Fishing:
It is an activity which can give you an opportunity to be alone and contemplate as well far from the noisy city life, enjoy the tranquility of nature, spend the relaxing and privacy time with friends or family. In Turi and Cangkringan villages you might satisfy your needs to fish and to taste fishes in freshwater ponds provided by restaurants, which would prepare your caught fishes into a tasty food.
Or you might visit the beach of Wedi Ombo, it's about 40 km south of Yogya to get the fishing place for sea fishes. It's a wide bay with white sands and has a slope gently, surrounded by lime stone hills. It has a very relaxing atmosphere where the rythm of the waves together with the refreshing wind make the sound of tranquility.
You could also enjoy the sunset scenery both from the hilly areas or from the shore

Where to go & What to see ?

Bird watching:
Some endangered species, like the orange headed eagle make their nests on the souhtern slope of the volcanic mountain of Merapi. While several species of egrets and herons make their home in Ketingan county.
In Plawangan, scientist already listed about 96 bird species, some of them about 26 species are endemic, even some are endangered and hard to find and to see as well, like the Javanese Hawk Eagle, orange spotted bulbuls, and red breasted parakeets.

Properties/used things for sale in Yogya

A two storey, three years old, Euro classic style house, just a stone's throw away and beside the mystical Hindhu Temple of Prambanan, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.

It has 600 meter squared land and 250 meter squared two storey building as well, with three bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, a helper room, 3 car garage, a lot of fruit trees.

Fully furnished and all included. Interested ? Just walk in and bring nothing but your suitcase.
You can have it, and own it ,and buy it, the price is good enough, guarantee a very best price.

Please mail to omarbravas@yahoo.com


A cozy home just about 750m south behind the zoo of Yogyakarta, it has 255 squared m land and about 175 squared m building, equipped with three rooms, two bathrooms, one godown, two fruit trees, 2 car garage, fixed phone, 1300 watt electricity, fully renovated and fully furnished
and all included, so just come bring your suitcase and a cheque payable to the owner, and it's yours ! Guarantee best and rock bottom price ( sold ).
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Two pairs Bally manshoes, 40, black (Italy), brown (Switzerland), good conditions (95%), Billblast man jacket, green, waterproof, L, 90%, creamy , women jacket, wool, 90%, two pieces Rayban sunglasses, John Lennon style , golden frame, and precious metal classic style, both in good condition, 95%, contact : tom_boulder_co84@yahoo.com.




A classic Mercedes Benz, 1977, 2300, dark grey, excellent condition, leather seat, sport grill AMG, sport velg AMG, 4 head rest, 90% tires condition, for sale, guarantee cheap price,
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The Puppet Museum

Also known as the Wayang Museum, it is located about 7 km east of the Yogyakarta Zoo. It has about 22 kinds of puppets made from leather, wood, and hard paper. Beside that it also has 8 kinds of mask collection.
The collection including puppets and masks from Japan, China, Thailand, USA, India, Austria, and Italy. The museum also houses a complete colllection of costumes which wore to perform a 'human wayang' on stage, also both leather and wooden equipment to perform a show, and a short of either leather of wooden puppet performance on demand.

The Prambanan Temple

The UNESCO world heritage listed temples of Prambanan, is believed to be the most beautiful and attractive Hindu Temple in the world. It has eight shrines, where three of them dedicated to Shiva, Vishnu, and Brahma.The main temple of Shiva rises to a height of 130 feet and houses the statue of Shivas's consort, Durga.


The temple's walls are adorned with a beautiful relief depicting the story of Ramayana. It was built between the VIIIth and Xth century AD. The Ramayana Ballet is performed at the open air theater during the full moon from May to October every year.





On your way from Yogyakarta to the Prambanan Temples, you might visit Sari Temple and Kalasan Temple, and after you finished with the Temple of Prambanan, still, you may explore your curiosity to visit the artistic and beautiful temple just a stone throw away to the north and east i.e the Sewu Temple and the Plaosan Temple.


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Bon voyage !

The Borobudur

It's massive stupa which took 8 years to restore, Borobudur is absolutely the most impressive and famous Buddhist monument of the world, located at top of a hillock overlooking lush green fields and distance hills, rises to seven terraces or about 40 metres above the ground.


