We took a Batavia Air 737 from Medan to Yogyakarta. The flight was three hours late leaving Medan. But, because the flight was late the airline offered box lunches to all the passengers while we waited in the terminal. The plane was an older one and we noticed that the seat belt buckle had “Air France” engraved in it, which was unusual because the plane had never been owned by Air France, but had been owned by
TAESA, Rio Sul, Ukraine International & Riau. Guess just the seats came from Air France
The flight had the air conditioning turned up high, so we were cold the entire flight. We had one jacket, which we shared, and snuggled together to avoid freezing. We are now south of the Equator, again.
This morning we had breakfast at our hotel, then a nap. Life is hard. After that we were finally ready to explore Yogyakarta. There is large local food market just down the block and to the right. Everything you would want: fresh fruits, fresh vegetables, fresh meats, fresh fish and dried fish, oils, spices, and much more. Nothing smells like a market on a warm morning. The flies, bees, and ants were present and happily feeding. I did take a few photos.
Jim found the Museum Affandi in the guidebook and walked around before breakfast until he found it foe me. The museum was a place like the Crazy House in Da Lat, Vietnam. As part of the museum, Affandi’s house was open to the air with a roof in the shape of a large banana leaf.
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