http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Java/Borobudur/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Asia , Indonesia , Java , Borobudur en-us Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:20:30 +0000 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:20:30 +0000 Early Monday morning we boarded our flight from Denpasar to Central Java on Lion Air. Finally. The Borobudur. I could almost touch it. Our flight was fairly short and as we landed in Jogja and stepped into another world again. Java is another world so it seemed to me. With Mount Merapi hovering in the distance the beautiful Call to Prayer sounding off in the background....Bali seemed so far awa http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Java/Borobudur/blog-776931.html Up at the crack of dawn for a 5am pickup from my Yogyakarta hotel. I booked a tour for the temples and it takes 8 hours but for the hassles it saves me it39s worth every penny. I know one friend who did it himself and he missed the last bus or it didn39t exist... it took a long time to get back. He wasn39t sure he39d make it that night.We got to Borobudur at 6am just after sunrise. http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Java/Borobudur/blog-771524.html Vandaag moesten we vroeg opstaan omdat onze chauffeur ons zou komen ophalen bij het hotel. Door een foutje met de wekker stond ik al om 2.30 uur onder de douche en was Lisa al bijna omgekleed toen Joyce opmerkte dat er ergens iets fout was. Snel terug in bed en proberen weer te slapen. Een paar uur later werden we dan wel op tijd wakker en na het ontbijt en uitchecken werden we opgehaald bij os h http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Java/Borobudur/blog-730439.html Our first stop in Indonesia is Yogyakarta once we got off the plane we decided to take the 1a public bus to our guesthouse Bladok Losmen on Sasrowijayan just off of Malioboro. It seemed easy enough and definitely cheaper than taking a taxi However it was really hot carrying our backpack39s and the bus was packed to the brim.We missed our stop by about 1.5km which meant we had to fight our w http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Java/Borobudur/blog-728982.html Borobudur Prambanan is easy tourism. Fly to Yogyakarta Jogja the cultural capital of Indonesia take a cab to respective temples an hour each from the city voila Another note to self was supposed to be do not forget your indonesian I card cuz the diff between entrance fees for residents vs foreigner is 30000 rp vs 180000 rp Oh boy that was sheer stupidity After a few snarls from the http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Java/Borobudur/blog-728494.html Borobudur was de eerste grote tempel dat we bezochten in Midden Java. We hadden niet echt een idee wat we van een boedhistische tempel mochten verwachten. In de LP staat er info maar geen foto39s dus we waren echt nieuwschierig naar de tempel.In gans de stad Jogja kan je tours boeken. De meeste beginnen vanaf 50.000 RP zonder toegangsticket. Dus je betaalt eigenlijk gewoon je vervoer.Aangezien http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Java/Borobudur/blog-721636.html Bislang war es abgesehen von etwas viel Regen immer sehr warm und sonnig. Bis heute. Wir fahren auf das DiengPlateau welches auch Wohnsitz der Gtter genannt wird. Es liegt knapp ber 2.000 Meter hoch und hier herrscht gttliche Unordnung viel Wind viel Regen und fast berall stinkt es nach Schwefel. Und trotzdem ist es irgendwie schn wie sich die Reisterrassen um die Hgel schmiegen http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Java/Borobudur/blog-696475.html JAVAN MASSAGE.A massage is like a haircut...one of those things you need to do regularly...but often wait until you really need it...like when your hair is suddenly unruly...and it affects your wellbeing...muscles or hair knotted.And like a haircut...similar but different techniques...each time a new experience...result subjective.There we were at Pondok Tinggal... traditional Javanese style digs. http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Java/Borobudur/blog-685981.html BOROBUDUR Universe on Earth.To reach enlightenment at Borobudur...claims to be the largest temple in the World... the largest Buddhist...the Universe on Earth...the pilgrim must cross a river...wading in waist deep water...visit a small temple...wade across a 2nd river...2nd temple...then Borobudur...the object of the quest.On entering the temple site...a ritual is to be followed.I had travelled http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Java/Borobudur/blog-684458.html To begin with this is my initial present on this weblog. And then I would really like to use this opportunity to say hello to the world and also declare my appreciation for viewing this web.The purposes of this blog is to try to give assistance about diabetes mellitus and almost all subjects around this condition. Though there are certainly already