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Monday, September 19, 2011
Yogyakarta F&E Summarised!
Place : Central Java, Yogyakarta Country : Indonesia When : 15 Sept - 18 Sept 2011 An initial plan to visit Vietnam in Sept turns out to be a total disappointment. My favourite travel agent did not respond to my emails. So upset! But luck is with me...two person that I should THANK to; Bona Fide and my best and favourite driver in Indonesia. And of course...Thank God! Alhamdulillah... It was all a last minute back up plan. Firstly because i wasted so much time waiting for my travel agent to repond. Second, I was busy doing homework for my Oct trip to China and the main reason was its AidilFitri which was just around the corner - cleaning and cooking is not a small matter. But anyway, despite all the problem and feeling of stress of...will an overseas trip be taking place on 15Sept?...all went well. I contacted a friend in Yogyakarta quering on the availibility of his time to drive us around Yogyakarta. And yes...the period that i wanna go hols..he is free!!! Airline booking was made seven days before departure. Hotel confirmation was done six days before departure. And travel insurance was made one day before departure. Hahaa...!!! I'm not so used to last minute travel preparation but someone well..this is a Free & Easy trip. So who cares how its gonna turn out so long I am able to fly out and back to Spore. And even if there isn't an availability of the desired hotel that I have in mind...there's so many hotels in Yogyakarta city. Bluekkss...!! Most importantly...I'm not going to stay in Spore for holiday. Feeling suffocated in my own country! I don't want to fly on neither Garuda nor Batavia Air. And SQ is just too expensive. So...settle with AirAsia Indonesia. Booking last minute has its pros and cons. Either there's no more seat or you got a discount. And it does pay off...got 20% off on our return trip. So thus, we paid : SIN/JOG 110hrs/1220hrs SGD395.60 JOG/SIN 0735hrs/1045hrs SGD371.73 I hate morning flite...look at the time JOG-SIN. Urghhh!!! And I have to be at the airport 2hrs before flight depart. And the worst thing is, there's only one departure schedule that day! >:( Anyways, all went well...Web check-in was a breeze. We went in early, had our breakfast at BK T1 and proceed to check-in. Then comes my impatient-ness again...The take-off has to be delayed at least 20mins due to traffic congestion. Urghhh!!! I hate waiting! 2hrs 10mins flight to Adi Sucipto Airport in Yogyakarta is taking too long in the sky. I can't sleep and I got separated from my travel buddy. Flight was full. I'm so B.O.R.E.D! So i did people's watching. Hahahaa..!!! When we arrived at Adi Sucipto Airport, my friend had sms saying that he has reached and will be waiting outside. Even tho this is my second trip to Yogyakarta but it my first time here at Adi Sucipto Airport. They had three operating immigration counters. Its very crampy and the luggage collection point is just beside the immigration counters. Luckily by the time I collected my luggage, there wasn't too many people loitering there. All ten fingerprints and photo was taken by the clearing immigration officers upon arrival. The funny thing, as I finished having my luggage X-rayed, i was ushered to a point. I was kinda taken aback and step back to read the notice placed in front of the desk that I was ushered to. Hahaa...I was mistaken for an Indonesian who worked as a domestic worker in Spore. Hahaa...!!! When I stepped out of the Arrival Hall...and friendly, good-looking face greeted us. My most favourite driver!! <3 Here goes my itinerary; Day 1 Pick-up from Adi Sucipto Airport, Yogyakarta Taman Sari, Water Castle [ Entrance fee 3 000Rp ] Foot of Mount Merapi, Kinahrejo Village [ Entrance fee 3 000Rp ] Dinner was at Pakem Turi in a floating restaurant [ 197 000Rp ] Day 2 Borobudur [ Entrance fee : 130 000Rp ] Mendut Temple [ Entrance fee : 3 300Rp ] Prambanan [ Entrance fee : 10 000Rp ] Malioboro for shopping Dinner was at Numani restaurant [ 130 000Rp ] Day 3 Sundak Beach Krakal Beach Drini Beach Kukup Beach Parangtritis Beach Parangkusomo Sand Dunes Dinner at along street [ 95 000Rp ] Day 4 Hotel transfer to Adi Sucipto Airport For all the nights in Yogyakarta, I spend my nights in a very beautiful Villa - Joglo Plawang Boutique Villa in Pakem Turi Jln Sleman which is 35mins from the airport and away from the hustle and bustle of city life. Since its on promotion, I'm paying per night per room charges of SGD83 for a twin sharing standard room from the normal price of SGD177.
++ quoth nessie at 3:45 PM
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