In my high school days I voraciously read the collections of the National Geographic magazines in our school library. I was fascinated by the places I read and the maps presented on the magazine. I began to develop an interest for Indonesia. An archipelago with such diverse people and culture. One thing I really like about Indonesia are it's people. The Indonesians are very friendly and tolerant. I would opine that perhaps this sense of tolerance have made Indonesia a nation on its own right and it also contributed to the preservation of various artifacts. I have read so much about Borobudur in the Central Part of Java. Thus when the opportunity came to visit Indonesia in 2008. I put on my itinerary a short visit to Jogjakarta. Jogjakarta like Aceh enjoys a special administrative status being the center of Javanese culture and also of Islamic culture.Way back in 2008 I had this opportunity to attend a training in Bandung and I decided to have a short visit to Jogjakarta. From Jakarta I took Adam Air for Jogjakarta. One thing that impressed me was the standard of living which make it easy for anyone to be. I did not spend a fortune to enjoy this beautiful and mystical place.
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The Entrance to the Monument |
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| Each of these Contain a Figure of the Buddha |
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| The walls were lined up with epic stories carved in stones |
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| The Sukarno-Hatta Airport in Jakarta |
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| On top of the Hill |
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| There were several of these figures of the Bodhisattva |
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| The City Jogjakarta in the Horizon as seen from Adam Air |
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| Jogjakarta International Airport |
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