Yogyakarta has a large number of cafes, bakeries and sweet shops. We only got a chance to visit a few of them, but we’ve got the run down on the ones we did. In this article, Kyle wrote about Jasmine Cakery and Briana wrote about Almond Bakery and Il Tempo Gelato (we figured we might …
During our time in Jogjakarta proper, we tried out 3 restaurants: Nanamia, Via Via, and Milas. While we were able to cook, and thus we did for at least one, if not all meals + snacks in a day, sometimes we felt like something different. Kyle wanted to try a couple more local dishes and …
While we spent the majority of our one week in Bali in the town of Kuta, we did make a day trip up to Ubud. We really wanted to see a few things there, but ultimately ended up only really getting to see the Ubud Monkey Forest – Mandala Wisata Wenara Wana. Ubud Monkey Forest …
The Taman Sari Water Castle in a unique oddity to the Yogyakarta region. Yogyakarta was and still is, ruled by a Sultanate, and as such, the city features unique structures not found anywhere else in Indonesia. Taman Sari Water Castle Yogyakarta We finally made it to the Taman Sari Water Castle after our prior detour …
While we were out in the Yogyakarta countryside near Borobodur, we made a few local excursions, one of which was to the pottery village. We weren’t really sure what to expect, or even necessarily where to go. We simply saw on a map that was provided to us that there was one and that is …
Batik is an ancient art of Indonesian origin used for artistic decoration as well as clothing. While it has spread to many places of the world, especially in southeast Asia and various island nations, the original and highest quality work still comes from Indonesia. Ancient in its origins, batik’s popularity fell with western industrialization in …