I have just return from 6D5N Yogjakarta trip. It's trully a beautiful place. I have engaged with our fellow yogjakarta from lowyat, "masdojogja".

I have promised "masdojogja" that i will write a good review for him should our trip is marvellous.
and yes, we had a great time in Yogjakarta. Thanks to brother masdojogja and here is the itenary and review.

Day 1 (doni aka masdojogja)
- Arrival at aduscipto airport, greeted by our friendly fellow masdojogja.
- first stop, local lunch delicacies, soto rice
- Gumuk Pasir, arrival in the afternoon
- Parangtritis Beach (beautiful scenery)
- Lunch at Base Camp, Ular Indonesia. (nice top view restaurant)

Day 2 (doni aka masdojogja)
- Embark at 4am to Borobudur temple for sunrise (truly immaculate view)
- Lava Tour Merapi (highly recommended place)

Day 3 (koko as masdojogja is unavaible, he assigned koko as our driver, he is indeed good as well)
- Gua Jomblang (an experience u will never want to miss)
- Timang Beach (it's beautiful as well but to me, i think it's a little overrated)
- Abhayagiri Restaurant (Nice view, restaurant is facing the active volcano, but that night, we could only see half of the mountain as it was raining)

Day 4 (koko)
- Batik Manufacturing tour
- Source for Batik (gift)
- Prambanan Temple
- Ratu boko (to me, it's a just

Day 5 (doni aka masdojogja)
- Taman Sari
- Then we call it a day to rest as we are exhausted due to the previous day activity.

Day 6 (koko)
- Markets to buy avocados and salak.
- oleh oleh and then proceed to airport.

I stayed at the hotel grand ambarukmo.
the receptionist is good and friendly. however the service is not satisfactory.
it was a total big turn off especially when house keeping went into our room twice for cleaning and make up.
we did not request for those service and worst was, the second time we went in, room was fix, we couldn't bother more, but our room card was taken away from our room which causes souviner which we purchase, left in the fridge, spoilt. Ameneties provided is always shortage and breakfast was another let down when juice bar serving fresh juice...it's very dilluted and you can barely taste anything. i requested for soft boil egg and they deliver hard boiled egg instead. The list goes on and on.

As a conclusion, it's been a truly great adventure and exploration.
Except for the hotel part.

shall visit yogyakarta again as there are several places not visit yet.

till then, thanks to bro masdojogja aka doni and koko for the wonderful tour, explanation, sharing and adventure.

Oops...incomplete words.haha

To me ratu boko is just like a garden. Nothing much except for seeing sunsets.but the sun set there isn't as beautiful as at abhayagiri restaurant. Immaculous view and romantic. Just plan it well to ensure there is no rain.as for my case,it was raining n only manage to witness half of the beautiful view.

Tips : remember to checkout weather forecast before planning any trips.

This post has been edited by michaelsoft: Nov 10 2017, 07:14 AM