Yogiakarta

Arriving to Indonesia was a cultural shock. Been the only white person on the national terminal was my first strange moment. Coming from Singapore witch is a Disney Land for tourist, made this the first encounter with the real South East Asia. After a bit of intimidation by some true chaos and many stares from the Indonesians I finally arrived to Yogiakarta.
On a side note I recommend to all my male friends the experience of at least one time, by flying in Lion Air. I will call it the Hooters of the sky. The airline enjoys of an incredible good looking crew of female flight attendants in all their flights who dress very provocative. Its the kind of hospitality that all should experience at least once. Should I suggest to the airline flights with happy endings? I just kid...

Yogia is a dirty and chaotic city. Been one the cultural epicenters of the Java Island is hard looking past the chaos at first. After starting to interact with the locals and to visit the city, it started to sink what an amazing place it really is. The locals are incredibly friendly and at most times very innocent people who always mean good.
On my first day I visited the batik shops, the Kraton palace where the Sultan lives with his family. My second day at Yogia was pretty fun. During my visit to the Prambanan temples, I asked my tour guide about Ramayana, only to find out it was the same night of my visit. He suggested for me to stay in the temple until dark and wait for Ramayana. Having no clue how I would get back to Yogia so late at night, I decided to take the risk and stay for Ramayana without having the chance to arrange any transportation back to the hotel.

As I walked through the night from the temples to the Theater scared I was in for a great time. Once I arrived to Ramayanan there was an incredible buffet of Indonesian food with live typical music set up in the fields next to an amazing sight of the temples. Off course such setting was mainly for tourist but I had the chance to share a table with an Indonesian/German family. The father from Indonesian origin was visiting his parents in Yogia along with his German wife and children who all spoke perfect English. After dinner with an incredible view of the temples by night we enjoyed the show until midnight.

Today I have been enjoying myself at the pool of the hotel and just strolling around the city doing some shopping. Later tonight I am heading to a Muppet show.