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Borobudur Slideshow
Borobudur
Travel Blogs from Borobudur, Indonesia
Beautiful Borobodur Temple
This is a top pick! DOMINIQUE HERE: Day : 108 Temperature : 34 degrees Weather : Sunny The World Heritage site of Borodobur Temple is Indonesia's single biggest tourist attraction and can attract up to 90,000 tourists during Indonesian holidays. Thankfully, it's Ramadan ...
Mighty Merapi
This is a top pick! DOMINIQUE HERE: Day : 109 Temperature : A nice cool 30 degrees Weather : Scattered clouds We've had a couple of successes over the past day. Firstly, yesterday was the cheapest day of our trip so far….we spent £14 between the two of us!! Let me ...
Day 52: A New Friend
This is a top pick! ... I wanted. My bargaining skills have gotten quite the work out since this trip started, Cody had better watch out. Sunrise at Borobudur was gorgeous overall, though if this monument is considered on par with Angkor Wat I'm gonna brace for Angkor to mildly ...
Yogyakarta & Mount Merapi - Day 183
This is a top pick! ... become completely impossible. Probably lucky more than wise that I changed my plans at the last minute. Tonight I climb Indonesia's most volatile volcano, and the sixth most active in the world, Gunung Merapi ("Giving Fire"). The Javanese worship ...
Oh my Buddha!
This is a top pick! ... . But for Borobudur you may never have seen a photo, just heard the name. It's a catchy name - Borobudur. After we'd arrived in Indonesia I got a letter from my mom asking if we were going to Borobudur. We must go to Borobudur, ...
Jogia
This is a top pick! ... the next day to see some temples, but first he had to drop us off in Yogyakarta !!! Yogyakarta is an autonomous ruled city in Indonesia. Even though the country has a president, this place has a Sultan but does not have any real power as such, and whilst ...
Borobudur & Prambanan - Day 182
This is a top pick! Last night I arranged some transport to two of the most impressive and important historical sites on the whole Indonesian archipelago, Borobudur and Prambanan. Both sites are around an hour drive from Yogyakarta and date back to the 8th and 9th centuries. ...
The Largest
This is a top pick! ... temple had been completed !!! Actually, it was quite amusing as he also took the piss out of the Malaysians stating that Indonesia was far better than their neigbours, it kind of reminded me of the happy banter that happens between Aussies and Kiwis !!! ...
Borobudur Temple
This is a top pick! Day 243 Today we set off on the mammoth task of getting to Borobudur temple, claiming to be the largest Buddhist temple in Asia. We started a bit later than we were meant to but it all goes back to the fact there is never any nautral light!! ...
The Pains of Celebrity Status...
A short bus ride from Yogyakarta lies the world renowned Buddhist monument of Borobudur. Considered by many, alongside Angkor Wat in Cambodia and Bogor in Burma,as the most spectacular historical site in SE Asia. In order to escape both the heat of the ...
Borobudur Buddhist Temple 8th Century
... - and went to Borobudur. This temple had the misfortune of being built Buddhist right before the bloody religious wars that swept Indonesia with the founding of Islam in the same century. (The Buddhists lost.) By 8 AM it was insufferably ...
Lodging Review--Joglo's Home Stay
... may be the most interesting cat we have met in our journeys. Born and raised by Indonesians and Canadians in the village of Borobudur, he knows everything and everyone in town and the surrounding area. The Homestay (75,000 rupiah) includes free high speed ...
Visit To The Largest Buddhist Temple In The World
After all the hassle that we went through, finally we have set foot at the greatest and largest Buddhist Temple in the world, Borobudur Temple which was built in the 9th Century. Upon arrival, we had to buy the entrance tickets which amounted to USD 17 ...
The Java Jaunt - Episode I
... way to travel, since planning the trip we always knew we’d fit in a visit to the colossal Buddhist monument of Borobudur (so I could perform my annual goat sacrificing rituals). It’s UNESCO listed and has often been named as one of the Seven ...
Borobudur temple
alors Borobudur.. autre approche.. tour organise.. ou plutot transport organise car on avait pas de guide.. bon pour le prix 50 000 sans l entree tu peux pas trop demande non plus.. d ailleurs a propos de prix j etais furax.. ils m ont fait paye 70 000 a ...
Visiting the orphanage
Our guest hose operator Joglo is born and raised in Borobudur, and grew up with Canadians, hence his excellent English. He is a bundle of energy and truly helpful to bule tourists. He picked up on the social consciousness of WW and WM and offered to ...
Fantastic Rafting at Progo River !
Longing the warmth of camping, the wood scent of the bonfire, the whistle of the winds amidst the music of the trickling river stream, the calls of the night and the songs of elements in all its pure form. Waiting dawn to challenge the Progo river ...
Candi Borobudur: Becoming Buddha
... and balustrades in the second, third and fourth galleries. These reliefs represent the model Bodhisattva, whom a pilgrim to Borobudur should imitate while perambulating and ascending the monument. In doing so, the pilgrim ultimately enters the ...
Ancient Buddhist temples in bewildering Borobudur
... afternoon we decided to do a different kind of tour. We were driven on motorbikes to one of the most important monasteries in Indonesia. It’s importance due to one of Buddha’s bones being buried there under a giant stupa. Our activity for the ...
Path to Enlightenment (or at least better grammar)
... the puppets. It would be easy to skip, since it's not necessarily well advertised in Yogya, but it's really worth seeing. Borobudur was another highlight. We spent the night in the hotel on the grounds ofthis 1200-year-old Buddhist monument. Little is ...
Borobudur & Prambanan - Buddhist and Hindi temples
... I believe there are cheaper ways of getting in, but as I already said, we were lazy! Our first stop was Borobudur, the most visited attraction in Indonesia. This Buddhist temple is a “fat temple” and is made up of many levels or vistas. It is ...
Borobudur - bisheriges Highlight
... Veraenderung aufgrund des Ereignisses letzte Woche bemerkt. Auf Bali soll aber hoechste Sicherheitsstufe sein..? Wir werden sehen. Borobudur (groesster buddhistischer Tempel der Welt) soll besonders schoen bei aufgehender SOnne sein. Der Sunrise-Trip war ...
Borobudur, Central Java
The temple at Borobudor was our next stop. Built between 750 and 850 AD, the massive Buddhist temple structure is built from approximately two million block stones and sits like a fortress. Soon after completion, for reasons unknown, it was abandoned ...
Borobudur
... ; Borobudur is a ninth century Mahayana Buddhist monument plopped down in central Java, and jewel in the crown of Indonesia's historic landmarks. Said to be the largest Budhist structure in the southern hemisphere. Its big and bold and great to ...
Down and Out in Central Java
... smelled bad. WM-not geographically disposed towards elocution- pointed out guy with Palestinian flag on his shirt. WW asked "What's a palace Indian?" So, Indonesia, you kicked our keisters today. Hoping for better karma ...
Borobudur Tempel / Borobudur Temple
... Euro) bekommen habe. XXXXX Instead of the originally planned way I got by mistake the most optimal and shortest route why I reached Borobudur thanks to aceptable traffic, where there is the buddhist Temple to see, which suppoused to be one of the 7 ...
Nirvana
... the little sheltered garden and make friends with the latest addition to the hostel,. A Spanish guy from Madrid who had been over in Indonesia for around a month and was more than happy to off load all his travel trales to us as he had spent the last ...
Super Stupa
... have chosen the Manohara hotel for one reason only - it is located with incredible close proximity to the great Buddhist monument - Borobudur. This will provide us with valuable extra sleeping time tomorrow when we climb to the top of the temple for ...