Sangiran is an archaeological excavation site at the island of Java in Indonesia. The area comprises about 48 km² and is located in Central Java, about 15 kilometers north of Surakarta in the Solo River valley. In 1996 it was accepted as World Heritage by the UNESCO.
It's about 1 hour from Salatiga, driving through the villages.
Ariel posing in front of Pithecantropus Erectus, or the "Java Man".
We went to Jogja to visit Eyang Kuka's house when he grew up.
The house is traditional Javanese building and is very old. There were paintings of Eyang Kuka when he was young and also Ariel and Andrew's great-grandma (Eyang Sontoirono or "Mbah Jogja")
What a great timing as the Rambutans were full! But there were lots of ants!
As usual Andrew loves to play with the door. Then we did "nyekar" at great-grandma.
We visited "Taman Pintar", a scientific exhibition near Malioboro.
Our place when staying in Jogja, the GKI guest house. Before returning to Salatiga we had lunch at Pizza Hut.
Borobudur, or Barabudur, is a 9th-century Mahayana Buddhist monument near Magelang, Central Java, Indonesia. The monument comprises six square platforms topped by three circular platforms, and is decorated with 2,672 relief panels and 504 Buddha statues. A main dome, located at the center of the top platform, is surrounded by 72 Buddha statues seated inside perforated stupa.
It is truly an incredible structure. It took real effort to get to the top!