To market, to market, to buy a…

After a few days of feeling a bit in limbo, (we still haven’t started uni!) Kate, Emma and I decided that it was time for an adventure. One that involved us actually leaving our immediate surroundings.

So off to market we went!

We started off at the market down in Malioboro. Called Pasar Beringharjo, this massive building houses hundreds of Batik and shoe stalls. And if you wander right down to the back of the market, you’ll find dark little alleyways filled with all sorts of food stalls. From fresh fruit and vegetables, to traditional medicines, to all manner of spices. Then there’s the meat section – freshly butchered chicken anyone? Don’t even mention the dried fish section…the smell is pungent to say the least.

Ibu’s and Bapak’s watch sleepily as you walk by, whilst customers bustle importantly past.

Emerging back out into the sunlight we stopped at a warung for lunch before making our way to the pretty incredible bird markets! Every single bird species imaginable seemed to be here. There were finches and bossy roosters, sleek ravens and bright yellow lovebirds. Down the back were rabbits, cats, dogs and monkeys; big fat snakes and bats. And woven trays of wriggling grubs to feed them all with!!

Feeling slightly confronted but enchanted all the same, we finished off the day by testing out a coffee shop in the area, before heading over to the ACICIS house for a dinner of roasted goat. Thanks for a lovely dinner Ele!

Fay x

Yep, that’s a rabbit in the basket!