Jalan Malioboro 26.12.09

一早，大家都睡到自然醒，又是一个美丽的早晨。拿着相机，出外走走。
这真是一条美丽的街道。



走在去Kraton的路上，巧遇在印尼第三次遇上的"陌生人”。边走边聊时才知道原来他也是大马人，真的很巧，短短三天内就碰面三次。不多话，在人潮汹涌的Kraton门口合照。
第一次在borrobudur塔上，第二次在borrobudur平地上帮我们拍大合照的人，第三次在Malioboro的路口。如果，我们没有停下来吃面；如果，我们没有睡到这么迟；如果，我们那晚不在那里过夜，或许就碰不上了。人与人之间，总是有许许多多的巧合组成，尤其是出走时，总是相遇短短时间就分离了。应当珍惜这份相遇，把握每一个机会。



这几天来遇到的人。老的、少的、女的、男的，努力生活的、热爱生活的、朦胧的。。等等。不多不少，刚刚好组成一张A4的Wallpaper. =p



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Jalan Malioboro (Malioboro Street) is a major shopping street in Yogyakarta, Indonesia; the name is also used more generally for the neighborhood around the street. It runs north from the Yogyakarta kraton (palace) towards the roads that lead to either Surakarta to the east, or Magelang to the north, as well as Mount Merapi. This is in itself is significant to many of the local population, the north south orientation between the palace and the volcano being of importance.

The street is the centre of Yogyakarta's largest tourist district; many hotels and restaurants are located nearby. Sidewalks on both sides of the street are crowded with small stalls selling a variety of goods. In the evening several open-air streetside restaurants, called lesehan, operate along the street.

Less obvious to the tourist, but more for the local population, side streets, lanes and structures that lead on to Malioboro are as important as the street itself.

The street was for many years two-way, but by the 1980s had become one way only, from the railway line (where it starts) to the south - to Beringharjo markets, where it ends. The largest, oldest Dutch era hotel, Hotel Garuda, is located on the street's northern end, on the eastern side adjacent to the railway line. It has the former Dutch era Prime Minister's complex, the kepatihan, on the eastern side.

For many years in the 1980s and later, a cigarette advertisement was placed on the first building south of the railway line - or effectively the last building on Malioboro, which advertised Marlboro cigarettes, no doubt appealing to locals and foreigners who would see a pun with name of the street with a foreign product being advertised.

It does not reach the walls or grounds of the Yogyakarta palace, as Malioboro ceases in name adjacent to the very large market Beringharjo (on the eastern side as well). From this point the street changes name and has on the western side the former Governors residence, and on the eastern side the old Dutch Fort Vredenburg.