Do you want candy?
-Oh, I finally found my candy.
-Yeah.
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Gordon got this excited for candies
since the day trip to the temples here in Java.
Lumbang Candi
A candy temple.
It's not candy, okay? This means temple.
Someone tore it all up and they found the candies.
I'm way too late.
[laughs]
Now, we're back at the city center to see what else we can find here.
[laughs]
Filmed before the lockdown
Hello, again, from Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
We have one more day here in town.
So today, we're going to walk down the most famous street here.
It's called Malioboro Street.
But, first, we came a little bit north
to check out a very important historical monument here.
This is Tugu Yogyakarta.
'Tugu' means monument.
This monument was first built in 1755 by the Sultan at the time.
It was built in the spirit of unity of the people
And it's now a historical icon of the city.
In the last renovation,
they added that yellow paint you see over there.
That's 22-karat gold.
And it stays just like this in the middle of the street.
There is a police cabin here, though.
Here there's a little map also of the city
showing the most important points here in the city center.
That's the monument where we are.
And over there, the Kraton, the Sultan's palace.
And I showed this palace in the very first video here
in Yogyakarta.
-They all have swords in the back. -Then be careful.
-Yeah, we should be careful. -You. You be careful.
If you haven't seen it yet, I'm leaving the link here.
And one thing very interesting I didn't expect to find here
is the amount of students.
Look at that.
Everyone sitting over there, simply studying.
Well, Yogyakarta is a university city.
A lot of people come here to study before moving to Jakarta,
and then start in their professional careers.
Why are you looking at the phone so much?
You're lost?
It's a straight line, baby. There's no way to get lost here.
-Okay.
-[laughs]
Just for you to understand where we are,
if you come here by train, here's the train station, right here.
Yeah, it's nice.
-Look at this. -Yeah.
It's about a ten-minute walk.
And here we are now, the famous Malioboro Street.
And look at that, it's full of shops.
I love these.
Things seem to be organized here,
shops on this side, food over there.
No way. Look at this.
-Brazil! -Brazil!
-Brazil, Brazil, yeah.
[laughs]
There's no other country here, only Brazil.
-In Brazil, good afternoon...
-Good afternoon is 'boa tarde'.
-Boa tarde. -Boa ta...
-Boa tarde. -Boa tarde.
-Boa tarde.
-Yeah. Boa tarde.
-Are you on holiday, yeah?
-Yes. -Yes.
-Honeymoon? -[laughs] No.
We found someone who knew a few words in Portuguese.
Hello.
The specialty here on the street is batik.
Do you see? It's all this.
It's very specific from Indonesia.
It's beautiful.
And they use it for clothes, for sarongs.
It's everywhere.
How nice. Yeah.
This is nice, too.
-Okay. Thank you very much. -Terima kasih (thank you).
-Terima kasih. -Yeah.
I just got six shirts for Rp100.000.
In total, US$7 in total.
Gifts for the whole family.
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And it looks like there is Chinatown here, too.
At least the gate is right here.
-Chinese town. -Uh-hmm.
Tomorrow you can see the beautiful Indonesian art creation
-We depart tomorrow. -Oh, yeah.
-Oh, tomorrow you go? -Yeah, we leave. Yeah.
-Where are you from? -Canada.
-Calgary? Calgary? -How do you know?
-I have friends staying in Calgary.
-Oh, yeah? -Yeah, they play ski
-Oh, yeah. -Oh.
They're in Calgary.
People play ski.
-Yes, it's very cold. -Very cold.
-Very cold.
Why do you think everybody here in Yogyakarta
knows your city of Calgary?
-I don't know.
It's like the first thing they say
"Where are you from?" "Canada." "Calgary?"
Calgary is never the first city, right,...
-Never. Never. -... that anybody mentions.
-That's crazy. -Yeah.
-I know what it is. -What?
Big Brother is following me. They've all been told.
[laughs]
Be careful, Canadian from Calgary.
A lot of people selling gudeg. It's a typical dish here.
-I think that's what it is. -Yeah.
-Some sort of sweetish meal.
-Swedish? -Sweet.
-Ah, sweet.
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Yogyakarta is considered the intellectual and cultural heart
of the island of Java,
then, Malioboro would be the main artery
Look at what a beautiful building right here.
This is Gedung Agung.
No idea if I'm pronouncing it correctly. Let me know if you speak Indonesian.
But translating, it means the great building.
This is one of the six presidential palaces in Indonesia.
During the struggle for Independence after World War II,
the capital city, Jakarta, was occupied by Allied Forces,
and then the capital moved to Yogyakarta.
This is what I explained in the previous video. Remember?
Guess where the president then lived?
Right here.
This was the residence of President Sukarno for almost three years.
He was the first president of Indonesia.
Right across the street, look at that,
a former colonial fortress.
Today Malioboro is a big shopping and food street,
but this was the Dutch central government, politically and economically.
It still amazes me that everyone just leaves their motorcycles like this
with their helmets and with their belongings,
and nobody takes it.
It's just like this, in the middle of the street, everywhere.
This is Fort Vredeburg.
Vredeburg is a word in Dutch that means peace fort.
