her but Rara refused. So, she gave him an impossible mission whereby he need to buld Sewu means thousands temples in one night. He asked for supernatural's help but Rara asked the women to set on the fire so that the supernatural thought that it is morning and need to go back. Bandung was frustrated by the tricks and he asked cursed her to the stone and thus she became the last unfinished temple known as Durga

Kota Gede
- also known as Big City
- famous for its silvercraft
- Joglo, restored after Java Eathquake

- Kedhaton- Royal Palace
- only remains 3 stones aka batu gilang, stone whre the Senopati rested

Malioboro
- major shopping street
- once the home for the Dutch
- Leseshan

Food to eat!
- Gudeg, curry of jackfruit, chicken and egg on rice

- Langgi- asam Jawa









Wednesday, December 31, 2014

2015~1~3 (Day 3 in indonesia)

gunung merapi

- most active and erupted regularly
- still erupted on 2013

salak plantation as the palm tree

borobudur

- biggest buddhist temple
- the path frm the bottom to the top is the path of desire, form and formless
- known as candi
- boro mean great and budur mean buddhism


2015~1~2 (Day 2 in Yogyakarta)

Royal palace

- known as Kraton
- reflect Javanese Cosmos
- face north to mountain Merapi
- enjoy the peaceful atm
- roof with gold buddhist pedal
- pavilion is the most special place

water castle

- for medication
- for defense
- by Portugese architecture
- calm lightning
- fountain in the middle

parangtritis beach

- go up gembirawati
- ruined temple on the east cliff
- not allowed to swim
- ATV (all terrain vehicle)only fr those adventurous
- fr prewedding shoot
- play kite

Kasongan village

- the legend of the dead horse