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Temples of Yogyakarta

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Yogyakarta Hi everyone, happy to have you back! We have been with our other two German friends, who are also studying with Patricia and myself here in Jakarta, to the amazing city of Yogyakarta. We had an amazing trip down to the Centre of Java with a train, with witch we could marvel all thouse beautiful rise terasses that passed by us. An absolute recommendation! Some of you have maybe propably heard of this city. If not then you definetly have seen some of the pictures of the marvelous temples, Yogyakarta is famous for.    Prambanan Temple  If you have the chance to get to Yogyakarta, you absolutley have to visit the Hindu temples like Prambanan and Borobudur. Here are some facts for you about the beautiful Prambanan Temple in Yogyakarta, we have vis ited.  1. The Temple is the biggest Hindu temple in Indonesia thanks to its position in central Java.  2. Its roots may be traced all the way back to the ninth century, and it worships the Hindu d...

Packing list for Indonesia

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Hello everyone, as you have probably noticed, Kristina and I have been in Indonesia for two weeks now. The country with the fourth largest population, the largest Muslim population and the third largest democracy in the world.  At the moment, we can't get out of our amazement and first have to process all the impressions and let them take effect on us. Don't worry, even Europeans can cope with such extreme changes after a while, which I can of course assure from my own experience.  In today's post, I would like to tell you everything behind the scenes of such a long trip. In the following I will give you tips & tricks for planning and organizing your trip, as well as "good to know facts", in case you should also visit another continent.  Above all, patience, perseverance and structured planning are important. That is of course the be-all and end-all in order to really not forget anything. What exactly you have to consider and what you should take enough time f...