Salak Park in Turi Yogyakarta

I visited salak park in Taman Agrowisata Turi last Sunday. Joining my son class event there, I was entering this park in 8.00 in the morning. There's a place to pick this fruit by ourselves and eat it. You may pick it, eat it but not carry out the fruit. Just pay IDR 10.000 and eat it as you like.

"Makan sampai kenyang deh di Kebun Salak Agrowisata Turi ini. Kebun ini dibawah pengelolaan Pemkab Sleman, dan cukup ramai dikunjungi pada hari Minggu. Sebagian anak-anak menikmati fasilitas flying fox yang diberikan oleh pihak pendamping, terpisah dari manajemen taman. Udara cukup segar dan dingin, karena berada di ketinggian wilayah Turi, Sleman utara."

Come to Jogja, come to Turi Agrotourism Park. Let's pick this salak fruit!! Salak pondoh is sweat and delicious... Try it!

Looking at Abdi Dalem in Kraton Yogyakarta

If you're visiting Sultan Palace (Kraton Yogyakarta) you'll find many people using traditional wear there. They are 'Abdi Dalem' who work everyday to serve Sultan and his family.
I found an another interesting photo in this page. Just click to find out.
"Abdi dalem are people who voluntarily subjugate their services to the Kraton (palace) and Sultan and his extended family. They prepare almost all of Sultan’s daily necessities and perform Javanese traditional ceremonies, inside and outside Kraton. Abdi dalems are organized based on functional services, where they inherited such title of service prior to Sultan’s official entitling.
But most of all, abdi dalems are the true believers as well as guardians of Javanese tradition." (taken from here)

Joglo Houses in Yogyakarta

I read it just now, and felt sad when realize it. Well there's no enough money here to protect cultural assets from rich buyers and maybe no other choices for Joglo's owners. They have to stay alive too, with their family, childrens, needs...

Traditional Joglo House Could Soon Disappear from Kotagede

Slamet Susanto, The Jakarta Post, Yogyakarta

Joglo, a Javanese traditional house, will soon disappear from Kotagede, Yogyakarta should the current rate of sales and conversion continue.

Based on the data from the Kotagede Art, Culture, and Tourism Institute, between 1985 and 2007, Kotagede lost only one Joglo per year, but after the 2006 earthquake, the city has lost 31 joglos.

The other 25 damaged joglos have also been sold as the owners could not shoulder the renovation cost.

"I am crying when seeing the fact," Nashier, an activist from the Kotagede Art, Culture, and Tourism Institute, said. "Can you imagine, a joglo, which has been there for hundreds of years, must be sold only for Rp 5 million (US$500) or Rp 15 million due to an economic hardship after the earthquake,"

He said Kotagede joglos had declined from more than 200 to 125 joglos, and the number could drop further should there be no certain measures from the government to deal with the sales and conversion of joglos.

"We have proposed a tax break for joglo owners ten years ago, but there is no approval from the government up to now," Nashier said.

He also called on the government to find a grant in order to prevent joglos from being sold and converted to different kinds of buildings.

"So far, we have done such an effort. We just got funds from the University of Gadjah Mada to take over six joglos and conserve them," he said.

Hotels in Yogyakarta

When you come here, you need a hotel. Is it difficult to find hotels in Jogja? Absolutely not. As second favourite tourism destination after Bali, Yogyakarta has many hotels ready to serve tourists from everywhere. I guessed there are hundreds of hotels here :)
Here some hotels displayed on my yellowpages of telkom phone book. It's useful for your guidance hopefully.

1. Hotel Wisanti : Jl. Taman Siswa 79
2. Hotel Mutiara Malioboro : Jl. Malioboro 18
3. Hotel Inna Garuda : Jl. Malioboro 60
4. Hotel Melia Purosani : Jl. May Suryotomo 3
5. Hotel Ibis Malioboro : Jl. Malioboro 52 - 58
6. Hotel Hyatt Regency : Jl. Palagan Tentara Pelajar
7. Hotel Santika : Jl. Jend Sudirman 19
8. Hotel Quality : Jl. Laksda Adisucipto 48
9. Hotel Sahid Raya Yogyakarta : Jl. Babarsari Tambakbayan
10. Hotel Sheraton Mustika : Jl. Laksda Adi Sucipto Km 8,7

The page is not enough to dispay all hotels in Jogja. There's hundreds entries! You may leave a comment to ask about it.