Day 3 Yogya

Apparently the Hadiawan's have very bad luck concerning water: only our room had a malfunction in the drainage system, so our room stank.

So early in the morning, we got upgraded to another room, which was bigger then the first room. yay!

Then it was off to Kotagede to check out the silversmiths...but of course we got lost first.
But a good thing though, we passed this public newspaper stand (?)--i didn't know they still had these.nice!-- and a dog that was chillin' under a big-ass tree on a raised platform (?) at an intersection.

We went to ......(ok, will ask bunda later) Silver. I actually forgot Yogya was also famous for their silversmiths, and that i love them, especially the process. Was really cool that they're still using traditional manual tools to create such precise and polished works of art.
and without any magnifying glass for the tiny-ass details.(more pics later from ayah's camera)

Like the eternal tourists we were, we had Ayam Suharti for lunch.
Forgot how good it was. Also forgot to order half a plate of the kremesan (the fried flakes), so we got a motherload of it.

After lazing about the room a bit (with a shouting round from all three of us at the tv for the absurd news feeds of our beloved country), we went to Novotel to pick up my uncle's cake.Found some amusements:

yes, this is an amusement.
haven't seen this version in a long time and
diandra is a little girl who likes her old-fashioned 'push-the-button' 'toys'.

Had Gudeg (shreded chicken with santen, tofu, egg, and krecek, spongy krupuk kulit)for dinner--my first try ever--and am happy to say that it was really good! Just the right amount of subtle sweetness (very rare for Javanese foods) and portion!

sorry for the nastiness. was hungry :p