It's a reference to the peaceful relationship here
between the Dutch and the Sultan,
unlike in other parts of Indonesia.
The Kraton, the Sultan's palace, is right over there.
[laughs]
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Here are the prices. Rp10.000 for foreigners.
Terima kasih (thank you)
-Sama-sama (you're welcome)
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It's nice to see references to the other places
I visited here in Yogyakarta.
Here is Tugu, the Monument again.
It shows that it's really important.
Look at how creative.
This is a light, actually.
They do it like this. Very creative
Really cute.
It's such a beautiful and peaceful place today, huh?
With the Japanese occupation during the war,
they made this place here their HQ, the Army HQ,
and it was also a war prison.
Today the fort became a museum focused on Indonesia's struggle for independence.
This is when the Japanese arrived during World War II.
This was the full territory of Indonesia based on the Independence.
And then there was a series of agreements.
In this first one in '47, they lost half of it.
Then in '48, they lost even more.
Oh, look at this in '49, only a tiny little piece.
And then, finally, in 1950, they got it all back.
You're such a kid.
Oh, my God. You're getting inspired here.
How interesting.
They declared independence, but had no official currency
for about two months,
and then they created one on the 30th of October.
And until today, they celebrate the 30th of October as the Financial Day.
It's a very visual museum with almost everything in English.
-Tired? -Yes.
And after you're done, this is also a great place to just sit down and relax.
-What do we do? -What do we do? You tell me.
-I don't know -Pool time?
-Bintang -Bintang?
-Pool with Bintang -Bintang?!
We just discovered another aspect of Malioboro Street.
A lot of the fights to maintain the independence
happened right here.
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Wow, look at this corner here. how many nice buildings.
All these colonial buildings, so beautiful.
It is crazy to cross the street here
because there are no lights for pedestrians.
-Come on
-Bye. -Bye.
-Thank you, thank you. -Be careful.
-Yeah, I got to be careful.
-Hello. -Hello.
People are so friendly all the time.
And walking all the way to the end of the street,
look at where we arrive.
Right here, this is the main gate to the Kraton,
the main attraction here in Yogyakarta,
the Sultan's Palace.
It's what we saw in the very beginning of this video.
Remember on the sidewalk near the monument?
And also I already showed it in the very first vlog here
in Yogyakarta.
If you haven't watched it yet, you should. It's really nice.
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-Cheers! -Half of my beer is gone.
-Yeah. [laughs]
Back to Malioboro Street
I guess a lot of people simply come here to walk
up and down the street.
Now, it looks like everyone here is really shopping.
Everything is so busy.
The horse carriage here even has a license plate.
Actually, they all have license plates here.
-Enjoying seeing the chaos from high up here?
-No chaos. -Good chaos, yeah.
We came across this coffee shop here that has a balcony.
So we are on the second floor. It's like a VIP overview of the street.
You won't believe what I found here.
This is fried cassava. Just like we have in Brazil.
And I love this.
And I never found this anywhere else in the world.
The Portuguese tried to colonize Indonesia just like they colonized Brazil.
And I guess this is an example
There are similarities in some words, especially in the way they're pronounced,
not so much how they are written.
And now I see a little bit of the food also.
It can only be.
It's fried cassava, but with Indonesian spices, right?
-Good? -Hot.
[laughs]
Not spicy for me.
I go exactly like this, just like in Brazil.
If you're new here in this channel and you don't know,
I was born in Brazil.
Brazil. [laughs]
I've never seen so many references to Brazil, like I see here.
When you're abroad and you see other cultures represented,
it's normally the UK, France, or United States,
but never, ever Brazil.
And here, this is all you see.
I'm so surprised. I feel so welcome.
We basically just did the same walk as we did in the morning, right?
So what is the difference?
What do you notice now compared to the morning?
-More people.
-That's it? -Yeah.
[laughs]
-It's cooler. -A lot more people, a lot cooler.
And it is very nice, too. Great atmosphere here.
And when you get to the very end,
all the colonial buildings are lit.
It is really beautiful.
They like you, baby. They like you.
-Yeah.
Very nice to see this other side of Jogja
and Indonesia, in general, right?
So fun, a lot going on in the streets like this,
I really enjoy it.
I'm really happy to close our time here in Indonesia like this.
Tomorrow, we're getting a train to Jakarta,
and then we go directly to the airport.
But I'm also going to show how this train trip will be,
so stay with us.
There's one more video to come.
-Yeah. -[laughs]
As our last night really enjoying Indonesia like this,
what do you have to say about this whole trip?
-It's great. -That's it?
It was fantastic. [laughs]
-Okay, it was fantastic. -Yeah.
-We loved Indonesia, didn't we? -Yeah.
-We love the people. -Yeah.
Everything was amazing. Yeah.
Thanks, everyone, for watching.
You look here. You never look there.
-Here. -Yes.
-As... [laughs]
What is the difference?
What do you notice now compared to the morning?
-There's no sun.
-Oh, come on. This is it? [laughs]
-I think we should go to monument toilet.
-Monument toilet?
-Yeah. Look at the sign.
-Ah! [laughs]
-It has its own street.
-It has its own sign.
-Its own street. -[laughs]