Yogakarta, Indonesia – We took a 1-hour train ride from Solo to Yogakarta, which literally cost $0.30 each, and checked in to a guesthouse that turned out to be quite lovely. They served us tea on our little porch every day which we enjoyed most afternoons while listening to the parishioners singing Gospel music at the church next door. Stuart needed to give his knee a break, and it was a great place to do so.
On Sunday, after being awoken first by the morning Call to Prayer at 4.30am and the Christian’s singing at 6.30am, we got up around eight and headed over to the main attraction in Yogakarta, the Kranton Palace. Some guy told us it was closed. Of course he did – the guidebook warns that they try to trick tourists into going with them to visit Batik and jewelry store stores which pay them for bringing in customers. Well, we aren’t suckers and so we ignored him and went to investigate ourselves, only to find that it was in fact closed because of some holiday!
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