Trans East Java Day 2: Jogja to Surabaya

6 Jan 2013, Sunday 
Jogja - Surabaya 
Duration: 9 hours 
Distance: About 330 KM (goggle map calculation)

Before proceed to Kaliurang, kami singgah makan dia restaurant Soto. Mula-mula tu Pak Budi suggest makan kat satu Restoran ni, apa ntah nama dia… lupa lah tapi yang pasti kos nye saja IDR60K (RM18.50) per person. Errkk… lagi mahal dari semalam. Kami semua tak setuju & minta Pak Budi carikan tempat lain. Bukan nye kami tak mampu tapi kami ni budgetary traveller, so, memang kena budget lah. Aku lunch kat Pavilion pon tak sampai RM18 sehari, OK. Maybe, niat Pak Budi nak promote various type of foods kat Jogja tapi aku rase makanan dia lebih kurang macam kat Malaysia jer… lagi sedap kot. Boleh jadi juga, dia dapat tips sebab bawa kami pergi restoran-restoran mahal ni… hehehe. Finally, he recommended us Restraunt Soto on the way to Kaliurang. Restoran ni takde lah sehebat yang semalam tapi aku suka sebab aku ade kuasa nak memilih. Yang aku paling suka kat kedai ni Tempe & Tauhu nye. Dan disebabkan tempe yang sedap, aku siap tapow bawa ke Surabaya lagi. Nyaman & Puas hati.  

Soto Ayam Nasi Pisah with tempe n Tauhu... Simple but I like

Due to heavy rain, we all decided to cancel our plan to kaliurang. Sebabnya, Pak Budi bilang, nothing you can see if it is rain, so, it depends on the weather at that time you reach there. If you're lucky, than you will see the Merapi volcano at a very close distance. Actually, he has no problem to bring us there because he said still got time. It's true masih ade masa Pak... but it was already 2.30 p.m, lunch may take 1 hr and another 30 minutes to Kaliurang because we're already halfway. And by that time, it was already 4 p.m. After a short discussion with my group, we decided to go straight to Surabaya instead of proceed to Kaliurang. Why??? Ok, macam ni, the route to Kaliurang needs you to go to the north of Jogja, while surabaya to the east... you have to add another 2 hrs to your time to surabaya... meaning 9 hours total... Pukul 1 pagi baru nak sampai. Fuhh, banyak masa spend kat atas jalan ni compare to jalan-jalan.

I felt a bit disappointed but the weather is unpredictable and if we get there still raining meaning we already wasted 2 hours of our time. By cancelling trip to Kaliurang, we saved 2 hrs and now 7 hrs only to surabaya. Maybe, I should revisit this place again next time... Conquer Merapi maybe??

The distance from Jogja City to Surabaya 

Before proceed to Surabaya, we dropped Pak Budi first at Jogja. His service as a guide cover the Jogja area only. Now, only Ismail n Bambang will continue trip with us to Surabaya. 

Nasib baiklah jalan dia OK dan tak horror macam kat medan. If not, then it will be really tiring trip. 

Still a long journey to go. 

Good Night.

To be continued...