YOGYAKARTA (often also called Jogja, Yogya, or Djokdja) is located in the center of Java Island - Indonesia, where everything was cheap. Enough with the Rp 200,000, - a day, you can stay, eat traditional cuisine of the famous, and rent a bike to explore the beaches of pristine and ancient temples thousands of years old.
A thousand years ago, Yogyakarta was the center of ancient Mataram kingdom prosperous and has a high civilization. This is an established kingdom Borobudur is the largest Buddhist temple in the world, 300 years before Angkor Wat in Cambodia. Other relics are Prambanan, Ratu Boko Palace, and dozens of other temples that have been restored and are still buried under the ground.
But by some mysterious reason, the Ancient Mataram Kingdom central government moved to East Java in the 10th century. Magnificent temples were abandoned and partially buried by the eruption of Mount Merapi material. Slowly, the Yogyakarta region went back into the dense forest.
Six hundred years later, Panembahan Senopati establish Islamic Mataram kingdom in the region. Once again Yogyakarta to witness the history of the kingdom that controls the island of Java and beyond. Islamic Mataram kingdom was leaving a trail of ruined fort and the royal tombs in Kotagede now known as the center of silver handicrafts in Yogyakarta.
