Volcanic ash over Borobudur

I'm saving this picture from The Star today for my girlfriend who is planning to visit Borobudur November end. She won't see this though until a week later as she's right now on an adventurous Turkey holiday.

That's going to be a lot of cleaning to do because 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 according to Wikipedia.

I received a hit yesterday that enquired as to the distance between Bandung and Mount Merapi. I looked it up and from the map, Bandung is almost midway between Jakarta and the volcano and that distance is 310 miles or 500km. This would put Bandung roughly about 150 miles away from Mount Merapi, and the restless volcano is still spewing hot ash as of today after it erupted on Monday.

Image source: The Star

Going to Borobudur

Borobudur

Oh dear! The death toll is rising after the second eruption of Mount Merapi this afternoon spewing volcanic clouds of ash some 3,500m into the air. With all that chaos going on, it must be difficult for funeral arrangements to be properly carried out if need be.

A girlfriend will be going to Borobudur next month. She's wondering whether conditions will improve then. Over 42,000 have been evacuated to temporary shelters around Yogyakarta where my girlfriend and her party will be touching down.


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Borobudur, Indonesia

Over the weekend, a girlfriend asked if I'd be interested in joining her for a trip to Indonesia, Borobudur to be exact. Borobudur, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is one of the places I would love to visit but right now, I think the place that I would really like to visit is Shanghai.

Why? To be among the estimated 70 million visitors to the World Expo, of course. Uh-oh, Shanghai is not only THE place to visit, it is also THE place for Chinese cuisine. I probably would need to check out some of these apidexin reviews for weight loss tips after a visit to Shanghai. Kidding, of course, with a BMI reading within range, weight has never been a problem for me. Lucky me, eh?


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