Five of us from the hostel left at 5 am to begin our tour of two of the most famous and astonishing temples in all of Asia. The first stop was Borobudur temple at which we arrived around 6 am to beat the crowds. The complex itself was absolutely massive with acres of beautifully kept gardens surrounding the temple, in pristine condition and so green and pretty. Walking up the steps to the temple all I could think was wow! I could tell this would be be most impr...

After blagging our way through "self service" free breakfast at the horror hostel, which consisted of us making our own eggs on toast (there was also the option of buffalo skins, tofu and jack fruit but we avoided those...) we quickly escaped Casa De Raffles and moved to a beautiful new hostel called Venezia Gardens - with a pool! We went out for a day of touristing and walked through the pretty little neighbourhoods until we reached the Kraton, "the palace". ...