The walls of the Borobudur are decorated with 1500 superbly sculptured reliefs extending over 6 km. It was built in the VIIIth century and took 75 year to finish. Close to the Borobudur lies Mendut Temple and Pawon Temple, which are supposedly an integral part of the Borobudur.

The Sultan Palace

The Palace is just like a city within a city, you may find not just the Sultan Palace but also the arts shop,batik paintings galleries, restaurants, museums, you name it, even the private homes.
Take a walk to the south part of the place, you'll get the Fragrant Garden or Taman Sari. This pleasure garden completed with pools and underground passageways, built in 1765.
To the southeast you will find the Museum of Independence, conmemorating Indonesia's Declaration of Independence in August 17, 1945. Museum Sonobudoyo, located just in front of the Sultan Palace, designed by Dutch architect, Thomas Karsten (1935). It exhibits old weapons, artefacts, and old gamelan instruments.


The Vredeburg Fort, to the north of the palace, built in 1765 by the Dutch as a military barracks, now become museum, which exhibits the dioramas depicting the history of Yogyakarta.
Yogya's main street and the city's tourist heart as well, the Malioboro, where you will find shops, restaurants, hotels, and various souvenir shops and tourist facilities. At night you may try the side walk restaurant serving the local food like 'gudeg', kind of Javanese cuisine, or you may try a hot sauce fried chicken. Just enjoy your time and make your day ! Voila ..... Yogya !

The Harmony

To many people, the traditional music of the Javanese or ' gamelan' reflects the same shriving for cosmic and social harmony. The music is the sound of a benign celestial clockwork, which is, slow, measured, regular, graceful,and even mystical and could make the listeners feel peaceful. Th way the music is played reflects the harmonious, decorous philosophy.
Yogya, beside the historic city, is also an ideal destination for travelers with a keen interest in history, monuments, and culture. It's also an ideal place from where you could reach easily the most famous and legendary Buddhist monument in the world, 'The Borobudur', and the splendid Hindhu temples, 'The Prambanan Temples' as well.
Yogya is located at the foot of the most active volcano in the world The Merapi, stretches to the south until the Indian Ocean or Samudera Indonesia. Here, local craftmen flourish in the batik painting arts, silver, and leather work. The gamelan or traditional Javanese music, the leather puppet theater and other expression of traditional arts are it's best. Not to mention the contemporary arts also enjoy a great patronage and progress.

Je t'aime Yogyakarta

Often abbreviated to Yogya, this cultural city includes numerous Hindhu and Buddhist temples from VIIIth, IXth and Xth centuries. This beautiful city also offers traditional performing arts such as 'wayang kulit' or shadow puppet play, the 'gamelan' a traditional Javanese percussion music and drums performed by a group of musicians in a very magical environment, and often described as the sound of the nature.
The Sultan Palace dominates the centre of the city, the ornate palace was constructed in 1755 and took 40 years to finish. This Sultan Palace of Yogyakarta might be one of the most extraordinary royal palace in the world, not only because of the historic sultanate and court still intact, but it's also open to public, so people could have the opportunity to explore and observe the daily life and culture of a classical Javanese tradition.
A lot to see inYogya, but the most intriguing places of interest are the Borobudur, the Prambanan Temples, and th Sultan Palace. To the north of the city you may find volcanoes, forest, and paddy fields, while to the south you will get the beaches, caves, and handicraft villages.




Yogya ,means the art, culture, and diversity as well. It's actually the small but attractive and charming city, which offers a lot to explore, to see, and to enjoy of course with the special and exotic beauty and also comforts.
Yogya boast a rich cultural heritage, where most people still continue to embrace their traditional values and philosophies. This city also reflects the harmonious blend of the traditional and modern through the manifestations of both fashionable and classical Javanese designs motifs of most arts and handicrafts produced here in Yogya and surrounding.
It has a lot to offer from a wide range of attractions, handicrafts made from silver, gold, leather, and many m,ore you name it. Also a lot of choices places to stay from a 5 stars hotel room to a small but comfortable and cheap pensions/home stay, from a classy food to a cheap street vendors food.
So, it matches the needs for all, no matter whether you're a luxury traveler, or a low budget backpackers, even for religious pilgrims.