Malioboro Ekspress

As the name suggests, this train serves customers to go from Malioboro (Jogja) to Malang in East Java. This service was the only one suitably, comfortably, relatively, and reasonably(???) well...not quite....affordable train for me. Why is that?

Since the ticket price changed 3 times during my 3-times taking this train. How absurd!!!

This one, staggeringly over-priced at Rp 200,000 (20,000 Won) for a trip from Kediri to Jogjakarta. 

And I got to buy 4 tickets!!!

oh, well...just closed my eyes and let the wallet did the counting.:)

yup, this train took me 3 times going back and forth from Jogja-Kediri-Jogja during my 3-week vacation at home.

*this is what I mean by how absurd the price was:

First week: Jogja-Kediri: Rp 150,000

Second Week: Kediri-Jogja: Rp 200,000

Third week: Kediri-Jogja: Rp 100,000

WHAAATTTT???? how is it possible that the same train with the same distance changed its price 3 times in 3 weeks??????

Going Back Home to Kediri, East Java

What?????? one way trip from Jogja to Kediri by train cost Rp 160,000 (16,000 Won). Well, of course...it looks considerably cheap by Korean standard...but boy...oh boy...it's a bit expensive in Rupiah. Gosh...after leaving the country for 2.5 years...inflation does infiltrate all curves of lives, including transportation fee. Since we wanted to have a hassle-free trip to Kediri, we decided to take a night train  (Malioboro Express) which take only around 4 hours to Kediri. (way faster than by taking a coach that would usually take 7 hours!!!!) 

Okay..the day arrived and om Didik, tante Yuni as well as..of course...Razqa...bid us goodbye at Tugu Railway station, Jogjakarta.

it's almost 10 pm and I guess we got to hurry up..but why not take a pic, first?:) 

On board the Malioboro Express. It passed midnight and Freya just woke up and ....had an urge to munch something...and she DID.^^

"Have a great vacation, honey?"