a huge number of sites speaking about diabetes http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Java/Borobudur/blog-668501.html I woke up at 5am to see the sunrise at Borobudur. Talked to a med school student from Poland while we waited for the park to open. I headed to the temple as the sun was already rising. Took some great pictures of the sunrise. I expect to post all of the pictures so far on the 1819th when i do my dive course. I wandered around the temple. It is situated in a valley flanked by several volcanoes inc http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Java/Borobudur/blog-626562.html My fifth time in Indonesia and at last I make it to Borobodur. It's a quiet little village which just so happens to have one of the largest Buddhist monuments in South East Asia. As a result it attracts it's fair share of tacky souvenir sellers who have a steady stream of tourists to pester with their wares. Welcome back to the main tourist trail.Most visitors to Borobodur come on a day trip from http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Java/Borobudur/blog-571052.html As we had a few days to spare we headed to Java to try and see Borobudur a giant Hindu temple set near the erupting Merpati. This was apparently closed to tourists but we had bumped into a few people on our travels who had just come from their and said it was fine so we thought wed chance our luck. Getting from Jakarta airport to the city requires nerves of steel. The touts are pushy persiste http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Java/Borobudur/blog-566482.html Still continuing our previous two posting on the Indonesia trip in summer 2010 we were basically running out of time so that we had to eventually leave Bali for some other places we'd planned. We flew to Malang my hometown straight from Bali. Then we decided to do a road trip to Yogyakarta. My Dad insisted us to drive his huge SUV because it surprisingly consumes less gas than my own sedan that http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Java/Borobudur/blog-566467.html We woke up at 6.30 in the morning... this doesn't happen very often since the start of our trip so it is good to mention it. There was a very good motivation behind this. The temples of Borobudur and PrambananWe stepped in a mini bus full of dutch eating candies and started with the temple of Borobudur. Borobudur is the largest Buddhist temple in the world and is a UNESCO site. This site was in http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Java/Borobudur/blog-530182.html Sunday 8th August 2010We were up by 6am today in time for our breakfast that came with our room rate. The breakfast spread at Santika was surprisingly extensive for a 4 star property with a good selection of western and local favourites. We adored the thick banana pancakes that were made fresh by the chefs upon request. This was by far the freshest pancakes I've ever tasted which could give the M http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Java/Borobudur/blog-522800.html The road to and from Borobudur was the challenging part...we arrived into Jakarta airport ready to go get our indo visa's with credit card in hand when the officer said no credit card....everything I had read that it was that you could now pay by credit card...maybe just in bali anyway I was accompanied to the ATM to withdrawal some cash so we could pay....it only took a few mins to get the paymen http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Java/Borobudur/blog-510651.html See text in English below22 de noviembre de 2009Borobodur es el mapa del universo y es flor de loto. Borobodur es un lugar extraordinario. Borobodur es el monumento budista ms grande del mundo y es lugar de peregrinacin en el vesak el da en que se celebra la existencia iluminacin Nirvana y muerte carnal Parinirvana de Siddharta Gautama es decir Buda.Es una estupa grandsima y al http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Java/Borobudur/blog-486960.html Despite waking at 4am jumping in a minivan before 4.30am and being at the temples before 6am I missed dawn at the temple. The golden glowing images with silhouettes of Buddhas and stuppas stretching as far the eye could see weren't waiting for me.Instead thousands of bus loads of local tourists and school kids clambering around loud speakers intermittently directing people not to climb on http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Java/Borobudur/blog-464593.html Leave yours cruises and go to explore Semarang city Gedongsongo Old Train Museum Borobudur Temple..you get new experience and different atmosphere..dont worry..in time when finished tours for inside yours cruises..easy and cheap.We pick you up at Semarang harbor when your cruise line dock. Depart to visit Ambarawa Old Train Museum There are 21 old steam trains in the museum and mostly prod http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Java/Borobudur/blog-459365.html