Yogyakarta, Indonesia

Yo ma reader friends,

In this chance, I want to introduce to you all the amazing things that Yogyakarta have. Yup, Yogyakarta is very rich of culture and history .

It is renowned as a centre of classical Javanese fine art and culture such as batik, ballet, drama, music, poetry, and puppet shows.


The area of the city of Yogyakarta is 32.5 km². While the city spreads in all directions from the kraton (the Sultan's palace), the core of the modern city is to the north, centring around Dutch colonial-era buildings and the commercial district.

One of the pavilion inside Kraton

Jalan Malioboro, with rows of pavement vendors and nearby market and malls, is the primary shopping street for tourists in the city. At the southern end of Malioboro, on the east side is the large local market of Beringharjo, not far from Fort Vredeburg a restored Dutch fort.

"Beringharjo" Market

Bank of  Indonesia--with Dutch -era building style

Three cycle vehicle a.k.a "Becak"

one of the attraction place in Yogyakarta--Water Palace

Prambanan Temple

Yogyakarta is known for its silver work, leather puppets used for shadow plays (wayang kulit ), and a unique style of making batik dyed fabric.

One of the process to make leather puppet

One of the process to make "Batik"

variety of Batik

Well guys, there are still too many of beautiful places, nice and unique objects I wanna share with you. However, I will continue some of them in the next page.

Visit Yogyakarta...nice city, very friendly people surrounding, delicious food, Very Recommended!!

Thank you for visiting my blog

Regards,

YS World

Shrine of Remembrance-- Melbourne

Dear Readers,

As on previous page I talked about the beautifulness of Royal Botanic Gardens, in this page I will talk about the greatness of Shrine of Remembrance which is only located a short block to Royal Botanic Gardens.

The Shrine of Remembrance, located in Kings Domain on St Kilda Road, Melbourne, Australia was built as a memorial to the men and women of Victoria who served in World War I and is now a memorial to all Australians who have served in war. 
It is a site of annual observances of ANZAC DAY (25 April) and Remembrance Day (11 November) and is one of the largest war memorial in Australia. *


Here some snapshoot of the building architecture and features :

Some of the exterior of the building

One of the four groups of statuary which mark the corners of the Shrine

Shrine of Remembrance on sunset 

The building complex is huge. We can enter the building and mesmerize the history written there.
Inside the Shrine is the Sanctuary, a high vaulted space entered by four tall portals of Classical design .

At the centre of the Sanctuary is the Stone of Remembrance. 

This is a marble stone sunk below the pavement, so that visitors must bow their heads to read the inscription on it: GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN

Overall, this Shrine of Remembrance is recommended to be visited. 

*Wikipedia

Thank you for visiting my blog and see ya on the next page..

Regards,

YS World

Royal Botanic Garden--Melbourne

Dear the Reader of YS World blog..How R you?? well yeah I hope You are all fine.

This page I will write about the beautiful of Royal Botanic Garden in Melbourne.
It is located near the center of Melbourne on the south bank of the Yarra River. 
They are 38 hectares of landscaped gardens consisting of a mix of native and non-native vegetation including over 10,000 individual species. It is among the best in the world too.


I like to spend my spare time by just walking around the Botanic Garden. It is so relaxing after the 5-days work.
They have very smoothing nice view, variety and colorful flowers..breezing wind and a quiet space .


Here some snapshots from Botanic Gardens

Royal Botanic Gardens

When you are in Melbourne, spend time to visit this Botanic Garden and enjoy its scenery..
RECOMMENDED 


Thank you for visiting my blog and wait for the next posting


Regards,


YS World

Christmas time at Ivanhoe--Melbourne

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year my friends

Rolling back to past view years where I spent Xmas in Melbourne, Australia.

My friends brought me to visit this suburb called Ivanhoe. They said that every Xmas time, there will be a lot of Xmas spirit such as Xmas tree, Xmas lamp and of course Xmas present.

