The Borobudur is a hundred years old budhist temple. It was built in the Sailendra Dynasty of whom is a Budhist kingdom. The temple is built near the city what it’s called now Magelang. The site is located 66 KM from the Special Province of Jogjakarta capital Jogjakarta.

1814 by Sir Thomas Raffles, the British ruler of Java who occupied Indonesian teritory at the time. When it first found it was in a really bad shaped as many of its structures had collapsed and reduced to dust by the forces of nature.

In 1975 until1982 the Goverment of Indonesia cooperated with The UNESCO to restore the Borobudur original structure and reclaimed its lost beauties. The work involved many engineers and archeologist working hand-to-hand to restore it as best as possible

Archeologist predict that the temple was built before the year 850 and a predicted age of 1.100 years or 300 years older than The Angkor Wat in Cambodia. Most parts of the wall is filled with relief which tells a story about the life of Budha from when he was a young boy until when he reached the perfection.

Every year tourists from abroad and domestic visit this site, the domestic tourist ussually packs the place around Summer Holidays (June - July) where the schools are off, and the kids are free to go anywhere. Tourist will be flocking this site at those time, if you’re seeking a more quite visit to the temple please do it beside those times.

The temple is still used by Budhist every year. At Waisak Day every pilgrims and monks from all around the country and sometimes from countries nearby like Thailand will come to this temple to pray. At that time access to the temple will only be restricted for pilgrims only.

Ticket price for entering the price is about US$ 8 for international tourist and Rp. 6.500 for domestic, don’t let that kind of discrimination hinders you from seeing this great site though.

Souvenir stalls sold by the locals are some of the best souvenir you could bring for home. Lots of them are selling unique merchandise related to the temple like a fan with the temple’s picture on it, replicate Budha face statue, some silverwork like a miniature of the temple made from silver, and many more that you could find, even sometimes they sell a merchandise completely unasociated with the temple. You could try to haggle with them for a better price, because some merchant will put a higher price knowing you are tourists from abroad, hagle, hagle, hagle.

When you decide to take something to eat, make sure you stop by at the small restaurant run by the locals for some original taste of Indonesian Cuisine that will make your holiday even more exotic and exciting.

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