It rained very very hard. We just stayed and wrote email until it stopped, about two hours later. It still rained a little when we left. We inspected several hotels in central Yogya before selecting hotel Mendut. Yogya gets a lot of tourists.
Many locals make a living from tourism.
This can make the city a bit tiresome. Take our walk to the palace on our first morning. First we pass a gauntlet of becak drivers trying to get us to hire them. A couple even followed us. Probably 25 becak drivers tried to get us.