Borobudur Temple Magelang

After a few chaotic days in the city of Jakarta, we said our goodbyes to Steven and Pfunny and set our eyes on the old city of Yogyakarta. The city is pretty much in central Java and set in a perfect location to see two of the top 5 temples in Southeast Asia, Prambanan and Borobudur. Our journey began taking a flight to Yogyakarta and getting …

Day 2 in Jogja:
Today we got up at 4.30am to go to Borobudur, the largest temple in the world (that's what first thing in the morning and entered the area with only about 12 other people.
Borobudur, which translates as 'temple above the hill' is some 35.29 metres high from the ground. It is set in very beautiful parkland, which really …

We flew back to Indonesia from KL, to Surakarta (aka Solo) in Java, and made our way via train to Yogyakarta. Here we checked into a nice little Losman (guesthouse) called Bladok and planned the next leg of our journey in java. We had a little visitor in our room on our first night in the form of a bat who accidentally flew in through our window. …

We arrived in Yogyakarta yesterday morning to be greeted by a November monsoonal downpour. By the time we reached our lovely hotel - Eclipse Hotel on Jl. Prawirotaman the rain had passed so we headed straight to the tourist informnation centre on Jl. Malioboro which was very helpful. The obvios first destination for a visit was the Kraton complex …

Boroburdur. It was kind of a big deal. I mean, it was big. And we went early. Left Jogja at 5am, why? To see this Buddhist monument at sunrise, and to avoid the hoards of tourists. I think I exerted the most effort during my time in Indonesia avoiding the hoards of tourists, so no surprise there.

I saw Borobudur the day after seeing …

Next stop: Yogyakarta, Java's centre of art. Pronounced Joe-jakarta. We flew from Jakarta in a quick hop. Thomas, the manager of the hostel we booked, awaits us at the airport. He is from Papua, another Indonesian island. We learn that he has an anger management issue, which is typical of Papuan people. He calls it a 'temper’. We have a hard …

The wake up call in our resort in Denpasar came at 4:30am, leaving me with only about four hours sleep. Somehow, the air-conditioning left overnight achieved the interesting task of somehow making the room cold enough for me to require a blanket but still hot enough for me to still be sweating (damn this humidity...).

We decided, after …

On a hot Indonesian morning (cuaca panas hari ini--weather is hot today) we headed out of the city into the country, into Magelang to visit Borobudur Temple, the final stop on my Asian research tour--with my cameraman in tow. On a hot Indonesian afternoon, we were eating lunch at a traditional Javanese restaurant with excellent mee goreng (fried …

Day 1 Java (23rd March): We arrived in Java in town called Yogyakarta afterabout a 24 hour bus journey! Then it was on to a smaller local rickety old bus (Which keeps the door wide open as you drive around) to find our hostel. The hostel was very basic but had a pool and breakfast included so we managed to forgive the fact that we could hardly move …

It was my first day in Jogja, went to Borobudur Temple with Alex, an American EP. We left Jogja in the early morning, took bus for about 2 hours, and suddenly realised that we took the wrong one, whcih didn't take us to the Temple, but stoped at the terminal. we decided to take a local transportation (fogort the name, but it's like a bike, which a …

... from this location, it takes 10 minutes to reach the temple gates and we have a decent 1 hour and 40 minutes at the Borobudur Temple.  Shall post the next entry soon with photos from the greatest Buddhist Temple of the world, the Borobudur Temple. ...

...       This temple was constructed in the early 9th Century by the Sailendra Dynasty too, just like the Borobudur temple. But, I would say that this temple is much deserted and even there is no idol in the temple. It is ...

... their Yatra or passage to the Borobudur from this temple, passing the Pawon temple and finally ending their journey at the grand Borobudur temple and then they spend the rest of the evening meditating at the Borobudur shrine.  Among all the Buddhist ...

Nice ketupat tahu for lunch. Humble but very clean warung. Fresh from the wok fried tofu with ketupat and veggies in peanut sauce. Borobudur. Then Amanjiwo hotel for afternoon ...