Dive Trip Calendar
Yogjakarta and Borobodur Tour
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For people finishing the Raja Ampat dive tour the progrmme will be as follows:- SJ 571 - 27 Mar 2013 Sorong (SOQ) - Surabaya (SUB) Fare Summary IDR 1,995,000.00 approx 200 USD 27 March - check into Jogyakarta hotel. Join the group at the modest Eclipe Hotel or choose your own. 3 days 4 nights to explore the city and surroundings. 28 March - Jogyakarta city tour 29 March - full day tour Borobudur temple one of the greatest Buddhist temples in the world. Located about 42 km from Yogyakarta city. 30 March - another day to explore or relax 31 March - fly out direct to Singapore or KL with Air Asia or via Jakarta to the rest of the world More about BorobodurThis colossal temple was built between AD 750 and 842: 300 years before Cambodia's Angkor Wat, 400 years before work had begun on the great European cathedrals. Little is known about its early history except that a huge army of workers worked in the tropical heat to shift and carve the 60,000 m3 of stone. At the beginning of the 11th century AD, because of the political situation in Central Java, divine monuments in that area, including the Borobudur Temple became completely neglected and given over to decay. The Sanctuary was exposed to volcanic eruption and other ravages of nature. The temple was not rediscovered until the 19th century. A first restoration campaign, supervised by Theodor van Erp, was undertaken shortly after the turn of the century. A second one was led more recently (1973-82). See You Tube video from another traveller |
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