About Jogja

2011 Indonesia International Youth Service Week will take place at Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Yogyakarta is located in the central of Java Island, which is well known as the city of students and as the second tourist destination in Indonesia. In addition, it also has a stable security condition that gives visitors comfort feeling during their visit to Yogyakarta.

Yogyakarta is an unique city located in Java Island. It is well known as center of culture surrounded by some interesting places. At north west of it, there is Borobudur temple, the largest Buddhist temple in the world. You can find it in Magelang regency of Central Java at about 30-km from Yogyakarta municipality. At northern, you can find Kaliurang, a cold area on the bottom of Mount Merapi. Here, you can enjoy the beauty of the nature or you can hike the mount. Kaliurang is also facilitated with other facilities such as villas, amusement park, and recreation forest.     

At eastern, there is Prambanan Temple, the biggest Hindu temple built on 9th century. It consists of three main temples, namely: Wisnu, Brahma and Siwa temple. Next to Prambanan temple, at the western side there are Ramayana Ballet, Open Air Theatre and Trimurti Indoor Theatre. At southern, you can find the beauty of many beaches e.g. Parang Tritis, Samas, Glagah, Baron, Kukup and Krakal beach. 

        

Furthermore, in the middle of this city, there are also many beautiful places inherited from the past interesting to be visited, e.g. Kraton (The Sultan Palace) and Taman Sari Water Castle, the place for Sultan ( the leader and the king of Yogyakarta in the past) to have a rest. Yogyakarta also has other interesting places such as: Ratu Boko temple, Kalasan Temple, Sambisari Temple, Sari Temple, Salak Pondoh Agrotourism, Selarong Cave, Cerme Cave, batik center, etc.

Thus, it can be so enjoyable to visit there. However, Jogjakarta, also well-known as JOGJA , is province in Indonesia which got two big disaster in late 4 years. In May 27, 2006, earthquake shake and happened at southern Jogja. In October 2010, Jogja also got the big disaster, which is Merapi mount eruption. The two big disasters have damaged and killed thousand people. The children can’t go to school, the parents lost their children, the homes broke, etc. That’s why the committee chose Jogjakarta as right place to held Indonesia International Youth Service week.

How to reach Jogja:

Ø      From Jakarta, Indonesia:

By plane, train and bus.

Ø      From Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia:

By plane (Air Asia and Malaysia Airlines)

Ø      From Singapore:

By plane (Air Asia and Garuda Indonesia)

Ø      From Bali, Indonesia

By plane, (some airlines operate the route).