borobudur temple

May 12th 2023
Beautiful day, a gift for the traveller… ~ Indonesian Proverb HE SAID... Today we were exploring the atmospheric city of Yogyakartaand its surrounds. We woke early and aimed to fuel-up with a big breakfast, but time was against us, so I opted for a more moderate spread of cornflakes, black rice porridge with coconut milk, omelette with hot chilli sambal, mini cr ... read more

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This blog documents the feeding of our travel addiction - one country at a time. Travel is an essential part of our life, and we'll continue to travel until our addiction wanes (which probably won't be in this lifetime)! The more we travel, the more we see; and the more we see, the more we understand that we know so little - which is a brilliant thing. We love the little corner of south eastern Australia we call home, but we are at our happiest when throwing ourselves into a new adventure and experiencing new cultures. Rather than doing round-the-world trips, our preferred style of trave... full info

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20th July 2023

D MJ Binkley
Dave and Merry Jo Binkley

So many temples so little time
Sounds like there is plenty of traffic. I'm glad you are navigating the crowds the best you can. This is. an interesting part of the world.

21st July 2023

RENanDREW
Ren & Andrew

Re: So many temples so little time
Yes Merry, it felt like the traffic in Yogyakarta rivalled that in Jakarta. But we forgot the traffic when we saw the amazing Borobudur temple! It was truly stunning :)

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