Boroburdur

We flew from Bali to the Island of Java. On Bali the people are Hindu. On Java they are Muslim. Two islands two completely different life styles. One weather: Hot and Humid. Basically when you visit South East Asia at some point on your trip, you completely give up, and accept the fact you will be hot and sweaty and wearing damp clothes. We reached that point. Acceptance is very Buddhist.

As we approached the airport at Yogyakarta, we saw storm clouds. That is a good thing. We would love to have a rain to cool us. We headed out to the great Buddhist monument of Borobudur. It is a giant stone structure set on a hill with fabulous vistas of the very green countryside. No one knows its origin but it was probably constructed in the 7th or 8th century.

The Indonesian government has protected the vistas in all directions from the monument. The surrounding countryside is very green. The structure itself, tells in carvings the story of the Buddha’s life.

It rained on our approach to Borobudur and we were very happy. When we arrived there, the rain stopped for the most part and it was comfortable to climb to the top. If the sun had been shinning it would have been extremely uncomfortable!

We then returned to Yogyakarta (about an hours drive) and had a wonderful massage at the hotel, then dinner and drinks. We will be in Java for 4 days then we return to the island of Bali.