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Hi,
Sorry I haven't updated this for a while. I've spent a few weeks visiting some of Pattiro's offices in Central Java and so had not much internet access and then have just had a nice little holiday in bali for two weeks too!!
After spending a very lovely week with Widi and his family in Limbangan I went to Solo (a city within Surakarta). Solo is def not quite as pretty as Limbangan, but a quite nice city. I stayed there with someone from Pattiro, Latri, in her boarding house. We went to the traditional market near her home to buy breakfast every morning (Nasi Liwet (rice with some kind of coconut, egg +other random things sauce)) and she took me to some nice local places to eat in the evening too. The food was pretty nice and so cheap, about a pound for both of us!
Solo is famous for producing lots of Batik and so Setyo and Erla took me to a batik factory. see pics.. Erla is just a volunteer for Pattiro while she is still studying English so speaks it really well. She translated a meeting we had with one of the local
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a family that wanted a photo with a 'bule'
well actually I think the parents wanted the photo more than these kids, they don't look overly happy..
examining the many carvings along the walls.
they show pretty much every stage in life and how Buddists should live their life
some of the many statues of Buddha that line the temple
Different Buddha face different directions and symbolise different aspects of the religion
a missive Buddha in one of the temples on the way to Borobudor
Buddists have a massive pilgrimage to Borodubor once a year and many start by visting this temple first
a differnt kind of Batik producer we visited
He makes the designs on cement paper rather than cloth and makes bags and shoes out of it
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