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Borodudur Tourists

Ouch — Ouch!

Borobudur

How to live — How to Live.. Yep, it was all there in 600AD, if you can read Arabic.

Prehistoric Relief — Prehistoric Relief. I think it is a rubbing from an ancient stone carving

Station Staff — Station Staff. line up to wish us bon voyage.

Stoneage figure — Stoneage Figure

Sunrise from Borodudur

Jakarta Station Porter. — Jakarta Station Porter. You won't find service like this at an airport.

At borobudur — Me at Borodudur. Taken by Joy.

The Train to Bandung — The Train to Bandung. The two young drivers flashed their lights and blasted their horn for show.

Malang Inside Jami' Mosque — Inside Jami' Mosque

Bandung Strret — Bandung Streets

Bank Mandiri — Bank Mandiri, Bandung. A colonial precursor to ABN AMRO.

Guard — Guard.. The big waddy is for keeping evil spirits in line.

Becaks — Becaks.. Traditional rickshaws or pedicabs.

Hostel — Jogja Hostel.. Good inexpensive accommodation.

The Battle for Yogyakarta — The Battle for Yogyakarta.. Lifesize diorama.

Traditional Upside-Down Coffee — Traditional Upside-Down Coffee. You need good teeth for this stuff.

Mosque — Mosque .. Malang Jami' Mosque.

Garuda — Garduda. The eagle is revered everywhere it seems.

Birth and death — Birth and Death.. The bed on the right is for birthing, the other for dying. Don't get them confused!

Train to Jogja — The Train to Jogja.. Fast, clean, comfortable.

Gamelan Band

Tour Bus Driver

Java from the Train — Java from the Train. Taken somewhere between Bandung and Yogyakarta.

Green Lizards for Sale

Malang Girls

Serpents for sale — Serpents for Sale

Rebak Marina -- Home — Rebak Marina - Home. The plane I arrived on returns. Anjea is to the right, out of frame.

Traffic cop — Traffic Clown, I mean Cop. Looks like he's been run over a few times

Rebak Ferry — Rebak Ferry. Anjea has a 50hp diesel. With ten times the power the ferry got me home in a hurry!

Borodudur Lion with Joy

Surabaya Guide — My Guide to Surabaya. Not much English but he worked out what I wanted.

Borodudur Lion — Borodudur Lion (800AD). Clearly a very long time even then since anyone in Java had seen a lion!

Dawn at Borodudur — Dawn at Borobudur

Squirrel for Sale — Squirrel for Sale. The animal market in Malang

Man with Borobudur Lion

Borobudur Upper Level — Borobudur Upper Level. Each stupa encloses a statue of Buddha

Cathedral of St Teresa — Cathedral of St Teresa. A catholic cathedral built in 1934 and now named for St Mary.

A Dangerous Dance — A Dangerous Dance. The traffic police are amazing.

Joy at Borobudur

Stone Sculpture in Hutan Kota Malabar — Stone Sculpture in Hutan Kota Malabar. Just this isolated piece. No other sculpture in the forest.

Hotel Entrance — Hotel Entrance. I stayed here in Malang. Excellent.

Malang Traffic

Surabaya Traffic — Surabaya Traffic. As it is everywhere in Java

Local Shipping in Surabaya — Local Shipping in Surabaya. My guide to Surabuya in front of what seems like a very overloaded ship.

Borobudur Relief Sculptures — Borobudur Relief Sculptures. The lower levels are covered with relief sculptures.

Base of Borobudur

Old House Surabuya — Old House in Surabaya

Heroes Monument — The Heroes Monument Surabaya. There is a museum under the monument.

Masjid Jami' Malang — Masjid Jami' Malang. The old main mosque has been restored and repaired many times.

Hutan Kota Malabar — Pathway . Hutan Kota Malabar is a forest in the middle of Malang, sponsored by Otsuka, a Japanese pharmaceutical company.

Malang Houses

Borobudur Relief Sculpture — Borobudur Relief Sculpture. Every one of the thousands of panels tells a story.

Old Dutch Building

Streetscape in Malang — Malang Streetscape

10th November Mural — 10th November Mural. Depicts the battle for Surabaya on 10th November 1945.

Chinese Architecture — Chinese Architecture. Many old Dutch and Chinese buildings still stand in Surabaya - some preserved, some not.

Church of St Immanuel — Church of St Immanuel. Originally a Dutch protestant church, it still houses a bible from 1681.

Old Quarter — Old Quarter. Surabaya's old streets are lined with Dutch architecture.

Bung Tomo's Car — Bung Tomo's Car. He was a rabble-rouser on the right side of the struggle for independence (~1945) and thus a hero

Idjen Boulevard — Idjen Boulevard. Lined with fine old houses, some virtually palaces.

Me at Surabaya Harbour

Ground level — Borodudur Ground Level. Borodudur is massive.

City hall — Malang City Hall. Just around the corner from my hotel the city hall is just one of many fine buildings and gardens.

Birds for Sale

Malang Heroic Statue — Malang Heroic Statue. The slain giant represents Japan and the Netherlands

Brahma

The Three Main Temples — The Three Main Temples. One for each of the Trimurti: Brahma,Vishnu, and Shiva.

Prambanan — Prambanan. The largest hindu temple in the world.

Brahma, The Creator — Brahma, The Creator. One of the three Trimurti, each of whom has a large temple.

Temple

One of the Main Temples — One of the Main Temples. There are 3 main temples.

Partially Restored — Partially Restored. If you are good at 3D jigsaws then Prambanan has a challenge for you.

A Prambanan Lion

Prambanan Approaches

The River in Malang

Frieze — Frieze. Like Borobudur, Prambanan is there to tell stories.

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