Saturday, January 14, 2012
So, today was another part of my journey. I took almost an hour TransJogja from the Malioboro shuttle to Kentungan shuttle, northern side of the city. Then continue my travel to Kaliurang area, which the Ullen Sentalu Museum located. I took a minibus as a public trasnportation route Yogyakarta-Kaliurang, the fare was really flexible, depends on the distance. From the Kentungan to near the museum, about IDR7,500. You need to take about 800 meter walk until you reached the museum. So, from my experiences, if you want to travel conveniently to the museum, you should rent a car or at least a motorcycle.
The minibus
Inside the bus
This is the entrance gate, the domestic tourist fee is IDR25,000 included a museum guide (it’s really recommended for you to hear the explanation so you would understand everything clearly), 50 mins museum tour, and a special drink. For international IDR50,000 is needed to pay, so the guide will use English during his/her explanation.
Ullen Sentalu Museum Entrance
Ullen Sentalu Museum is a private museum that was initiated by Haryono family and now is managed by Ulating Blencong Foundation. It was established in 1994 and officially inaugurated on March 1, 1997, coinciding with the date commemorated every year as a historical day for Yogyakarta City. The inauguration was done by KGPAA Paku Alam VIII, who was at that time the Governor of Yogyakarta Special Province. (Ullen Sentalu Museum)
No picture taken allowed inside the museum, but you could find many memorable things related to the story of Mataram Kingdom story. The details you haven’t understand before, should be asked to the guide, they should really know about it. The other name of the museum is Javanese Culture and Art Museum. This museum is privately organized, but the quality is beyond most of the public museum I ever visited in Indonesia. We should be proud of it. World-class museum, really.
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The trip to the museum which really hard was all worth. A-half-day trip was gonna be something left in your life experience. So, I went back to the hotel for a moment rest, then continued to explore Malioboro street. I just take a look at some things along the street, and then entered one of the store which was well-known, Mirota Batik. It sells many handicraft as Yogyakarta’s specialties souvenirs. So, everything you’d like to find, will be found here, and it’s cheaper.
Malioboro's ambience
I met a woman who making batik in the store, and what a WOW. She did it very fast and neatly. I adore her.
The woman is Membatik
As my walk along the Malioboro street was heading to the Vredeburg Fort, I visited it. But unfortunately, they already closed. The entrance fee was just IDR2,000 (also while all the buildings opened), so I just explored the park, and the things outside the showroom.
Vredeburg Museum Entrance
Around the park in the Vredeburg Museum
Not really far from the museum, I found Yogyakarta Batik Monument. The monument explained each pattern of batik that Yogya has. You could easily read each pattern together with the explanation.
Yogyakarta Batik Monument
At night, I was picked up by my very nice friend, Tedy Setiana Muslich (@TMuslich). He is a famous radio announcer in Yogya, Swaragama FM. He took me to Oseng Mercon in Ahmad Dahlan street. It’s a very hot and spicy. For anyone who like the hot and spicy meals, you should try it. Chicken, Dove, Duck, in fried or grilled.
After the dinner, Tedy took me to take a short city tour. He explained some of the important till unimportant places around Yogya. Anyway, what a day. I love Yogyakarta. 
