I hadn’t planned on going to Yogyakarta, but needed a stop from Ubud on the way to Jakarta. A friend had suggested I might like it, but when I first arrived and saw a bland concrete jungle I wasn’t impressed. After taking some time to wander the streets, I began to discover Yogyakarta’s charm – the hustle and bustle of everyday life that seems to have art leaking out of the cracks. There’s amazing graffiti that makes you feel like you’re in Berlin rather than Indonesia. Yogyakarta is renowned for it’s beautiful Batik painting style and it was really fascinating seeing how they hand make them. I was only there a few days and spent one of those at Borobudur, but I felt like I could have easily spent weeks longer there discovering something new.
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