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A Javanese Paradise at Borobudur Temple

“Locals believe that if you touch Buddha’s belly and make a wish, your dreams will come true” - Novi, my guide from Jakarta.

(YOKJARKATA, Java) - An old rickety bus takes us the 40-kilometers from Yokjarkata in central Java to the village of Borobudur temple. Winding around the rice fields and crossing good sturdy bridges, the river runs frothy below with the beginning of the monsoon season.

The banks expose grey basalt rock, the building blocks of the 12th century temple that I’m on the way to witness for the first time.