More temple visits today!
We started out by visiting a museum which had many pictures
and artifacts of the Indonesia royalty over the over the centuries. Although this spot is pretty touristy and
there were several other school groups visiting, we were some of the only
western, Caucasian looking people there.
The people at this museum must not get to see white people often because
they kept on attempted to secretly take pictures of us. It got so ridiculous that many members of our
group just started posing for the picture when people would start secretly
taking them. Theme of the day: photo bomb.
Some of the people actually came up and asked if we would take pictures
with them. I think we all felt time the paparazzi was after us at the
museum.
Musical Instruments
Lots of people!
After the museum we visited the Water Castle.
The Water Castle
After the Water Castle we went to a silver shop were they took us
to the back of the stir and explained the process of silver jewelry making to
us. We had the chance to see the silver
craftsmen in action molding silver until exquisite shapes for necklace pendants
or earrings. Those artists are truly amazing and do
wonderful work!
Miniature Temple made of Silver
Borobudur is the name of the enormous Buddhist temple we
visited that afternoon. Our tour guide
was very knowledgeable about the Buddhist mythology. I found their stores fascinating. It is amazing how much we don’t see in
pictures and sculptures before someone explains what the artist was depicting
and why everything was placed the way it was.
Many, many people wanted to take pictures with us there. In fact, I got separated from the group for a
little bit because so many other tourists kept asking me to pose in a photo
with them! The scenery around the temple
was breathtaking! We went on a rainy,
foggy day, which I think added to the mystery of the place.
Hiding from the rain
That night we visited some markets where we found Indonesia goods at very low prices. Since our tour guide was having difficulties contacting the bus driver to ask him to pick us up to take us to dinner, we decided to take the horse drawn wagon taxis. What an experience!
After dinner we headed back to the hotel to get a good
night’s sleep to prepare us for another day of touring in Indonesia.
-Erin
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