Foreign travel is a journey into the different. I like different.
Java, desperate traders, old monuments, shops and paddy fields.
Java, Borobudur – down to earth and off to lunch.
We made our way down from the spectacular Buddhist edifice and headed off to a local restaurant for a great meal!! Javanese cooking!!
Java – Arriving at the most amazing Borobudur Temple
The most incredible temple complex rivals Angkor Wat and Macchu Picchu. It used to stand in the middle of a lake. It’s huge.
Another dead religion that people believed in and died for.
Java – Driving through the interior – photography.
We drove a long way, through mountains with dense tropical rainforest, past rice terraces. The volcanoes loomed in the distance.
Java – Arriving in the morning glow to a welcome on the quay.
More music, dancing and costume. A backdrop of mountains shrouded in morning mist.
Borneo – Kota Kinabalu – The sunset of departure
As we pulled out of Kota Kinabalu the sun was low in the sky creating a psychedelic glow.
We slid along the coast as I looked over at the shrouded mountains and jungle and thought about orangutans.
The sun set on Borneo!
Borneo – Kota Kinabalu – The beauty of the Mosque.
A lot of wealth, art and effort is poured into Mosques, Temples and Cathedrals in order to prove their doctrines are real. I’ve walked around the ruins of many.
They are so beautiful even when their doctrines are long dead.
Borneo – Kota Kinabalu – Tropical City
Walking around the town. Looking at the art, the difference, he life.
Borneo – Kota Kinabalu.
A city in the midst of tropical rainforest.
Borneo – Brunei – Banda Serai – The Chinese Temple
I love the gaudy colours and art of these Chinese Temples.
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