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The base of Borobudur, pre-dawn. - IMG_20131130_172313361_HDR
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Cabana, 4:15am. Our wakeup call turned out to be totally unnecessary because of the 4am call to prayer. - IMG_3269
We evacuate as hordes of schoolchildren arrive, probably from Yogyakarta. - IMG_20131130_033503795_HDR
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We've been rising early anyway because of jet lag, but holy god this was the best thing to wake up for ever. - IMG_20131130_033720912_HDR
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Yep. These pointy things are called "stupas," and they are meditative metaphors for the body of the Buddha, which you walk around while pondering shit, just as you walk around the levels of Borobudur (always clockwise, always ascending from the east). - IMG_3256
Leslie takes one of many, many pictures of panels. - IMG_3224
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Leslie with the "nail of Java," the mountain that in legend god used to lock Java down after it previously was wandering around the ocean. - IMG_3223
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Leslie, stupa. - IMG_3248
Leslie between stupas. - IMG_20131129_135859441_HDR
So, what follows will be approximately one million pictures taken as the sun rises over Borobudur, largest Buddhist temple in the world, as the sun rises over the mist-filled jungle valley in which it is nestled, while clouds assemble to provide additional majesty, and in general things are as amazing as they can probably ever be. - IMG_3257
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Bryan photographs glorious gloriousness.