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Borobodur with Bagan in Myanmar and Angkor Wat in Cambodia ranks as one of the greatest South-East Asian Buddhist monuments.
With the decline of Buddhism, Borobodur was abandoned and only rediscovered in 1814 when Raffles governed Java |
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On the way to Prambanan, a stop in the Dieng Plateau with the oldest Hindu temples on Java, the Telaga Warna (Colored Lake), which has turquoise hues and bubbling sulphur deposits around its shores and some curious bubbling mud ponds. |
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Built in the 9th century AD, possibly 50 years after Borobodur, the complex at Prambanan was abandoned soon after its completion when the old Mataram Kingdom mysteriously declined |
| Gunung Bromo (2392m), with its smoking crater, is an active volcano lying at the center of the Tengger Massif. The massive Tengger crater stretches 10 km accross and its steep walls plunge down to a vast flat sea of lava sand |
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Close picture of the smoke taken from the top of Gunung Merapi ('Fire Mountain') (2911m) in Central Java.
The climb started at 1am and even with the help of flashlights, it was extremely difficult. The last part of the summit was extremely challenging because of the slippery lava stones but the spectaculat view was worth freezing for !! |
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Sun rises from the top of Gunung Merapi and of Gunung Bromo |
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