Eat, Pray, Work, Travel then Repeat

I got a very short visit to Indonesia last August 2018 but I make the most out of my three-day trip in this country. It was an unplanned visit because I decided to buy my ticket a day before my flight. Thanks to Cebu Pacific, a Philippine low-cost airline for offering affordable plane ticket. Thanks also to my niece, Melody, who was based in Jakarta that time, for offering me free accommodation and for agreeing to be my travel buddy to Yogyakarta. I took that one and only Cebupacific evening flight to Jakarta from Manila and arrived at Soekarno Hatta International Airport past ten pm. I immediately queued for the Blue Bird taxi after passing the immigration. Queue was very long as Blue Bird taxi is the most popular taxi line in Jakarta. I waited for 30 minutes before I got my service taxi. At Borubodur Temple Jakarta  served as my transit to Yogyakarta since there is no direct flight there from Manila. I have not done so much on my first da...

Gudeg   is the most popular food in central Java and a street lined with restaurants offering this cuisine is just at the heart of Yogyagarta city in Indonesia. Gudeg The main ingredient of this dish is unripe jackfruit cooked with coconut and sugar (jackfruit stew). Other ingredients include garlic, chili and other spices. The food is served together with egg or chicken, chicken liver, tofu or crispy beef skin, or it can be served solely. I tried the Gudeg from  Buharyanto Restaurant  in Wijilan Sebelas in Yogyagarta. They served it with steamed rice, chicken meat and crispy beef skin, all mixed together in one plate. Wijilan area is the center of Gudeg restaurants because all its restaurants are offering different varieties of this cuisine. You can easily find this area as it is only few meters away from The Kraton of Yogyakarta, one of Yogyakarta's tourist destinations, a palace where the official s...