After arriving at Ivanhoe, I discovered that night a lot of people came to enjoy Xmas spirit which presented by each house in Ivanhoe.

colorful Xmas tree 

shinning red nose

some Xmas decoration on the front-yard

Look at the window

woody soldiers

Awesome

How is it guys? Very beautiful isn't it? yup, I will go back there again if I have to spend my Xmas in Melbourne :D
Anyway, Merry Xmas & Happy New Year everyone!!


Cheers,

YS WORLD

China--He Yuan and Surrounding

Ni Hao Ma? yup, I spent about 10 days in China this time.

Started the journey from HE YUAN (河源), well short introduction about He Yuan,  is located in the north-east region of Guang Dong, upper reach of Dongjiang (the East River). 


Anyway, I attended HAKKA's Bday in He Yuan which were attended by people around the world. It such a very big event.

fireworks outside the stadium--He Yuan

After that , I continued to Mei Zhou (梅州) by bus from He Yuan, it took around 2-3 hours. One of the place that visit while i was in Mei Zhou was  "Li Guang Shi" , it is a famous temple. 

A way to Li Guang Shi

Scenery at Li Guang Shi

Move on by bus, I stopped at Meixian（梅县) where there have Tu Lou.  It have been inscribed in 2008 by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site.




I visited Hakka walled village or it is well-known by name of TU LOU (土楼) It is a large multi-family communal living structure that is designed to be easily defensible and consist of one entrance and no windows at the ground level.

Tu Lou (土楼) 

Inside view

After mesmerizing the Tuo Luo, I continued my journey to Long Yuan and I visited this cave named " Long Kong Dong".Beautiful cave decorated by a lot of amazing stalactites. 

My list of visit is also included Gu Lang Yu Island . Gulangyu "Drum Wave Islet" is a car free island off the coast of Xiamen, Fujian province in southern China. Visitors can reach it by ferry from Xiamen Island in about 5 minutes. 


Gulangyu is famous for its architecture and for hosting China's only piano museum, giving it the nickname of "Piano Island" or "The Town of Pianos" (鋼琴之鄉) or "The Island of Music" (音樂之島). There are over 200 pianos on this island. 

one of a tile in Gu Lang Yu---it's a block chord

 Gu Lang Yu is also famous for its seafood...Yummy and Cheap....

Shark Finn

Well yeah...I end my trip in Shen Zhen and took a ferry to Hong Kong. Although, still many of pictures that I took  in the trip , I have to end this chapter and move on to another page..:D


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Regards,


YS World

Medan Indonesia

On 20th June 2009, it's Medan time for me.


Medan is the capital of the North Sumatra province in Indonesia.

Located on the northern coast, Medan is the fourth largest city in Indonesia, and the largest Indonesian city outside Java.


The city has a diverse communities. It is famous throughout Indonesia as the home of the Batak people, although, traditionally it is a Malay Kampong.


A highly visible component of Medan's population is the large number of Chinese, who are mostly to speak Hokkien.

Scenery while in the Sky

It has a famous lake called Lake Toba. It is a lake and supervolcano, 100 kilometres long and 30 kilometres wide.


Most of the people who live around Lake Toba are ethnically BATAKS. Traditional Batak houses are noted for their distinctive roofs (which curve upwards at each end, as a boat's hull does) and their colorful decor.

Batak's traditional house

The Miniatur of Batak's house

some Batak's house on the lake side

I went to here :)

one of the attraction's tool

Sunset in lake Toba

One more thing, Medan have collection of good food too such as..hokkien noodle ( my fave) and some food that I am not familiar with the name.


Alright Guys, wait for my another travelling-story (^ ^)


Regards,




YS World

Tasmania

Yeah finally holiday is coming...

I spent my 2009 Xmas and New Year holiday in Tasmania with my sis and brother.

Tasmania was shocking GOOD and Amazing.With fresh air, water and nice weather make my holiday is PERFECT.

Ok Guys...here some of my shoot..hopefully I can share my eye-view from Tassie...

Cradle Mountain

Shy Porcupine

 Enjoy and wait for my next snap shoots.

Regards,

YS World