We left the hotel at 5 am to avoid the crowd... it was a great idea as we were able to walk up through all levels without nobody there! Borobudur is amazingly beautiful as it overlooks the mountains. From the very top, we got a heavenly view of the horizon. At 7 though, trouble arrived in the form of two Indonesian classes of ten year olds... the rest of the visit was spend taking pictures with adolescents and trying to escape a hord of uniforms...
UNESCO description:
This famous Buddhist temple, dating from the 8th and 9th centuries, is located in central Java. It was built in three tiers: a pyramidal base with five concentric square terraces, the trunk of a cone with three circular platforms and, at the top, a monumental stupa. The walls and balustrades are decorated with fine low reliefs, covering a total surface area of 2,500 m2. Around the circular platforms are 72 openwork stupas, each containing a statue of the Buddha.
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