In Reply to: Interested to know transport arrangement posted by Kiwi Carol on Monday, 15. June 2009 at 22:00 Bali Time:
You would have enough to do looking at, and shopping in Jogya alone for say 3-4 days.We flew Lion Air. They have specials for about a fortnight before the date you fly. It cost us about 2 million, I think for three people to fly return.
You need a little bit of Bahasa Indonesia, as although many people want to try, there's not that much English spoken.
For accomodation, we stayed at the Mitra hotel. The rate included either nasi or mei goreng.It's about 4 or 5 minutes walk off Jl Marlioboro, which is were you'd really want to stay. two rooms for 3 people cost 800,000 all up, for two nights. That's a good price when you consider the location.
Java is not like Bali, it's not as 'pretty', & it really does bear more than a passing resemblance to India, but it was GREAT!!!. There were no restaurants as such that we could see, but plenty of nice cleanish eateries,and I had no concerns at all.