Trip to Ketep Pass

NO trip to Indonesia would be complete without seeing a volcano and given how many there are you never have to go to far to see one.

Mount Merapi is the closest volcano to Jogja and a short drive will get you either to the mountain itself where you can hike to the top or you can go to Ketep Pass, where you get a great view of Mont Merapi.

Since I didn't fancy hiking, I decided to drive to the Ketep Pass instead. The views along the way were great but unfortunately rain spoiled a bit the view once I got to the pass.

Lucky the rain stopped and the clouds cleared a bit to give me still a nice and atmospheric view of the surrounding landscape.

I can definitely recommend a drive to Ketep Pass, especially on a nice day you'll get some amazing views from there and the drive itself is not too bad either.

Around Jogja

Jogja is a cool place, in a lot of ways it is very similar to Hue. It is a nice place and I always enjoyed coming here.

The city itself is nice and has enough entertainment but also lots of good places to eat.

What is even better though is to get out of the city and enjoy the countryside with lots of great roads to drive.

In the city, there are some nice places to see, too. Malioboro Road is nice but driving around Kraton with it's narrow roads and around the squares is also a good way to spend the evening.

Warung in the Evening

TG-4, f4.9, 1/60, ISO 3200, RAW, 100mm

Day 310 - Vehicles in Jogja

At first I planned on leaving Jogja and heading to Jakarta today. Since I took longer in the morning, I managed to miss the trains so decided to just stay one extra day here.

Day 308 - The Train back to Jogja

After Mt. Bromo I felt that I have seen enough of Indonesia and it was time to head on but not before seeing a bit of Jakarta. Since the train journey from Malang to Jakarta was too long, I decided to go back to Jogja for a few days to break up the journey and chill out a bit.

Day 298 - Keraton

The initial plan was to go and visit the Keraton Palace in Jogja in the morning and take the 20h train and ferry to Bali in the afternoon. While I prefer this route a quick look at flights made this not practical or economical so I booked a flight to Bali for tomorrow morning instead.

Day 297 - By The Beach

After exploring volcanoes, markets and the busy traffic of Indonesia it was time to go where I don't usually venture, to the beach.

Day 296 - More People in Jogja

Today, I spent my day mostly at the police station. No, they did not arrest me for speeding or taking photos.

Rather I was helping them and a friend tracking down the guys who had his phone that got 'lost' at the train station.

Day 295 - The Way to the Volcano

Sometimes the way is the destination, sometimes the destination is the destination and other times you just end up on the wrong way and there is no destination at all.

Day 294 - Borobudur Temple

Set off this morning on the bike towards the Borobudur Temple and took the slightly more scenic route there to avoid the main roads and also see more of the landscape and smaller towns here.

Day 293 - More from the Jogja Night Market

Today, I helped a friend with looking for a new phone after his got 'lost' at the station. In the evening I figured it would be great to go to the Prambanan Temple for the sunset.

Day 292 - Train to Jogja

An early start to catch the 7:00 train to Yogyakarta or Jogja as the locals call it. The train was quite comfortable with AC and power plugs for each seat so this was a great start. Oh, it also left on time so this again made a good impression of my first rain journey in Indonesia.