Saraswati Borobudur

We have a wonderful trip to Jogjakarta mainly for photography at the world heritage sites,

the Candi Borobudur and the Candi Prambanan.

Landed at the Jogjakarta Adisucipto International Airport,

which is named after the hero of their national air force team.

We hired a taxi to send us to Borobudur, which took 1.5 hours for us to reach there.

It cost us 250,000 rupiah for the transfer from airport to hotel with a pit stop of  having lunch at the local famous restaurant for the famous ayam goring (fried chicken) and gudeg (boiled jackfruit with egg and cow skin)... which we found both dishes tasted moderate to us only.

 

Saraswati Borobudur, where we have stayed in for 3 nights here.

 

Quiet atmosphere in this boutique hotel

 

Luxurious classical interior of the hotel  

Statue found in the hotel, believe it would be the god of Saraswati

 

Swimming pool in the hotel, water of the pool is chilling cold. 

 

The corridor with a strong of colonial style

 

2013 ~ Year of visiting Jawa Tengah

Borobudur is located at Jawa Tengah, a small town that is not really fully developed

Tourists here mostly will be staying in the hotel, as there's nothing great and attractive in the town except for the world heritage temple, Candi Borobudur

Foods commonly found at the warung (food stall) are the Mie Ayam (chicken noodle) and Bakso (meat ball noodle). Hardly found the restaurant with tradition Jawanese dishes on the street, so we mostly dined in the hotel.

 

We hired an andong (horse buggy ride) to visit places  in this small town,

and we named the macho horse of our andong Pak Jonni (Johnny)

Andong is one of the main transportation in this small town.

My first ride of andong was interesting... while we stepped on the buggy, I was worrying that the horse won't cope with our weight and would have the buggy upside down while the horse would be whining... I was wrong, think I watched too much of cartoon! lols...

Beautiful kampong (village) scenery in this small town. 

 

I would describe this small town, a quiet and peaceful town.

It worth a visit for us to break away from the busy city life, and enjoy the quietness here.