Giwangan Bus Station

Giwangan bus station is a newest intercity and innercity bus station in yogyakarta, the old one is 2 km northern the new one. 

The old one knows as Umbulharjo bus station, knowadays it replaced with art market that maintenance by county government.

Giwangan bus station designed like Blok M bus station Jakarta that have a market on the roof of the bus station. This market can absorpt many customer especially people who waiting for the bus or employment at the lunch time. It designed with 4m x 4m space rent and it no more space for rent.

Giwangan bus station has a vice versa situation even with same size for space area. It so quiet, because there are more than one way to go to bus emplacement. In the Southern gate you can get access way from upstair or ground floor. 

Ground floor provide food court and food gift, in the middle of alley you can found small gate to go to bus emplacement but in the upstair you must walk more longer. Going upstairs, walking around and downstairs but you can find waiting chairs.

Few yours ago many food gift sellers rent space in the upper floor but one by one they releases their space because no much buyer bought from them. 

There is a hidden gate that not everyone knows, its in the north of bus emplacement. This gate guard only with two men, there is no alley, no stair, just open field without roof and you can see the bus straight in your face. It faster the the other two gate above.

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Lempuyangan Train Station

stay in jogja -- Jogjakarta as a city in the middle of Java south route (jalur selatan) have many kind of public transportation : air plane, bus dan train.

Jogja as one of train operational zone (DAOP VI) in java have 3 train station : Tugu, Lempuyangan, Maguwo. Where is the older train station? Tugu? you wrong, because Lempuyangan established before. But because of the position of Tugu Station where is near Malioboro Street which very famous for tourists made lempuyangan not known well.
Today Economic Class Train will stop only at lempuyangan, Executive Class and Business Class will stop at Tugu, except Prameks (Business Class) which will stop at 3 train station in jogja.

Old and New Lempuyangan Gate

Economic class as the major passenger in train transportation made management of Lempuyangan station build East Gate and closed West Gate as ticketing area. East Gate is a new gate with new and better design than the West Gate that build long long time ago.

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Santo Antonius Kota Baru Catholic Church

stay in jogja -- Jogja have many catholic church which stand before 1945. One of them is famous Santo Antonius (Saint Antonius) Kota Baru Yogyakarta a.k.a Gereja Kota Baru. This church position is near malioboro which known as the downtown the city make it very famous for many universities students. You will find the diffenrencies in this church, the count of younger visitor is more than the old one. For mass schedule in this church you can read at here




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Borobudur and Souvenir Market

stay in jogja -- The one which becomes the candidate of seven world wonder is Borobudur. It is a Buddhist temple which was builds on the 9^th century by syailendra dynasty.

OK let’s leave this history lesson.

Borobudur is located on the north side of Jogjakarta city. It is at Muntilan,Central Java exactly. To reach it, we can use some minibus which is written “Jogja-Borobudur” or “Borobudur-Jogja” on them. The cost is usually at about Rp 10.000. It can be started from Giwangan bus terminal – South Ring Road – West Ring Road – North Ring Road – Jombor bus terminal – Tempel and so on. While for the foreign tourist there are usually any vehicles provides by most of the Hotel to the Borobudur temple.

Borobudur is opened at 6 a.m. until 6 p.m. However, there is also an expensive ticket provided to the one who wants to see the sunrise there. As a comparison, the regular ticket is about Rp 12.000 – Rp 15.000 for individual domestic tourist while the ticket to see the sunrise is about Rp 200.000 per individual. The reason is that it has to be opened earlier and then snack, which is only coffee, actually. The cost for tourists from the hotel is possibly included in the board accommodation.

It needs a lot of energy to reach the top of the temple and goes around it. We are suggested to eat enough before going to have a trip around the temple. There is a myth that if there’s anyone who can reach the Buddha’s finger inside the temple on the top level, then all the wish of his/her would be fulfilled.

After traveling around, in past, we can go out without through the front side of Borobudur, but now you have to go around the temple to the souvenir market because the administrator does a kind of centralization of the sellers (they often sell without any organization). This is bothering enough after all.

However, above all those things, this is a great temple and it’s better to watch it on the morning or evening, because at noon, it will be very hot.

Note:

To an Rp 25.000 offered “brem”, you still can bargain it at least to only Rp 1000. If he/she doesn’t want, just leave them, because tough looked bigger, actually it only consists of 2 pieces 2 x 10 cm in size. It should be consisted of at least 2 pieces 4 x 20 cm in size. Even, if we don’t do bargain when they offer us, they will drop the price until Rp 1000 by their self. To check it, just shake the dos, when it sounds shrilly, it is absolutely in little size.

It does so to a Borobudur miniature, Buddha and so on. Firstly, they will offer at about Rp 25.000 per miniature, but then after walking far enough, they will offer the Rp 25.000 but for 4 kind miniatures. So, you don’t have to worry to bargain stuff as low as possible. If you brave enough, it’s guaranteed that they will drop the price.

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Pompa Bensin Lempuyangan/Lempuyangan Gas Station

Pompa bensin ini merupakan stasiun pengisian baru. Sebelumnya adalah sebuah tanah kosong. SPBU ini berada di sebelah timur stasiun Lempuyangan, jadi kalau menghadap ke stasiun Lempuyangan berarti SPBU nya berada di sebelah kanan anda.
Melewati bawah jembatan layang terus ke timur lalu anda akan lihat di sebelah kanan, tepatnya di seberang Gado-Gado Teteg.

