Alun-Alun Kidul Yogyakarta, Finding Tranquility and blessings Exercise

You had to live in Yogyakarta, certainly will not be forgotten in the familiar feel of the Alun-alun Kidul. In the middle of the night with friends college, you may never sit on mats that are available in the stalls around while talking about the task of class lectures to younger brother worship. So you can often also enjoy a warm drink while chatting with neighbors compatriot or fellow worker during in Yogyakarta.

YogYES take you all the memory, and a visit to Yogyakarta to greet your friends and feel more nuance Alun-Alun Kidul. For those who have never been to Yogyakarta, this paper will introduce warmth and familiarity of the area often abbreviated by the name of this Alkid. You will know that the feel of the Alun-Alun Kidul can be enjoyed without anyone know the social status and become more crowded during the night.

Alun-Alun Kidul region is a complex of buildings behind the Sultan's Palace can be reached by walking south from the Central Food Specific Gudeg Wijilan. Disimbolkan elephant that has a calm temperament, Alun-Alun Kidul is a balanced Alun-Alun Utara has a noisy character. Therefore, Alun-Alun Kidul is considered the palereman (rest) of the gods. And now has become clear where ngleremke liver (calms the heart) for many.

Five o'clock is early evening crowd Alun-Alun Kidul. Tents traders established and start of food or beverages will be sold also prepared. So dark, you can start buying food and drink provided. When walking to a corner, you will find a pull-round, a drink berkomposisi wedang ginger, peanut, kolang kaling and roundness of the rice flour contains palm sugar liquid warm. The price is quite cheap, only Rp 2500.00.

Not far from the vendor round, you will find a seller wedang bajigur beverages. Despite still serve bercitarasa ginger drink, but the beverage composition is still different. Dressing wedang bajigur beverages made from coconut milk, ginger, coffee powder and palm sugar syrup. Usually, wedang the slices of bread filled with fresh, shredded coconut that box and fro.

If hungry, you can also eat a variety of dishes. such as roasted corn, roasted bananas and toast the right is a friend if you order wedang bajigur beverages. Corn fuel is sold here with burned butter sauce and sambal until cooked but not burnt, while the banana chocolate bakarnya given akan melt if burned. Both were really able to indulge tongue. Bread is also available in bakarnya protean sense of taste so that is able to arouse.

Options if you want to dine side dish with rice are also available. Roasted chicken, a variety of fish available fuel to Tempe. cuisine may be normal, but when you feel able to make the plaza south masakannya as flavor, it will be extraordinary. Lesehan with the concept, generally in the warung makan square this with the selling price of food is not expensive. You can be satisfied only with the issue only Rp 5000.00.

fter spoil the tongue, you can try the attractions Masangin named, the road passes between two Beringin in the center square with a black cloth eyes closed. I wonder, if people are able through oblique and not crash or it will get the blessings untold. But do not try to peek, because if you do you will go to another world. You will find square in a quiet and difficult to return to the real nature lagi.Untuk try, you just rent a black cloth at IDR 3000.00.

You can also talk with one of the tenants called black cloth Albertus Harjo Suwito which have made the Alun-alun Kidul as a place to find sustenance for 30 years. According to him, a black cloth rental business is not only business but also the form of cultural preservation and community trust antiquity. Rituals through two trees called the Beringin Ngalah blessing is a means to bring the application on the Lord.

At certain times, you can see in the puppet Pagelaran Sasono Hinggil Dwi Abad. However, to view you will need to prepare because generally held puppet whole night. You can also see the preparation of the Palace to celebrate the soldiers Grebeg (Maulud the celebration of the Prophet). In the square this is to gather all soldiers to carry resik rehearsal one day before the celebration and go to the plaza on the north.

In addition to the evening, you can also visit the square is, of course to see something different. You can see the elephant in the Palace Kandang Elephant in the day or see the game of soccer kids and teenagers around the square in the afternoon. Along the square is also a day when many traders who peddle klithikan. You can hunt antiques in situ.

Mataram ditch

During the Japanese occupation, many people of Indonesia sent to various regions to be forced labor or romusha. They were forced to build the infrastructure that supports the diverse interests of the military against the Japanese partners. People who become very romusha suffering, not given enough food and treated with cruel and many who died.

This makes Sri Sultan Hamengku Buwono IX concerns and try to avoid the obligations of the citizens of Yogyakarta romusha be. Ago, he ordered the people to build irrigation channels along the 30 km, from the River to River Progo Opak, and reject the people made romusha by reason of their still needed to complete the project. The channel originally called Canal Yoshiro is now known as Selokan Mataram and until now still function to irrigate dozens of thousands hectares of rice fields.

The historic irrigation use this with a motorcycle or MTB (mountain bike) promises a pleasant experience when done in the months October to May, because the month of June - September is usually dried canal to cut off the cycle of pests.

Is a perfect start from perempatan MM UGM in Jalan Kaliurang. From here, there are two route options. First, the Selokan Mataram to the west to meet in the upper River Progo, Ancol Hamlet, Regency of Magelang. Second, the Mataram Selokan to the east to end at the River Opak, Kalasan. Starting the trip in the morning, around 06.00 WIB, is the most fun, because the air is still cool, the sun blazing and not a lot of activity agrarian society, which can be viewed.

