So... Yogyakarta eh???

Yogyakarta 

population = 500,000 + people... (plus loads who have been displaced by Mt Merapi)..

close to temples - Borobudur-a Buddhist temple (http://wikitravel.org/en/Borobudur) &  Prambanan- a Hindu temple  (http://wikitravel.org/en/Prambanan) ....

loads of seismic activity, prone to natural disasters! 

                      Mt Merapi - still volcanic mudflow coming out as I write this! Though they say it should be       safe from a small eruption for 2-3 years and a big one for 10-15 years.

This was taken on 5th January 2011, ganked from yahoo.. 

                   Massive earthquake 2006 in Yogyakarta killed 6000+ and left 300,000+ homeless.

                      I am interested to see how the city of Yogyakarta looks now and if they're rebuilding/rehousing people because of both of these events. I'm                         

worried about going to a place that seems to be so volatile!

                                            And, of course, this will be going through my head as we come in to land at Adisucipto International Airport...

But now this is all off my chest I'll be alright! :)

Counting down

3 weeks to go..

          Rabies x3, Typhoid, Hep A, Hep B, Tetanus, Pertusis, MMR, Flu vax, Cholera..

          I am vax'd up!

Saturday 5/2/11 we depart ADL for KL ((http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7x2kjfe1yX8))

:)  one night in an airport hotel and then we are onwards to Yogyakarta  (or do I say Jogjakarta? Jogja or Yogya?!) in Java, Indonesia, on the 6/2/11.

I have flights booked, passports, a tourist visa to buy on arrival and no idea what will happen there-after... Homeward on 17/7/2011

Saya harus bercakap Bahasa Indonesia dengan Kakakku!

I plan to blog the adventure as it happens..rather than FB'ing and emailing.

So check up on us * and see what's going on.. 

         See what is making the news in Indo/Yogya at the bottom of this page.

*us= Sergeant Stroganoff  & I..