Borobodur

When I arrived in Yagyakarta I was keen to check into somewhere nice after the awful guest house I stayed in the Surabaya. I found a really nice hotel for Rp 60,000 (4 pounds) a night. The main reason for coming to Yagyakarta (pronounced Jogjakarta or ...

... 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 ...

My destination...30 years ago and now...

 The biggest Buddhist temple in the world.  It was made sometime in 700 A.J. (after Jesus) not B.J. (before Jesus) and was soon abandoned.  It was basically destroyed by a volcano and later excavated by some Dutch Archaeologist, they had ...

Visited Borobudur on July 18/19.  An amazing place - see the link for all the facts.  Stayed at the Manohara hotel which is the only hotel actually in the park that contains the temple.  The Manohara costs about $40/night, including the $10 ...