Another chapter from the Visual Journal series, this time exploring my father's hometown. Jogjakarta a city and the capital of Yogyakarta Special Region in Java, Indonesia. Renowned as a center of education, classical Javanese fine art and culture such as batik, ballet, drama, music, poetry, and puppet shows.
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Malioboro is a major shopping street in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. It lies north-south axis in the line between Yogyakarta Kraton and Mount Merapi. The street is the centre of Yogyakarta's largest tourist district surrounded with many hotels, restaurants, and little shops. Sidewalks on both sides of the street are crowded with small vendors selling a variety of goods. In the evening several open-air street side restaurants, called lesehan, operate along the street.
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Literally translates to Big City, Kota Gede is is a historic neighborhood inYogyakarta, Indonesia. The name was also used for the administrative district. Kotagede is well known internationally by its silver crafting.
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Drini beach, which lies in Ngestirejo village, Tanjungsari district, is located about 1 km away in the east of Sepanjang Beach. The special character of this beach is the coral island with Drini trees on it. The road to the beach is crowded with food vendors selling hermit crabs, rice crackers and sea food on a stick.
All photos are taken by Fujifilm X-A2 and edited on VSCO camera and Photoshop CS 6.
