Initially only Ketep small hill. Around 2000, the initiative of the Governor of Central Java, Mardiyanto, the hill is then dikepras, trim, diperkeras, and equipped with various facilities, so that everyone can witness the beauty of the natural drift.
Entering the area of Ketep, you will be greeted views of the fifth-highest mountain in Central Java. In addition to Mount Merapi and Merbabu, on the other hand, can also be seen Mount Sindoro twin-Sumbing and Mount Slamet.
Underneath, we can see the spread of paddy fields and houses around Merapi and Merbabu. In the holidays this area, including many visitors, both families and young couples.
While conversation the benches and gazebo are available, you can also take a peak of Merapi and Merbabu through binoculars. Simply Rp. 3,500 per three minutes, you can see from near and with their own eyes the head, the Merapi crater menyembulkan smoke.
To provide more information about the formation of Mount Merapi, also provides Ketep Pass Mountain Fire Museum and Theater Vulkanologi.
Malioboro's crowded, and also not be many traders who lined the street along the road Malioboro selling communications and assessment, almost all of which are offered goods / objects typical of Yogyakarta as souvenirs / gifts for tourists. They trade craft typical of Jogjakarta, among other craft ayaman rattan, leather, batik, silver, bamboo and other, in the form of batik clothing, leather bags, leather shoes, rattan ornament, leather puppet, some key bamboo, spoon / fork silver, blangkon batik [semacan hat typical of Yogyakarta / Java], t-shirts with various models / writing and many others. The traders pavement this is to run the communications and assessment over a table, others only tram to run the plastic on the floor. Malioboro, so that when visitors busy enough just among the visitors will jostle each other because of the narrowness of the road for pedestrian and solid enough because many traders on the side of right and left.
Malioboro end road that connected with a road Mangkubumi and limited by Tugu railway station and end one way to connect with A. Yani. In the area and the surrounding area Malioboro many other locations that can be visited such as Metallica Inggil Jogjakarta Palace, the market Beringhardjo, stronghold Vredeburg, Gedong Senisono, Sono Budoyo Museum and others. Currently Passes can be said as the crowd heart of Yogyakarta city, as many traders and visitors who passed thatch. The area is very busy in the two sides are koridor roads and vehicles on the road, albeit one-way road from Mangkubumi but various types of vehicles and meet its road and not wonder if congestion occurs. From traditional vehicles such as rickshaw, gig / carriage / delman, bicycle, cart and motorized vehicles such as cars, taxi, city buses, public transportation, motorcycle and others.
There is a legend who always told people about this temple of Java. Almah, the man called the Bandung Bondowoso love Roro Jonggrang. Because I love, Jonggrang create temple ask Daska by 1000 statue in the night. Demand is almost fulfilled before Jonggrang ask villagers pound of rice and create a fire so large as to establish the atmosphere of the morning. Daska can create a new 999 statues and condemn Jonggrang a statue to-1000 due to fraud.
Prambanan temple has 3 main page in the main, the Vishnu Temple, Brahma and Shiva. The third temple is the symbol of the Hindu belief in the Trinity. The third temple is facing east. Each temple has a main temple facing the assistant to the west, namely Nandini to Shiva, Swan to Brahma, Vishnu and for Garuda. In addition, there are 2 temples wedge, 4 temple curtain, and 4 corners of the temple. Meanwhile, the second page has 224 temples.
