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PRAMBANAN  Temple

This Hindu temple was built by Sanjaya dynasty, started in the year 832 AD and finished 24 years later in 856 AD. Now, it is situated 15 kms east of Yogyakarta, exactly in the border between Yogyakarta  Special  Region  Province and Central  Java  Province. As one of the major place of interest in Jogja, this temple is managed by government’s private company together with Borobudur dan Ratu Boko temples. But do not expect too much about ideal facilities for visitors.

There are 6 main temples in the inner courtyard. The biggest 3 of them are dedicated to 3 main gods in Hindu: Shiva, Brahma and Vishnu. Face-to-face to each big temple, there are 3 smaller temples housing animal statues as representation of: swan The Hamsa, bull the Nandi and the sunbird Garuda. There are two small building in north and south part that are interpreted that they were formerly functioned as storerooms or kiosks. The inner courtyard is surrounded by 224 minor temples which now lie in ruins.

The complex of Prambanan temple has an open-air stage for Ramayana dance performance. It has a daily show usually started around 8 PM, the visitors are mostly foreigners. And, there is a special performance every full moon night. The stage is nicely set with the view to Prambanan temple in the background.

Photo Interests

• The temple and surroundings

Photo Gear

• Wide angle lens
• Polarizing filters
• Tripod for sunset and for dance performance

Note

• There are lot of visitors everyday, especially in public holiday and weekend

Safety Precaution

• The site is situated on a relatively wide area but lack of sign of direction, make sure you are always on your friends’ sight. 

• The temple and surroundings 

Photo Gear 

• Wide angle lens
• Polarizing filters
• Tripod for sunrise and to shoot with small aperture

Note

• There are lot of visitors everyday, especially in public holiday and weekend
• Toilet is near the main gate (approx 500 m from the temple), and no toilet in temple.

Safety Precaution

• The site is situated on a relatively wide area but only few signs of direction
• The stairs between levels are relatively steep   

Kotagede is a suburb situated 5kms southeast of town center. This district is famous today with its silver industry. Historically, Kotagede was the capital of Mataram empire founded by Panembahan Senopati in 1575. It lasted for 39 years until Sultan Agung, Panembahan Senopati’s son, founded the early Kingdom of Yogyakarta. During colonial era, Dutch government brought some Madurese entrepeneurs to Kotagede. They were assigned to run silvercraft business combined with the taste of Yogyakarta’s artists. Today, the remains of combination between Madurese and Javanese culture could be seen in some big houses with unique architecture called Kalang house. The name Kalang is used after the name that’s given by Dutch colonial to call Madurese in Kotagede.

We will visit silvercraft workshops in Kotagede to photograph one of unique part of Yogyakarta. In one big workshop, we will watch wayang kulit (shadow puppet) performance, specially arranged to perform only in half an hour. In other workshop, we will see a big house with classic Javanese architecture and antique interior.

Photo Interests

• Human Interest
• Architecture
• Culture (shadow puppet)

Photo Gear

• Wide angle for indoor shoot
• Tele lens for portrait and details
• Tripod for interior shots and shadow puppet performance

Note
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Safety Precaution
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Parangkusumo beach lies in the southern shoreline of Central Java, about 1 kms east of the main tourist beach Parangtritis. This black sand beach is chosen as our stop sites because its beautiful sand dunes but it is prohibited to swim here.

Don’t worry, you will find yourself busy capturing shapes and lines of sand dunes. On the other part, don’t forget that here we will have our model photo session.

Photo Interests  

• Sand dunes
• Model

Photo Gear

• Any kind of your favorite for sand dunes
• Tele lens for model photo session
• Lens brush, cleaning fluid and soft clotch to clean up your gears after leaving the beach 

• No toilet in this area

• This is not a usual place for ordinary tourist, so there is no facilities for visitors and no signs of direction. Make sure to always be in group

Pundong is the name of a district in Bantul region. It is situated about 15 kms south of Jogja on the way to Parangtritis beach. The bamboo bridge location is about 2 kms from the main road, through the villages and rice fields. This kind of traditional bridge is very rare now since modernization is rapidly grown in Jogja.

The story behind this bridge is unique and interesting as it is not constructed by the government. A small river divides the village of Pundong, and locals who lives in the far part need to move everyday to the part near main road where the schools and main market of the district is located. The government has not paid any attention to this need and the locals decided to build a bridge on their own cost. Some people who are originally from Pundong and live in big cities, and some others who have sympathy, help the locals with donations since it needs a relatively big amount of money while majority of the locals is poor.

In rainy season the surface of the river becomes higher and sweep away the bridge. It happens every year and everytime it happens small bamboo boats will replace to function of the bridge to transport the locals. It means, as soon as the rainy season comes to its end the locals will start to collect funds to built a new bridge. When the surface of water is low enough to construct, people in Pundong and surrounding area will stop their daily activity and work together to build the bridge. It will be approximately 30 meters long and about 5 meters tall from the river bottom.

