Day 1, From Bandung to Yogyakarta, Take The Train

We start from Bandung Station at 08:00 am, on Saturday, March 9, 2013. We purposely use the train in order to see the sights on land during the trip. The series trains that are used named Argo Wilis takes about 7 hour trip.

Argo Train route (source: wikipedia.com)

The distance from Bandung to Yogyakarta using Train is approximately 700 km. Some stations travesed are: Bandung, Cipendeuy, Tasikmalaya, Banjar, Kroja and Tugu Yogyakarta.

Railway Map (Source: wikipedia.com)

Along the way, we can see the scenery of green paddy fields and entering Tasikmalaya train started up the mountain. Close to Kebumen, the train entered a tunnel called the "Tunnel Ijo". Time required to pass through the tunnel about 1 minute.

At 15:30 we arrived at Tugu station and we went to the hotel where to stay around Yogya Tugu monument.

Like the other cities that have a monument or memorial, the city of Yogyakarta also has a monument which is a witness to the history of the struggle. Tugu Jogja is a landmark of Yogyakarta's most famous. This monument has reached the age of 3 centuries and has a deep meaning as well save some recording history of the city of Yogyakarta. We rested for a moment and then went on a walk around the city center.

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