Yogyakarta, Java

When we arrived in Yogya we contacted a chap called Jo on WarmShowers and he very kindly took time off work and took us out for the day. It was fantastic having Jo to safely get us in and out of the crazy city and show us places that we wouldn't have seen otherwise. One of the places that we visited was a small factory that makes shadow puppets on leather. He's me looking a bit sweaty with one of the puppets:

Jo also took us to another small factory that makes Keris, the Javenese sword. Jo is crazy about these beautiful objects and spends hours here choosing his next purchase. Here is Jo:




Whilst in Jogya we went to visit the Kraton (Sultan's Palace) and as we didn't want to get lost we took a Becak:


They have different shows on every day and we got to see part of a puppet show:



This little boy was the star attraction in the Kraton as he was wearing a traditional uniform. Very cute:


We also went to another puppet making factory. The puppets are very intricate and beautiful:


We want to send a big Thank You to Jo for being so kind and helpful and making our visit to Jogya so special and memorable.