Leaving from Malioboro Street, Yogja, we took city bus (Rp2k) to arrive at the city bus terminal. It was a long journey from Malioboro to the city bus terminal - it took us 45mins, and a few 'free bus entertainment' (if you know what I mean!). The city bus was cramped and crowded but I managed to reserve an extra seat for my backpack. An old lady starts to chat to me a little bit, and she was heading to bus terminal too to catch a bus back to Surabaya... (read more)
More photos from the trip at http://travelgaia.com/gallery/Java2007/content/
Just want to post the link of photos from my Sapa trip early May 2007. Sapa is a small town in northern Vietnam, ~8hrs train ride from Hanoi. The attraction here is the ethnic minority groups (H'mong, Dzao, Red H'mong, Flower H'mong etc) and the trekkings to the villages. 