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Lempuyangan Gas Station is newest gas station in jogja.
You can found this at the eastern of Lempuyangan Train Station, face to the north.
So if you found and face on Lempuyangan Train Station, you can go to the right accross under Lempuyangan Flyover for near 500 m, soon you will found at the right side of you.



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Intras Tour Money Changer

Needed of Indonesian Rupiah is must when you want to buy souvenir from street vendors. Lots of them didn't accept foreign currency. So you need to withdrawn your money from ATM.

Indonesian ATM Bank provide indonesian rupiahs in

• Rp 20,000
• Rp 50,000
• Rp 100,000

Many of Indonesians ATM accept VISA and Mastercard (you can see the signs at the machines). Sometimes your card can't read by ATM Machines so you need to changes your money at money changer. There's lot of money changer in jogja, Intras Tour is one of them.

Intras Tour Money Changer
It's 100 m in north of Malioboro Mall Jogja. Besides as money changer, you can looking for ticket to go to other city in indonesia or abroad.You can find near Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) Malioboro



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Malioboro Mall

Malioboro Mall is first Mall in Jogja which established 15 years ago. Domestic tourists or Foreigner tourist will find it easily. Althought many malls established in jogja as their competitors, they still exist with their unique position (In Downtown-Malioboro Street).

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Malioboro Mall South Gate

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Malioboro Mall North Gate

Many company rent a room in malioboro mall for a long term or even just temporary for exhibition. Exhibition in Malioboro Mall Atrium eventually managed by several EO that Malioboro Mall knows.

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Malioboro Mall South Atrium

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Malioboro Mall North Atrium

Malioboro Mall have 3 level, Lower Ground, Upper Ground.

Lower Ground :
You will find Gramedia Book Store and Periplus Book Store. The last one sell foreign book /imported book (TIME, etc).

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Gramedia Book Store Malioboro Mall

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Periplus Book Store Malioboro Mall

Do you need souvenir ?
Yes, they provide special souvenir from jogja called Dagadu T-Shirt.
Dagadu is company that produce t-shirts with funny words/sentence (we call that "PLESETAN"). Besides at Malioboro Mall, they open at Ambarrukmo Plaza and at their head quarter, Jl. Pakuningratan 78 Yogyakarta.
Note : Don’t trust information if someone said you can find dagadu in other place in another place, because you will find fake of dagadu.

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Dagadu Malioboro Mall Banner In Basement

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Dagadu Malioboro Mall Stand

Do you want to take some hair treatment? Yes they have Johny Andrean as Famous Salon in Jogja, don’t worry about your hair.

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Johny Andrean Salon Malioboro Mall

Ground Floor :
In this floor you will find J CO, it donuts store like Dunkin Donuts. They show how to made some donuts clearly, because that is their trade concept.
Besides that, you can stay there and hangout with your friends.

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J CO Donuts And Coffe

Do you need to draw your money via atm? Yes, you can find more than 3 atms that accept VISA and MASTERCARD. They are : BCA, Bank Mega, Bank Danamon, Bank Mandiri, Lippo Bank. But they didn’t provide money changer.
You will find it at 100 meters in north of malioboro mall accros the road, Intras Tour.

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BCA ATM Malioboro Mall

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Danamon Bank & Mega Bank Malioboro Mall

To be continued for next floor. Have fun, nice to guide your holiday in jogja.

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Naggroe Aceh Darussalam Homestay

stayinjogja--Indonesia is very large, Indonesia territory start from Sabang To Merauke.
Many students in jogja come from several state in Indonesia, if they don't have a family in jogja they will confuse to find a homestay. So many of state government built some homestay for their students which come from their territory.

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Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam Homestay

You can find more than 20 state homestay but many of that unmaintenance and their rooms count are not enough for students count. Beside about the count of the room, many of older students which not graduate yet still there and it will make a new students refused to stay there.

Ussually, they just have 4 years permit to stay there, after that they must move to the public homestay.

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Guide To dr. Yap Eyes Hospital

stayinjogja--Jogja have Eyes Hospital which known as "Dr. Yap Eyes Hospital". This hospital establish long time ago.

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Dr. Yap Eyes Hospital (1927)

Many of eyes specialist doctor make a practice. They have two kinds of doctors : polyclinic doctors and non-polyclinic doctors. They are different, one of them are expensive.

Dr. Yap Eyes Hospital have a good facility which make them as recommended eyes hospital at Java Territory.
You will charge IDR 10.000,- for register as a patience and to patience card which connected with your medical record at this hospital

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Dr. Yap Eyes Hospital (today-2008)

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Bumbu Desa Restaurant

stayinjogja--Where I Can Find Bumbu Desa? Bumbu Desa is a semi franchised restaurant which came from Bandung, West Java. They provide traditional sundanese food. They will open at 12 November 2008 in Yogyakarta. They give free chili sauce (sambal), free lalapan and much smile. Open from 10.00 - 22.00. Last order at 22.00

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OWN Cafe

stayinjogja--Where I can find Own Cafe? You can find it in JL. Dewi Sartika, behind BCA Main Branch Yogyakarta. This place is use by youngster and expat in yogyakarta to get some dinner

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ILP in Jogja

stayinjogja--ILP is famous english course for indonesian. They have opened more than 20 branch all over indonesia. They teach from children class until Conversation class. You can find it in Jl. Suroto Kotabaru Yogyakarta

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