Hi Stimix, i will be there on April 8, 2011, Going to Dieng Plateau (3 hour drive) : see the Oldest Hindu's Temple, Colorful lake, Dieng Plateau beautiful scenery.

Can you share with me after you have been there, do recommend me good tour driver, i am going for 8 person, but i still not able to find the good quote now, many thanks.

Wah, I am also thinking of going to the Dieng Plateau and Semarang.  At firstht thought want to climb Gunung Lawu, but my travelling mate not keen on too much exertion.  Stimix, I think you are mad to do Borobudur and the Dieng Plateau both in one day.  Departure 26 Feb.  Notchet book anything except my ticket!  Hmm, must think about hiring a car, if it is cheap.  But if the roads are like North Sumatra hor, pengsan. 

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Added on February 18, 2011, 6:33 pm

Stimix so you confirm liao our Malaysian licence valid in Indon?  And you are confident of driving around in Java Tengah????  I might just get a car and drive to Borobudur and the Dieng Plateau.  Then Prambanan rent bike, yippeeee.

Er, I've seen all the erotic sculpture in Nepal, jelat liao.  I just want to bag another volcano that's all.  Quite high this Gunugn Lawu.  I'm flying in to Solo, and probably going straight to Yogya from there.  Solo will be my last stop before catching the flight back.  I still think you're mad to do Borobodur and the Dieng Plateau all in one day.  I think doing a day trip from Yogya to the Dieng Plateau is already mad.

Btw, those driver at yogyes rate is cheap but it state "in city"
so thats mean izzit within yog city itself?
if i wan do the circuit , anyone know how much for the driver?

hi guys, wondering if i wana do bandung --> yogyakarta 6 days enough to travel? tq tq 

my driver told me that i can do Borobudur+Dieng for one day trip.

I am thinking now when i arrive yogya at 835am, after check out from the airport, i straight to go Borobudur+Dieng or Candi Seto, i plan do overnight in Dieng, do you think i have enough time to do so? perhaps i can shorten/skip some places for visiting.

please comment, thanks.

Doing Dieng and Borobudur in one day hmmm, very tiring and you're not doing  Dieng enough justice.  I suggest driving straight to Dieng after getting your car on the first day, and then spend the night at Dieng.  This will get you into Dieng latest by 5 before it gets dark.  There is nothing to do in Dieng at night though.  Just enjoy the cool air and the smell of fertilizer and the azan calls.  You will then be fresh and relaxed for an early morning start on Day 2 to go to Sembungan.  You might even consider getting there to watch the sunrise; this is apparently de rigeur.  Then you have the rest of the morning to visit the Telaga Warna, the Candi Arjuna and a couple of kawah.  If you drive back down to Wonosobo for lunch and leave for Borobodur by 1, you should be able to manage a couple of hours visiting time there before it gets dark.  Day 3 go to Prambanan, surrounding temples, and Parangtritis.  Day 4 go to Solo and the candi sukuh and Cehto.  Very packed and tiring I think.  I would just save Solo and the temples there for another trip.

Don't forget woh, they close the temple around 5 or 6.  At Prambanan, they close at 5, and by six, all remaining visitors they shoo out liao.  Anyway, if you are confident you can speak Malay wif a very convincing Indon accent, you can try and get local priced tickets.  Damn cheap compared to the USD15 for foreigners.

Oh, another tip, Yogya and Solo brimming wif CIMB branches and ATM.  I think if you got a CIMB account, you can withdraw money for free.

Not sure OK, because we went there in the morning; but I think shouldn't be any different from Prambanan.  Maybe you can check the opening times from some webpage somewhere.  Another thing, the Java map I downloaded from malfreemaps very funny, or maybe my Garmin not behaving well, but EVERYTHING above 900 m in elevation got blotted out by the elevation shading.  Everything's fine on my Mapsource.