Our plan for the second day was to go to these places : Candi Borobudur, Ulen Sentallu Museum, Merapi and candi Prambanan. After we had our breakfast at the hotel, we went directly with the car we hired with the driver to these places. Our first destination was Borobudur.
When we arrived at Borobudur, the driver directly took us to the special entrance for foreign tourist. As you probably know, the entrance price for local and foreign tourists are different. For foreign tourist it is USD 15 and for local tourist it is 30.000 IDR. The difference is so high but for that high price, you are welcome to have some drinks before start climbing the temple. And, with the special entrance, you don't have to wait and queue in long lines.
The famous Candi Borobudur
It was a Sunday morning and Borobudur was full with people. Not to mention the school students who were on study tour. Funny thing was my friend seemed to be the favorite object of all students. They kept on coming to him asking to take pictures together or just to have an interview. They all asked the same things : what was your name, Where did you come from, how did you like Indonesia and what was your hope for Borobudur.
Not too far from Candi Bororbudur, there was also another temple, Candi Mendut. It is a smaller one compared with Borobudur. We stopped by here to take some pictures then we went directly to Ulen Sentallu museum.
Candi Mendut
This museum is located in Kaliurang area and it looks hidden from outside. When we arrived, all that I could see was big trees. I couldn't even tell where the museum was until we were inside. We had to wait for 10 minutes before we could get it because the English speaking guide was not ready yet. The guide was a young lady named Wiwied. She was very funny and tried as hard as she could to explain what was inside the museum. The museum is interesting. It has many collections of the Sultan's family. We also could learn the history of the Sultan from here. The only bad thing is that we are not allowed to take any pictures. They only allow visitors to take pictures in certain areas.
Ullen Sentalu Museum
It was already lunch hour and we were both hungry. So, we rushed out with the tour and headed to the restaurant right next to the museum, Beukenhof restaurant. It is a Dutch restaurant which has international menu on their list. The restaurant is nice. It has tables indoor and outdoor. We picked the outdoor table of course. The view from the outdoor table is very nice. Unfortunately, we couldn't stay outside for too long because it was beginning to rain. So, we moved inside. Lucky that we already finished our meal. After we paid, we went to a small merchandise shop right below the restaurant. The shop is also nice but it's too pricey for me.
Beukenhof restaurant inside and outside view
It was raining heavily when we got out from the shop. But we didn't want to wait until the rain stopped so we just walked through the rain under my small umbrella. And of course we were both wet. Then we went to Merapi Mountain area. It was foggy and cloudy especially because it was raining earlier. So, there was nothing much to see. Our driver told us that we could go up to the mountain by jeep. But since we didn't have enough time, we didn't stay there for too long so we could catch up with Candi Prambanan.
Merapi Mountain
The funny same story repeated again in Prambanan. My friend Wolfi was again surrounded by a bunch of students asking exactly the same questions and request. There was even a woman asking to take picture with him. I felt as if I was a manager of a famous person.
On certain days, you can see the Ramayana Ballet in Prambanan. Unfortunately, they don't have it on Sunday. So, we had to miss this one out. We also had to miss Ratu Boko temple because when we arrived at Prambanan, it was already late and the temple was closed at 18:00. But, we got to see the Prambanan museum, on the last minutes before it was closed of course.
Candi Prambanan
We still had a few hours left for using the car. Since we had no idea of where else to go, so we went to Prawirotaman area again to have some drinks. This time we went to a Turkish restaurant. Just like the previous night, this area was still quiet. For this night, we decided to have dinner at the hotel. If I can compare, the price of the food in the hotel doesn't have much different from the food in the restaurant. Later on, we ended the night enjoying some Dominican Rum brought by Wolfi all the way down from Vienna. Oh, what a lovely day!
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