Okay, I got a few days behind with my blogs. Full day excursions especially in the heat and humidity meant I spent much less time at my computer.
Borobudur is the largest Buddhist Temple. It is also the most visited tourist spot in Indonesia. Even more than Bali. We walked the entire temple. The guide told us the story which was somewhat interesting but way too complicated to remember. I did remember that it has three layers. The bottom is for desire and the top was Nirvana. 9 is an important number for Buddhists. The middle layer has 432 buddhas. 4+3+2 = 9. The top layer has 72 buddhas. Also a 9. And if 432 and 72 are added it is 504. Again 5 + 0+ 4 = 9. Lots of buddhas.
This temple was so far from the port of Semarang and there were 6 bus excursions from our ship. We had a police escort for the buses. We never stopped at red lights. There were police directing traffic on the roads to get us through. It still took 3 hours of driving each way. This time it rained at 5. We got back to the ship at 6. And it had stopped raining by then.
Johnson's Travel 