[Buddha-l] Borobudur

[Dan Lusthaus]

Travel section of LATimes --

Reporting from Yogyakarta, Indonesia - -
Four a.m. is a terrible time of day, too late for night owls, too early for 
early risers. The exception is 4 a.m. at Borobudur, waiting for the sun to 
rise over the Kedu Plain in central Java with 504 figures of Buddha.
The temple is one of three great religious sites in Southeast Asia, but it's 
older and more esoteric than Bagan in Myanmar and Angkor Wat in Cambodia. It 
was begun in the 8th century by the Sailendras, a dynasty of Buddhist kings 
who ruled central Java for almost 200 years until their power waned and the 
temple was abandoned.

http://www.latimes.com/travel/la-tr-borobudur-20110826,0,3522659.story

Nice pictures...

Dan