Notes and Words: Candi Ijo

Saturday, November 2, 2013

Travel #1: Candi Ijo

A must place to visit when you are visiting Yogyakarta, Indonesia is the temples. There are two famous temples: Prambanan and Borobudur Temple. These two temples are amazing with their unique architectures and stories. However, if you want to see something else beside these famous landmarks, I will tell you about Ijo Temple.

It is an Hindu temple that has three main temples and three smaller temples in front each the main temples. It was built around 9th or 10th centuries.

At this moment, only 6 temples are rebuilt. However, you can still see stones debris around the site. It is said that if all the temples have been rebuilt, Ijo Temple site will be bigger than Prambanan Temple site. Wow...

The name Candi Ijo is taken from the word 'ijo' that means green in English. It is named Ijo because the temple is placed in green hill area.

My friends and I in front of one of the temples.

Noted Notes

I am almost everything ended with -er. Dreamer, Dancer, Singer, Traveler, Listener, Speaker, Worker, Writer, Partner, and so on.
As I enjoying this journey of life, I get the chance to meet people from all over the world and visit places I never thought I would be. People are unique and colorful anywhere they are. Each of them has story to be told. Then, while I share my own culture, I learn theirs.

Here, I share the experience I got, my findings, my feelings. It is not only about culture or tradition in wide perspective. It is about how people see the world as an individual that affects the way I see my own world. It is about love, struggle, passion, pain, inspiration, regret, and happiness.