Post-trip photo sharing (X)! [Borobudur Temple, Yogyakarta]

Here we are at the huge landmark...you don't really say that you have came to Yogyakarta without visiting the Borobudur Temple, right? So here it is at the last spot for our third day :3

Like the Prambanan Temple, they have also made general "presentability" improvements to the place! From far away, I knew that it's already impossible for me to make distraction(people)-less photos this time...hah...

Here's the reading material for this post...Wikipedia as usual!

Just like the Prambanan Temple, this one has its very own unique charm...and it's everywhere. Every corner, every rock. Once you're here, you'll find that it isn't very hard to understand why there are so many tourists here :P Even if you aren't very interested in the history and the art of the temple on a micro-level, the whole building is still breathtaking and you'll still ask the good old question of "how?" regarding its existence since the 9th century.

Some carvings on some surfaces...

As it's a Buddhist temple, it has some big differences compared to the Prambanan Temple (which is a Hindu temple), which can be observed on the decorations and overall building structure. The upper levels of the temple has these stupas on them, and each of them at certain levels have a Buddha statue in them.

(Read the Wikipedia article to learn more, I personally hoped that we had a tour guide with us but it wasn't the case...)

On the lower levels of the temple, there's a path to walk...

There are 4 stairs for the temple that lead you to the top and the exit, and each of them faces north/south/east/west :) Here's one of them from the top.

Now, look up the walls...

It fascinates me that no matter where you are looking at in this temple, there's always something interesting to look at - every sight is worthy.

Even (for whatever probably not understandable reason) when you're not looking at the building itself...

If we went with our initial trip plan, we would be able to see the sunrise while on this gorgeous temple, but then waking up at 3am is too much of a pain that my mum pushed it away...well, I wouldn't really want to wake up that early after a crazy second day as well! Maybe next time when I'm ready to not sleep at all, hah...

And lastly, before we left, some additional shots of this ancient masterpiece...

Fun fact, actually, according to a signboard at the entrance, no one is supposed to be allowed to take photos in the site without a permit, and there are certain routes you have to take and something to do as a gesture for respecting the temple, but I think no one had any good ideas to control thousands of visitors, so the rule kinda got ignored since a long time ago...? Personally I think it doesn't hurt to take photos, but indeed it's the best if they can have some "educational talk" or something to help the visitors understand on what they are visiting and what can or cannot be done (not all visitors are as civil as we think). I personally will like to follow the suggestions provided by the management, but I guess I can't really "act on my own" with my mum dragging me along :P

This ends the third day of our trip! Now I can't wait to finally reach my favourite part of the trip which is at the first stop of the last day...look forward to it too, at the next post (of the series!) :)

See you next time,

--Lilacse

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