Some photos from my latest trip to Indonesia in the last week of April.
Take off from Dubai early evening..
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Flew via Singapore to Semarang on the north coast of Central Java, was through customs in 10 minutes
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Was greeted by Miss Java 2017 and straight on the road for a road trip to Jogjakarta about 3 hours south.
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Some very typical roadside scenery...
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Plenty of rickshaws in service to be seen.. got to make a living somehow
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Saw a lot of really good graffiti on my trip .. a sign of creativity and the free spirit of such a tolerant society
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Just a random shot on an unusually quiet street...
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Up very early the next day as the Miss was running a half marathon.
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Starting at the Prambanan temple
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Bit of a warm up first with her club mates..
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Before heading to the start line.. note the drone, ubiquitous these days it seems
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And they were off..
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Giving me about 2 hours 35 mins depending on tail wind for a leisurely stroll around the temples.
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Not many tourists about yet, but a few school groups up early
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The temples are heavily reconstructed from what were total ruins, but there were no real restriction in place on climbing in and around them.
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Here you can see in the grounds the bases of some minor temples, from which I guess the stonework has been used in the reconstruction or simply cleared away.
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One of the other temples still under reconstruction.
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And the other temple complex, you can see the scale of the reconstruction required with the outlying temples in complete ruin.
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Very few Buddha with their heads still in place..
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In the 2 weeks I was in Java I only saw half a dozen farang.. which was really refreshing. I quite often received curious stares which were quickly turned to smiles with a very English 'good morning' and a wave. Several times I was approached and asked to have my picture taken with random passers by, no doubt as proof on Facebook that they had seen a white man. This group of tourists all turned their cameras on me and were happy to pose for a quick shot of mine. Very pleasant and very polite people overall throughout my stay in Java.
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More to follow :)