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After fighting for the title at the 2022 FOXS Indonesia Para Badminton International Championships (FIPBI), athletes from 10 countries joined the city tour. Photo: Twitter
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The first trip, the athletes toured the Prambanan temple complex. They were amazed at the beauty of the temple that was built in the 9th century
This moment is immortalized by taking selfies and group photos. The same was done by referees from abroad and officials from the Badminton World Federation.
After getting satisfied with exploring the temple for about 2 hours, they had lunch at Ramayana Restu which is still located in the same area.
They enjoy a variety of menus at restaurants with nuances in Central Java that serve these traditional menus, such as fried noodles, soto, bacem tofu, tempe mendoan, and others. Few of them feel addictive when eating chicken satay.
After pampering the tongue with typical Indonesian dishes, all the athletes continued their journey to another iconic place, Malioboro in search of souvenirs.
Although he seems a bit confused in choosing the right souvenirs to bring to his country. Most of them finally decided to buy clothes, bags and key chains for different types of pakbia
For one of the athletes from Australia, Grant Manzoni, who competed in the men’s singles WH 2, men’s doubles and mixed doubles WH 1 – WH 2, participating in the tournament and participating in a series of city tours became a precious moment for him.
On his first visit to Indonesia, Manzoni admitted that he was very impressed with the hospitality of the people and the natural beauty of Indonesia.