Sunday, 19 April 2015

Jogya-Yogyakarta and Borobodur

We have left the capital city and are now in the much more chilled out, far less densely populated city of Jogya.

It is the cultural and educational centre of Indonesia. We awoke at 3am this morning and drove to the ancient Buddhist temple called Borobudur-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borobudur

We walked up by torch light and watched the sun rise over Mount Merapi, an active volcano where we will tomorrow night!
It was a serene and beautiful place and an opportunity I will not forget.

Many of the heads of the statues were cut off.....I wonder if anyone can find out why? Email me and let me know what you think.




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  1. Anonymous21 April 2015 at 14:11

    I like the pictures Mr Ashby!!!

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  2. Anonymous21 April 2015 at 14:14

    This looks like a really beautiful place Mr Ashby! I hope you like travelling here and the sunset over Mount Merapi!

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  3. Anonymous21 April 2015 at 14:14

    That is really weird about the statues with the heads cut off maybe someone cut there heads off and brang them home for a colection or something

    it looks like that place is really cool have a good time

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  4. Anonymous21 April 2015 at 14:14

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    1. Anonymous21 April 2015 at 14:16

      Sorry - My comments on your blog have appeared twice!

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  5. Anonymous21 April 2015 at 14:15

    Looks like your having a good time in Indonesia.

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  6. Anonymous21 April 2015 at 14:16

    It looks wonderful

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  7. Anonymous21 April 2015 at 14:17

    That would be so beautiful watching the sunrise. I also love the pictures. I wish I could be there.

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  8. Anonymous21 April 2015 at 14:17

    That would be so beautiful watching the sunrise. I also love the pictures. I wish I could be there.

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  9. Anonymous21 April 2015 at 14:25

    It would be cool seeing that Beautiful sunrise

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  10. Anonymous21 April 2015 at 14:31

    The Buddha images were decapitated when Ayutthaya fell to the Burmese in 1767. This was done to remove precious items - gold, jewels and other relics - placed inside the statue when they were made. The images were made of bricks and mortar with the fine details modeled in plaster and then painted.

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    1. Room 321 April 2015 at 14:45

      Total copy and paste, but well done finding the information!

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    2. Room 321 April 2015 at 14:47

      Total copy and paste, but well done finding the information!

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