The traditional market is located halfway between the main road and bamboo bridge. You may find interesting photo objects that might not be found outside Jogja. There are vegetable sellers, livestocks, daily foods, tobaccos and cigarettes, farming tools, and many more. Make sure to stay low profile, keep smiling, and don’t attract attention from the locals. Trying to communicate with them might help you to get better pictures and hear their stories, but ironically it is very possible to happen other way, negative responses.

Photo Interests

• People photography
• Human interest

Photo Gear

• Tele lens to isolate objects and keep the distance with objects
• Wide lens to record the environment and to avoid attention from locals

Note

• Stay low profile, keep smiling, don’t attract attention from the locals

Safety Precaution

• Crossing the bridge is not recommended, but it still might be allright to capture from the opposite angle. Watch your step considering the bridge is not permanently and strongly built.

The royal residence of Sultan Hamengkubuwono X and his family is the symbol of Yogyakarta. This place was a witness of a lot of historical episodes of Indonesian revolution to fight Dutch colonial. The complete name of this palace is Karaton Ngayogyakarta Hadiningrat (Palace of the Town of Yogyakarta).

Photo Interests

• People who works inside Keraton
• Exterior and interior of Keraton
• Javanese dance rehearsal (if there is any) 

Photo Gear 

• Wide angle lens to photograph atmosphere and environment
• Normal and tele lenses for details and portrait
• Tripod might be needed to shoot indoor or under low light situation

Note

• Please wear trousers and shoes. If you don’t wear trousers, you might have to rent a complete Javanese traditional costume on site (which is not recommended). If you wear trousers but don’t wear shoes, you have to put off your sandals or slippers and walk barefoot anywhere inside Keraton.
• Do ask our assigned tour guide to tell the detailed story about Keraton.
• Do ask our tour guide about do’s and don’ts, to put respect as visitors to a palace and to put respect to the Sultan regulations

Jalan Malioboro is the most famous road of Yogyakarta. This 2 kms road lies straight from north starting in Tugu monument to the south ended in a big yard called alun-alun of Keraton Yogyakarta. If we drew a straight line, to the north this road will reach Merapi volcano and to the south it will reach Parangkusumo beach with Keraton in the middle of it. The story says that this was designed to spiritually (in Javanese culture and Javanese animism) connects Merapi, Keraton and southern beach.

Malioboro was designed as a ceremonial boulevard, but today it becomes the heart of business and tourism downtown Yogyakarta. You may find street vendors selling various type handicrafts. In the evening, the food sellers set up their stalls and create a great long alfresco dinner. This is the road where we will have street photography session. Enjoy your evening by tasting the food stalls along Malioboro, but make sure you check the price before ordering.

Photo Interests

• The Malioboro road for street photography

Photo Gear

• Any lens of your favourite to fit your needs  

Note

• If you decide to do shopping in street vendors, do bargain half of listed price
• Public toilet is very poor and not recommended. If you really have to use toilet, look for it in the big shopping mall and pay Rp 500 per person per enter.
  

Safety Precaution

• Although the situation is absolutely safe and absolutely no robbery, but watch out of pickpockets. Pay extreme attention to your photo gears, wallet and any kind of valuable belongings
• The road is busy but car drivers and motorbikers seldom slow down nor stop at the zebra cross

This is a Dutch fort built by Mangkubumi in the year 1756. It took more than twenty years to complete because Mangkubumi was unwilling to share his men and materials which were assigned to finish building Taman Sari. Vredeburg lies in the south end of Jalan Malioboro. Just across it, you may find the old main postal building and former Dutch government’s central bank which today is being used by Bank Indonesia, the Indonesia central bank.

Photo Interests

• Architecture
• Street photography

Photo Gear

• Any lens of your favourite to fit your needs

Safety Precaution

• The road is busy but car drivers and motorbikers seldom slow down nor stop at the zebra cross

TAMAN  SARI  Water  Castle and NGASEM Bird Market

The big complex of Taman Sari ( Water  Castle) was built on 18 th century. It was designed as amusement park for the royal family, especially for sultan to escape from his daily activities. It was luxurious and convenient, with series of swimming pools and fountains as well as underground mosque, a large boating lake and a few small groves of coconut and cloves. A tower was built for sultan to watch his wives and harem splashing in the pools below. After made selection of the bathers, he would then retire to the tower’s bedroom.

Photo Interests

• The ruins of Taman Sari
• Business in Ngasem bird market
• Human interest

Photo Gear

• Wide angle lens
• Normal to tele zoom

Note

• There is people built their houses among the ruins, make sure you do not enter private property. If you had to, ask for permission.

Safety Precaution

• There’s no signs of direction, keep in the big group
• Reconstruction and renovation are running on the site at this moment, keep out from working area

2004 Mei 18 08:13:05

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