Melia Purosani Hotel Yogyakarta

... various scenes from Buddha's life, and also lots of Buddha statues. Over the next two hours, I made my way around the various levels, taking photos. However, this is of little significance; what is most important here is the fact that for this period of time, I was a celebrity. Borobodur was not the tourist attraction for the Indonesians visiting, I was. Over the course of two hours, I posed for photos with at least forty different groups of people. I never ...

... went to the toilet he said I was meeting my 2 thai girls, which ****** them off and he wound them up some more and they left, once he told me I was very amused!! We said our fond farewells as they were heading to Jakarta in the morning to Rollys house and then fly to Oz for a week a couple of days later. I am glad I was with them as it made it much easier to get to Borobudur and share the experience with, they were a couple of top notch guys!!! A fine day.

... to do. So the trash would just sit -- in the middle of the street, going nowhere, festering in the 100 degree heat. Some trash piles were so large that they looked like little doll-house cities, with walkways and rooms and caverns created by the rats and other small creatures. We would walk by them and the garbage smell would linger for an entire city block. Seriously.

Small bugs aren’t as big of a nuisance as the larger bugs are, but some of the more obnoxious ones ...

... toilet (with a seat and everything!) and a balcony that overlooked the busy alleyway that I found great for people watching and only 40k per night. It was even right next to a quiet bar/restaurant with friendly staff and everything I needed within 100yds; there had to be a catch! And so I checked out of my carp-hole room and moved into this great room I had found. It wouldn't be until the evening call to prayer from mosques 1,2 and 3 (never at once though ...

... from groups of locals who wanted their photographs with us and the common friendly "Hey Mister" greeting. I was approached by an entire family who got me to sit down with them. The mother was overly friendly, and enjoyed touching, rubbing my leg, and seemed to want me to marry her daughter after getting us to hold hands as she stroked our shoulders with approval. I decided to get Tom involved with these strange antics too [Tom: Thanks mate! I've never felt so ...

... been number one for some time now. The little village of Kaliurang was the starting point for this venture. Once again, it was cooler up there and the people were friendly. The owner of our hotel is the local expert on the volcano. His name is Christian and he grew up in the village so has been around when the volcano has almost destroyed the village (and has destroyed the surrounding area) several times. We ...

... at Prambanan in an hour. Prambanan is the most important hindu monument in Java and would have been nice to walk around but because my guisdebook is very old I didnt realise there had been a substantial earthquake which means most of the place was under reconstruction. I spent half the day here still and it was nice and peaceful - I found a spot far away from evryone and just sat in the shade for a few hours - it is always the case at these sort of places ...

... walls and it's self functioning with its own markets, shops, schools, mosques etc. The centre of the kraton is the large reception hall with a couple of surrounding building serving as a museum but the ...

Salut tout le monde, Nous allons bien. Hier nous etions pret a feter ensemble moi et Rejean. La biere, la piscine sur un beau patio.. Deviner... On s'est endormie a 22.00. Trop fatigue pour veiller. Donc on ronflait a poing ferme quand la nouvelle annee est arrivee. J'ai juste entendu de notre chambre Happy New Year, Je me suis donc reveiller et souhaiter bonne annee a Rejean qui sommeillait. Ce fut notre gros party.... Mais nous sommes arrivee quand ...

... as amazing. Some parts of the temple looks in ruins because there was an earthquake hit it two years ago. I tried to take pictures of some of the before and after signs. The last part of the temple is actually Buddhist, the Hindu rulers wife was actually Buddhist. So, he built a little temple for her down the way. This temple was nice because we were ...