General Information – Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Yogyakarta is a culturally rich city, and used to be a kingdom of Ngayogyakarta Hadiningrat.
Now Yogya, for short, is a city of education, the art city, city of Javanese culture, even Indonesian culture. Why? Because many students from many places come to study and to mingle. Sumatra, Kalimantan (Borneo), Sulawesi, Irian, Bali and many foreign students from Australia, Asia, America and Europe stay and learn here.
You may go to any cultural heritages such as Sultanate Palace, Borobudur Temple, Prambanan and many interesting places.
Geography
Where is it?
Language
We use Bahasa Indonesia and Javanese for local people. It is very simple and
easy to learn. Take
a course?
Transport
How to get to Yogya?
Money
Indonesian currency is Rupiah. The conversion is on average to US$1 ~ Rp. 7000. This is the time to go and to buy.
Edutourism
A 4 to 8 weeks immersion integrative program including language, dance or
traditional martial art and many activities such as rafting, mount climbing,
camping and visiting cultural heritages.
Internet Cafes
Internet cafes are easily found in the student or campus area. Spend ~US$1 for one hour of access.
Arts/Music Scene
As a culture center there are many galleries, art performances such as leather puppets, ballet, music festivals etc. Wait for the upcoming event.
The Outdoors
Mountain climbing or white water rafting?
Questions?
If you want more information about this area you can email the author or check out our Asia Insiders page.
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