Monthly Archives: September 2016

Ian Burnet at the Ubud Writers and Readers Festival 2016

Posted on September 26, 2016 by ianburnet

The 13th UWRF will be held 26–30 October, 2016,  celebrating the theme Tat Tvam Asi or ‘I am you, you are me’. This powerful ideology is crucial to the collective identity of Indonesia – uniting people from incredibly diverse religious, ethnic, cultural and historical backgrounds … Continue reading →

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Chance Encounters of the Indonesian Kind

Posted on September 13, 2016 by ianburnet

We travel from Solo to Blitar by bus while on our 14 day ‘Journey Across Java’ tour. The bus is held up by a colourful street parade in a village as part of the Indonesian Independence Day celebrations. It is … Continue reading →

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Sari Temple in Central Java

Posted on September 8, 2016 by ianburnet

One of the many highlights of our recent ‘Journey Across Java’ was a visit to the Candi Sari temple near Prambanan. It is quite unusual for Javanese temples as it also provided accomodation for the Buddhist monks and served as … Continue reading →

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