The next day we got up early to go to a local market in Yogyakarta. This is always a good way to get a flavor for the local people and activities. It is common for 2 or 3 generations of a family to be involved in presenting and selling goods
This is a sample of the folks at the market:
As it was clear day after the market we drove about 40 kilometers north of the city to see Mt Merapi. This is a legendary mountain that is an active volcano, last having a major eruption in 1994. There is smoke that continuously escapes from the top. The mountain has religious significance and is thought to be represented in the form of ancient temples at Angkor, Borobodur as the center tall cone structure in the center of these complexes. It is about 9500 ft in altitude
We were quite lucky to time it well so we could get good photos as the clouds that were drifting by obscured the mountain about 45 min after we arrived.
After the viewing of the mountain we went over to a spot that has a trail that goes to a waterfall that is popular:
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