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So , we're here in Yogyakarata after a little bit of travel, I think I will back track a little and catch you up slightly. Carrie gave you an idea of the flight here...at least I got some sleep , I don't think she slept at all on the plane. It was a good idea we got a hotel and transportation set up before we got to Jakarta, we just hopped into our limo ( actually a toyota mini van) and he took us to the wrong hotel and then eventually the right one, we ate and went to sleep by 7 and slept for 12 hours and pretty much did the same thing the next night, in bed by 8.
   We did a little sight seeing in Jakarta, I have to say it's pretty nice for a big city, I mean there's gobs of cars and bikes and traffic, but it's pretty clean and the people are really nice....actually all the locals we have met, for the most part have been really nice. It's been kind of odd, they  just sort of walk up to you  and start up a conversation, and well you expect them to be selling something or wanting something from you and they don't .....WEIRD!! We met this guy Pot on the street in Jakarta and he ended up showing us the backpacker district in Jakarta and helped us book tickets at the train station to Yogyakarta, he didn't ask for anything, so we bought him a soda. Back to Jakarta for a sec, we both commented on how safe we felt there, we might come back a little before our flight and do a little more exploring...well probably not, only if the diving really sucks, or the rest of the country does.
  OK so we got up really early today because we went to bed at 8..we're not that damn old yet. So we got lots of sleep and we heard the call to prayer at 5 or 6...it's early whatever it is. So we got on our train to Yogyakarta at 9 this morning, 1st class... which is sort of relative, niceish seats, lots of leg room, frostbite AC of course and meals which was good. Ok before you get on our ass for 1st class, it was only $23 each , for a 9 hour train ride..in my mind it was worth it. The train ride itself was beautiful and THE RICE PADDIES!!! are so cool, especially the terraced ones and I cannot imagine how much hand work must go into maintaining one of those fields... ridiculous.
   So we walk out of the train station here and this guy accosts us, trying to get us to go to his hotel or whatever, we try to get rid of him...he ends up showing us how to get to a hotel we wanted to stay at and leaves...again weird!! OK so this is rub it in stuff, beer is $1.40 at the bar , not sure from the store, our room is $10 and it's not bad , not the  best but it does have a flush toilet and dinner for 2 with 2 big bottles of beer was $7.00. We haven't seen much of the city yet , we just walked around a little, it seems ok. Well that's all I got for now, hope you're all well and good