Yogyakarta

Universitas Gadjah Mada

(http://www.ugm.ac.id). the oldest university in indonesia and one of the largest universities in southeast asia. recently the times ranked ugm as 56th of the world’s top 100 arts and humanities universities.

Masangin

masuk antara dua beringin, passing two ficus trees. this simple and fun game is held at south alun-alun sultan's square. the participant is blindfolded and he/she must walk straight to pass two ancient ficus tree. even though it sounds like an easy task, most participants usually failed. after that, you can go to the food stalls around the corner, relax a bit and have a sip of warm wedang ronde ginger drink.

Wayang Kulit

Wisma Bahasa - Indonesian Language Course

(http://www.wisma-bahasa.com) this is the oldest indonesian language course in yogyakarta, since 1982. provides indonesian, javanese, tetum, and english courses.

Shop at Traditional Market

Witness local habits by visiting yogya's traditional market such as pasar beringharjo and pasar kranggan.

Reflexology

Achieve soothing experience by having a short reflexology massage. currenly one of the hippesting among jogjanese.

Universitas Islam Negeri Sunan Kalijaga

(http://uin-suka.ac.id). named after sunan kalijaga, uin offers various courses on the subject of islam.

Sunday Morning at Boulevard UGM

Every sunday, the wide main boulevard in universitas gadjah mada complex ugm is crowded with students jogging and practicing martial arts like karate, silat, and capoeira. wake up early at 7-9am and head to the boulevard ugm to do a bit of exercise. after that, you can taste many kind of foods sold by stalls there. the menu includes opor ayam chicken curry with rice cake, bubur ayam chicken porridge, siomay fish dumplings, and sate ambal chicken satay with tempeh sauce. don't forget to check the flea market nearby.

Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta

(http://uny.ac.id). university that spesialize in education. uny is a university for prospective teacher. however, there are pure sciences too in uny

Universitas Islam Indonesia

(http://www.uii.ac.id). this is the oldest private university in indonesia, established 40 days before the independence day of indonesia in 1945. it is now a modern university with 9 faculties ranging from islamic studies to civil engineering and planning.

Institut Seni Indonesia

(http://isi.ac.id). the largest art academy in indonesia offers various undergraduate and graduate degrees on the subject of traditional arts such as javanese dance, wayang performance, & gamelan music, etc; to modern and contemporary arts like theatre, broadcast, & graphic design.