Congot Beach, Beach Fishermen Feel Khas

Beach Congot beach tourism is the most visited right after the visit in Glagah Beach. Both the beach is very close and connected by a smooth asphalt road even be easy enough to use a bicycle. Located in the Village Jangkaran, Temon District, Kulon Progo Regency, Congot Beach became the center of activity around the pitch with a search for live fish.

Scenic beauty can be found even while you are still in this way to the beach. Along the road that connects with Wates Congot Beach, you can can see the green carpet of rice field and village activities in Kulon Progo which generally become farmers. As the plains near the coast in other areas, roads to the beach is also decorated by Congot row of coconut trees.

Coastal charm Congot have segregated than other beaches for the fishermen and perikanannya feel so strong. Along the line the beach, you can see the activities of tourists and residents about the local fishing craze. In the other corner, there are the fishermen who fish menjala middle of the beach, the body shell attached rajungan in nets or clean the boat.

When activities like fishing or fishing, you can memuaskannya on this beach. Memacing carry enough equipment, you can menjajal fortune to get the fish. If you do not have a trace tool, you can use small nets and the seaside to catch fish. Visit with colleagues and fishing together will be a fun activity.

After enjoying the activities of fishing and enjoy sea food, you can walk to the west to enjoy the river estuary Bogowonto. You can stand on the jetty buildings (a kind of levee) that is located in the downstream river edge or stones in its mouth edge. Meeting fresh water rivers and the sea salt water is what makes the beach edge Congot various types of fish rich. At the outfall of that, there are various kinds of fish in a rather large amount.

To pay a visit to the beach Congot, you need not pay the additional cost. Visits to this beach are included in the ticket to the tour Glagah Beach. Beach Congot location which is very close to the beach Glagah certainly enough reason to become mengunjunginya. Nuance of the fishermen and the fishery so strong to make this beach still has a uniqueness and can not be simply equated with Glagah Beach.

Baron beach

Baron beach is located in the Village Kemadang, Tanjungsari District, about 23km south of the city Wonosari, the beach is the first of a series found that the Beach Baron, Kukup, Sepanjang, Drini, Krakal and Sundak.

On the beach there is also this creek bottom land that can be used for bathing after playing in the sea. In addition, tourists can also enjoy a variety of fresh fish and prepared food, with affordable prices, including the typical beach that is Baron Kakap Sop. On the east side can be reached through paths that circle there is a limestone hill tourists can rest in the depot view, breathe in the air while the beach is refreshing. Approximately 10 km west of kea rah Baron beach there are beach bukitnya Parang Racuk with a tower and steep, with a liberal from the top of the hill.

In each month Syuro years Javanese fishing community organizing local charity ceremony Sea which is the expression of gratitude to God on the abundant fish yield and the safety catch fish in the sea.

Agro Turi, Enjoying Salak Pondoh in Fruit Garden

Salak Pondoh plant is unique, with the form of a tree as the top of the coconut palm tree with the touch of a little fern pattern, unique to be prepared when a row. Fruit that grows on the bottom of the base, forming small pieces of meat with a spongy and does not stick to the seeds, it's also a very sweet, a value for selling this fruit.

Year 1958, Professor. Dr. Sudibyo drg is still sitting in the junior has been the transfer of plants to find ways not to bow to die. Once he is able to develop the bay Pondoh parents in the garden, Sudibyo invites the local community to participate in the developing. Salak Pondoh planting should give up other plants originally got the rejection hard. Through perseverance, the public began to follow. Peak in 1988 when it initiated the establishment Sudibyo Agrowisata Salak Pondoh Turi.

























Enjoy the atmosphere of Nature

Go Agrowisata Turi, can be through the Road Palagan of Students or from Jalan Magelang. Entering Turi district, the bark of trees planted in a row into the road shoulder sensation after the rural feel of the carpet through the rice fields and gardens belonging to residents.

If the house is often planted in the mango tree or a series of garden roses. Not the case with this area. Some of the home page of the garden made Pondoh bay. There are even some houses that surrounded the plant Pondoh bay and only a little way behind the car can be a small pick-up.

In the Agrowisata trip, sign the scattered akan facilitate the location of this. Even if the confusion, the local people will be friendly with the directions given.

Orbit Fruit Garden

Agro Turi is a land area of 27 hectares of disulap be a complex Pondoh salak garden, where children play, fishing and swimming pool. This tourist complex is located in Kampung Gadung, Bangunkerto village, Turi Sleman District.

After traveling through 25 km from the center of Yogyakarta to the north, with a gate Agro Tourism will welcome you. Entering the tour start location was opened to the public in 1994, the visitor just pay Rp. 8000 with this rate, an introduction will accompany visitors to corral garden bay, before finally relaxing in one of the garden to enjoy the bay Pondoh the famous sweet. Or just pay Rp. 2000 if you only want to see.

Located at an altitude of 200 meters above sea level, temperature is very good for the development of bark Pondoh. The atmosphere still feels cool in this area, to provide comfort when around the garden. Even when walking among the trees of salak, will hear the wind rustle sound like sea breeze, serasa walking the beach in the village edge.

One of the Garden Agrowisata Turi archipelago. Not less than 17 types of plants can be found in the bay area of two hectares of gardens are. Start from Pondoh super salak, salak Pondoh yellow, black Pondoh salak, salak condet, Manggala salak, salak ivory, bali salak, salak salak semeru to tanonjaya.

In addition to the fruit garden, the garden here, there are drugs. Plants is a type of traditional ingredients such as ginger, temulawak, blimbing wuluh, and various other kencur that continue to be developed.