Thursday, August 25, 2011

Sparkling in the "alun-alun kidul" Jogja

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On a clear night, I and family went to the plaza south (alun-alun kidul) of Jogja that looks colorful and light. Unlike the past that simply decorated with flickering candles and oil lamps. Colorful glow that comes from the bikes ornamental that can be used by visitors to pay a rental fee.


Bicycles for rent starting assortment, ranging from the tandem for 2 people up to the bike-odong odong constructed. Well, here's a bike odong-odong a diverse decoration lights, there are elephants, dolphins, chickens etc.. The most interesting is decorated with Doraemon on the back, Casper on the front, and the dragon at the top. People who like cartoons and animation must be confused to find connections. This bike that attracts attention us to try it.

For tandem bikes are generally hired to 5 times around the square. Which odong-orbit odong to 2 times. There is a roofed bike pulled by all passengers, there is also pulled by the passenger seated behind it.

Bikes with colored lights have become part of fascination Alun-alun kidul which was originally only a blindfold game where passing between two banyan trees. Unfortunately biking area is the same as that used area of ​​public roads other vehicles such as cars, motorcycles, rickshaws and horse. For the users of the bike, feels less smoothly when traffic stalled. For users of public transport, must be extra careful because of the many cyclists who may suddenly stop or walk with a wobble.

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Wedang Ronde, Beverage Traditional Javanese Body warmers

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Wedang Ronde (or often abbreviated as simply ronde) is a traditional beverage in addition to herbs native to Java and dawet. "Wedang" in Javanese means "drink". While the dough khusu Ronde is composed of a mixture of rice flour and sugar shaped red dots and it contains a section of crushed peanuts. To form Wedang Round, round dough is dipped in ginger water is still hot

Two components (water ginger and ronde) are the main ingredients forming Wedang Ronde. However you can add other ingredients to add flavor and appearance as kolang kaling, dice-shaped slices of bread, or peanuts. Ginger water made by boiling the crushed ginger, brown sugar (or sugar palm) leaves and lemongrass to boil After that, Ronde dough dipped in ginger water until floating.

Wedang Ronde usually served in small bowls measuring approximately 250-500 ml. Round Wedang very suitable in consumption during cold weather or rainy seasons. By consuming Wedang Ronde, my entire body, especially the throat, chest and stomach feel very warm. In addition, also very begus wedang ronde to the health and increase stamina.

Wedang Ronde very easy in the encounter in the city of Yogyakarta. You can easily find this traditional drink in the surrounding streets, especially tourist areas jogja when the afternoon till night, like malioboro, Square south (alun-alun kidul), and cafes that serve drinks tradisioanal with a very low price, around Rp. 2500 - Rp. 5.000, -.
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