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| Clockwise from top L: Borobudur suite, Bale overlooking the fields, outdoor bath, bedroom |
I celebrated my birthday at the end of July with a very special treat from my husband – a trip to Jogjakarta to visit Borobudur and stay at Amanjiwo. What a fantastic two days and two nights at the resort and went around both Jogjakarta and Borobudur.
We left Bali very early on a Sunday and arrived in Jogjakarta after a 55-minute flight. As soon as we were picked up at the airport, we went straight to visit two temples the smaller Buddhist temple – Candi (temple) Plaosan, and the UNESCO World Heritage site and the largest Hindu temple in Indonesia, Prambanan (more on that later).
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| Scenes from Amanjiwo (clockwise top from top L): fruit platter, paints and a palette, our room key, the lily pond at the entrance, petals by the reception, a glass painting |
After a very cultural morning, we went to the Hyatt hotel for a leisurely and much needed breakfast before meeting up with a driver who would then take us for a bit of retail therapy to two shops recommended by a friend – one for stingray bags and accessories and another for handmade batik. Unfortunately, the stingray shop didn’t have much on display at that moment so I settled for a shagreen-lined wooden tray and a black shagreen wallet. We were luckier at the batik store though and came away with several reasonably-priced cotton batik fabrics which we will have made into cushion covers, place mats and coasters.
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| Afternoon tea ceremony at Amanjjiwo’s bar |
After our hectic morning, we finally made our way to Borobudur, about an hour away from Jogjakarta, to Amanjiwo where we were welcomed by the general manager. After a welcome drink of homemade chilled ginger beer (fizzy and non-alcoholic), we were escorted to our suite – a large room with his and hers dressing areas, a private plunge pool and a bale overlooking the fields with Borobudur temple in the distance. We immediately changed into our swimsuits and read by the pool. We woke up from our nap staring and had a delicious goat’s cheese, tomato and red pepper bruschetta then went to the bar for some ginger tea – a freshly-ground infusion of ginger, lemongrass, cloves, star anise, nutmeg, cinnamon, mint leaves and lime juice.
That evening we had a simple dinner at the restaurant – nasi goreng for me and the lamb with hummus and pita for A and turned in early in anticipation of our 4:00 a.m. wake-up call for the sunrise at Borobudur.
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Amanjiwo
Ds. Majaksingi, Borobudur, Magelang
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