Candle-lit birthday dinner at Pak Bilal’s home We spent the rest of the day in our room relaxing after our busy Borobudur morning. That evening we were going back to Pak Bilal’s home for an Indonesian barbecue dinner for the eve of my birthday. It was drizzling by the time we got there around half …
Chic picnic overlooking Borobudur temple Our Borobudur temple tour lasted more than an hour so by the time it finished, we had been up and about for four hours and were starving. We were taken to nearby Dagi hill which is still inside the archaeological park. Up a winding one-lane dirt road until we reached …
Borobudur stupas before and after sunrise The phone rang for our wake-up call at 4:00 a.m. It was quiet and dark outside when we walked up to the bar for a light breakfast of coffee, orange juice and a croissant before we were driven to Borobudur. We arrived there in about twenty minutes and were …
Scenes from Prambanan Our first morning in Jogjakarta was spent at the Prambanan – a 10th century Hindu temple – which is the largest in Indonesia. Situated inside an archaeological park, Prambanan is composed of several tall, jagged-like sculptures built around 850 AD. There are three main temples for three Hindu divinities: Shiva the destroyer …
Travels with a Gourmet 