Public transportation in Yogyakarta means taxi, motorbike taxi (we called it: Ojek), rickshaw (we called it: Becak), horse carriages (we called it: Andong), old buses, and Trans Jogja buses. I would advise against taking the old buses. There are not so many of them so it always takes a while to get them and you’ll find difficulties to communicate where do you want to go.
Most taxis in this town use a meter, two of my favourites are Jas taxi and Sadewa taxi. If you are thinking of exploring the city slowly then you should try the rickshaw. If you would like to wander around Yogyakarta with a rickshaw, do a deal for one day. It is less hassle! Most of rickshaw driver can speak a little English so bargaining and discussing destination with them wouldn’t be hard thing to do. Remind them not to take you to souvenir stores if you don’t want to do any shopping.
Trans Jogja is actually pretty handy to go to several places. The only problem is sometimes it takes ages to wait for the bus. Don’t worry about changing the shelter and such, you can always count on the driver or the bus assistant. As long as you have the destination name where you want to go, they’ll let you know when you need to change bus or get off.
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