He immediately moved his seat of government to Yogyakarta for four days to oversee the relief effort.

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The caves were discovered by Yogyakarta native Cahyo Alkantana, a filmmaker and adventurer.

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The next day, more than 20 died in a plane crash at Yogyakarta, on the neighbouring island of Java .

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Even Mr Zudianto is spending 5 billion rupiah on the local Yogyakarta team, though he draws the line at buying expensive foreign players.

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As it takes about two and a half hours to reach the site from Yogyakarta, visitors may prefer to spend the night near the cave.

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Some have suggested the damage may be worse than that of a 6.3-magnitude quake centered in the central Java city of Yogyakarta in May 2006, Holmes said.

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The epicentre of the latest tragedy, at 5.54am on May 27th, was off the south coast of Java, the country's most densely populated island, just outside the ancient royal city of Yogyakarta.

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