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Indonesia: Impressions of Yogyakarta

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June/July 2014

Yogyakarta is known as the cultural center of the Island Java. It is a student city with several universitys. I show you here what I captured with my camera.

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This vehicel is powered by pedals and has a music system

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In the evening you can hire it and pedal around the alun-alun square
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Taman Sari Watercastle is one of the sights
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In the old city many houses are like that
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view over the old city, the round structure is an old underground mosque
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Indonesians love to pose for a photo
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Colourful fashion is hip in Yogya
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Goodies at an organic market
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This man sells meatball soup from his bicycle kitchen
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Small food stalls are all over town
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This is called “Es Campur”, mixed ice
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It is crowded at the market, many people and not much space
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most of the vegetable comes from the surrounding areas
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the soil is very furtile in that volcanic landscape
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The selection is manifold. Often it is good to know what you wnat to buy, so that you can ask for it.
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Deep fried conserved fish
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There is no cooling equipment for meat, often it is exposed to the heat for hours
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Variety of salad and green vegetable is huge
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Preparation of Gado-Gado, a vegetarian dish with peanut sauce
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sproud salad and fried tempe (fermented soy beans) with rice
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Last Friday ride in yogya, thousands of cyclists meet up
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I never saw so many cyclists at the same time
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A lot of cultural events are taking place in Yogya
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Here a free Brass concert at the university
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Game of chess to pass the time
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Many riksha drivers offer their service
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But there are not so many customers, most of the people have a motorbike
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A car full of cabbage gets unloaded
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Kasongan, where the froghouse is located, is famous for it´s pottery. There is a place, like a pottery graveyard, where all the stuff which can´t be sold or used is stored. Many beautiful and good things you can find there.
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left: Rice with omlette and nanka (Jackfruit curry) right: fried tempe with sweet ketchup