Borobudur - the largest Buddhist temple in Indonesia
December 19th 2009 Despite waking at 4am jumping in a mini-van 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 o
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